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THE

EY ANGELICAL MAGAZINE,

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FOB JULY, 18fi4.

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No. 879.— NEW SEBIS8.

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TO OOtUSPONDINTS.

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Hanla. lUtd, and LeitehiM; and fkmn tiM Rcrt. Mm%n, Smith, Chaneallor, Thomion. Arthur. WalUee. Camp-
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daj^Mhaol 8aperlntendrBt" should follow out his eonTielioBS.

Tka lataresilng account of the Rar. Janwa Bhcrman's Testimonial eame too Ute for Inacrtlon this month.

CONTENTS.

Paffe
MaBoIr of the lato Rot. Thomas 8tratten, of Hull ssj

na lata Jamea Bfontgomery, Esq. S9I

< Thncfold Relation of the Ctoss of Christ .»... W8

POETRY.

Rrvkan Bow. or Disappointed Uopaa 405

Christian's PolerStar 405

Brrainm, In the lines entitled Ooodlj Heritage, for
JWM. page SM...... 4M

RITIEW OP RBLXGIOUB PUBLICATI0K8.

Tf Smith's Pirst Lines of Christian Theology 406

Btamolrof the Rev. John Jnmes Weltbreeht 401

Btephans's Incidents or Travel In Central America,

Chiapas, end Tueaun 409

Davlsfs ETonings in my Tent 409

ABfiis's Bible Hand-Book 410

Waddlngton's John Penrv, the Pilgrim Martyr...... 410

Oaidon's Christ as made known to the Ancient

Chureh 410

Klrkoa'a Christianity, Theoretical siid Practical ... 411

HOME CHRONICLE.

Jabilaaof the Rer. George Clnyton, Walworth 414

Onr Frriodiaal Litamture 414

frafttaof the •*Chri»ii«i Witness" and " Christian
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ThaCryaiml t'nisce 415

Tardley Hastlugs 416

Page

Recognition Senrlces...... 416

CallAocepted ^ 416

GENERAL CHRONICLE.

Jersey :» Cause of English Independency, St.

Ii*»er 416

PopUh Moraliry 41S

Mat AititiriBSAEiKS (not hiserted in June).

Irish EvangellrnI Society 4SI

Congregational Boird of Education 4SI

London Jews* Society 4tS

ivAce sociecy ................................................ in

Poreign Aid Sneieiy 4tS

Wiirktnir Men'i Educational Union 4SS

Anti atarery Society 4tS

Evangelical Coniinental Society « 494

Young Men's ChrisllAn Association 414

MISSIONARY CHRONICLE.

West ladies.— Bcrblce 416

Demerara 4SS

China 429

Indin 431

Bvigaum 436

Benares 459

Polynefcla.~Rarotonga 449

Arrivals in England „ 44S

Arrivals Abroad 4«J

Acknowledgmen's...... 441

Missionary Contributions 444

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EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE,

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MISSIONARY CHBONICLE.

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- FOR JULY, 1854.

MEMOIR OF THE LATE REV. THOMAS STRATTEN, OF HULL.

'* ' The memory of the just is blessed.'
It is a portion of the treasure by which
the church is enriched and made fruit-
ful. Holy Scripturo is perraded through-
out with biography. Eyery type of
hninan ezperibnce finds there its exem-
plar--ihe Lord himself, the perfect
model 'Sf 'our hnmanityi having, as in
til things is duo to Him, the pre-emi-
nenee."— Thus wrote Thomas Stratten
two y^em ago, when preparing a brief
memoir of his friend, the late Rev. B.
Kiddy of Scarborough ; the words may
fonn an appropriate prefix to the fol-
lowing sketch of his own life and cha-
racter. So, whUe we trace the history
and labours of those who have spoken
to us the word of God, whose faith we
follow, a hand which we see not, and
think not of, is just ready to do the
same service for ourselves ; — the writer
of memoirs is himself speedily me-
morialized. One after another — gene-
ration after generation — we pass away,
not to extinction, but to the rest wliich
remaineth for the people of God.

Mr. Stratten was bom in 1793, at
Bradford, Wilts. It was his privilege
to enjoy the prayers, instructions, and
consistent example of pious parents.
It was their constant endeavour to train
np their children in the nurture and
admonition of the Lord, and to cn-
eoiiFago in their young minds a desire

VOL. xxxii.

for usefulne&i^ to those around them.
Amongst the earliest recollections of his
boyhood was his helping them to teach
a number of poor chil^en to read, as
they gathered together every Sabbath
in his father's house. On leaving the
parental roof he was apprentice to
a woollendraper at Bath, and there,
amidst worldly companions, the im-
pressions made by the instructions and
example of his home seemed to be pass-
ing away as the early cloud and morn-
ing dew ; he began to forsake the house
of God, to disregard His day, and to
yield himself to the sinful pleasures of
the world. During a recent visit to
Bath, he pointed out to the writer of
these lines the hells where, with un-
godly companions, he had spent the
Sabbath in worldly pastime and dissi-
pation. He ever spoke of this period
as the time when he was on the brink
of a precipice ; his feet bad well nigh
slipped, but the good Shepherd beheld
his wandering steps, and sought out
and brought safely back into the fold
the sheep which had gone astray.
About this time he had gone home on a
short visit. A new chapel was being
opened in the village where his parents
then resided, and it was there, whilst
listening to a sermon from the lips of
the late Rev. Richard Elliott, of I>e-
vizes, that the truth was brought home

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MCMOJR OF THE L.VIE RKV. THOMAS STRAITEN, OF UVLL.

to liid heart: he saw hisi guilt nud
danger, and felt hU need of that Sa-
viour whom he had bccu neglecting.
Ho Bet out on hia return to Bath >nth
new feelings and desires, and he could
refer to secluded sjMts on the road be-
tween hit* father's house and that city
ns hallowed places in his remembrance,
where, like Jacob at Bethel, he poured
out his vows and x)rayer9, and like him
wrestled with God and prevailed.

Being then seventeen years of age,
he united hinuself with the churcli under
the pastoral care of the late Ilev. W.
Jay. Exemplifying the apostle*8 ex-
hortation, *'noc slothful in business,
fervent in spirit, serving the Lord," he
sought to conscei*ate all his powers to
the service of his Saviour. Although
his hours of business wero very long,
he managed, by early rising, to secure
time for tho improvement of his mind.
Tliis habit, formed in early life, ho ever
after continued, and much of the peace
and tranquillity of spirit which he en-
joyed may bo attributed to the secret
eonmiunion with God which in the
earliest hours of the day he secured.

There was in Mr. Javs church a
band of earnest and devoted young
men, who were accustomed on the Sab-
bath to go out, two and two, into the
villages around Hath, where, in some
cottage, they would gather together
the children, and after teaching them,
would occasionally sx)eak to the neigli-
bours who came in. In theso duties
Mr. Sti-atten took a very active part.
The meetings were greatly blessed; and
some of tliem formed tho nucleus around
which flourishing churches were ga-
thered, which continue to tlie present day.
The circumstances connected with his
call to tlie ministry were somewhat re-
markable. He had devoted himself
Oosiduously to his worldly occupation,
and had been given to understand that,
on his master's retirement, he was to
have a considerable shaie of the busi-
ness. One day, however, without any
previous intimation, he was informed
that his employer had unexpectedly
made a totally (Merent arrangement.

On the evening of the day on which
this sudden change had taken place in
his eartldy protpocts, ho was attending
tho usual weok-niglit Ben-ice at Argyle
Chapel. At its close, he was told that
Mr. Jay wished to speak with him.
On going into tlio vestry Mr. Jay. quite
unaware of what had x)as8ed, asked him
whether ho hod ever had any thoughts
of entering tho ministry. He replied
that he had not, but hoped, that whilst
following his Si^culor engagements, he
might be useful in tho villages around
Bath on the Sabbath. Mr. Jay told
him that ho was purposing to take a
few young men to prepare them for the
ministry, and he should wish liim to be
the first. On Mr. Stratten*s telling him
of what had just occurred, he said.
** That settles tho matter ; we must re-
gard it as tho hand of God." Although
Mr. Jay subsequently i*elinquishod tho
idea of taking students, Mr. Stratteu,
at the earnest wish and recommenda-
tion of his i)astor, went to Hostou Aca-
demy in I8I0. His preaching when a
student was greatly blessed of God,
esi)ecially at Chertsey, in Suney, as not
a few living witnesses cau testify. In
September, 1820, he received an invita-
tion to become pastor of the newly
formed churcli at Bethel Chapel, Sun-
derland. Ilia ordiuatiou took place
there in February, 1821. Appended
to a document referring to this we iiud
the names of the following ministers as
having taken part in tho service : — the
Kevs. J. rietcher, A.M., Thomas llaffloH,
LL.D., Kdward Parsons, Charles Gol-
lop, lUdph Davison, David Jones, M'il-
liam liobertsou, John Scott, William
Xicoll, and George Sample. At his
settlement the congregatiou did not
number moro than about 100, and, in
the cai'iier years of his labour thci*e,
many ob:>tacles aud diiUcultics hod to
be encountered; but, by the Divine
help, he was enabled to overcouie them,
and had tiio happiness of seeing the
steady increase of the congregation,
and numbei-s added to tlie church, the
fruits, hy the Holy Spirit's blessing, of
his ministJT. With the brethren of his

MKMOIK OF TUK LATK RRV. THOMAS STKATIEy, OF HULL.

own dcuomination, i connexion with '
the Xorthnmhcrlaxid and Durham Abno- '.
elation, which was foimed during his
re&idonco in Sunderland, he had very i
delightful communion and fellowship. .
He enjoyed also the confidence and
esteem oi all his fellow Christians of
other dcnumina lions. With the Society I
of Friends ho enjoyed much pleasant |
intercom s-e, being joint secretary with
one of tliem, the late "Mr. Thomas
Mounbcy, in tiie tint Temperance move-
n:eiit, and in the Anti-Slavery Society.
He was on the happiest tenns of fiiend-
ship with the evangelical ministers of
the Church of England, and during the
re.tidcnceof the late excellent clergy man,
the Kcv. Mr. Parker, in Sunderland,
they met alternately at each others
house for prayer and conference. As an
instance of the mutual regard and Chris-
tian feeling which tlien existed amongst
the difirei*ent parties, the following let-
ter addressed to Mr. Stratten by the
laie Key. Uobert Gray, Ucctor of Sun-
dcflaud, on receiving a report of the
SabbaTh-^chuol connected with Bethel
Chapel, may not bo out of place: —
"The report of a Sunday-school under
TOUT buiicrinteudenco which has been
9<^nt me, is di-awn up with such fairness
and candour towards feimilav institu-
tions, til at 1 beg you to give the en-
CjUfLil note to the treasurer."

It is evident irom these statements
that hiii strong and decisive noncon-
formity did not intci-fcro with the
vonDCbt glow of charity on his part
towards Christians of other commuuions,
nor with their respect and alfcction for
him in the consistent and manly avowal,
tud delcTicc of his own distinctive priii-
ri^es and convictions.

Soon alter ];e i^e tiled at Sunderland,
he was united in marriage to Miss
Mmtj Shoveller, and this union was
frniti'ul to him of a large amount of
|cflce and happiness. As a hii'^band
and a lather, he was distinguished by
luderncss, fien^ibility, and wibdom of
K» ordinary stamp, so that the present
and blank in liis homo and family
be suotained, by his bereaved widow

and sorrowful children, only by the
power and sweetness of heavenly con-
solations.

!Mr. Sti*attcu continued at Sunder-
land for twelve years amidst mingled
encouragements and trials, to ^'make
full proof of his ministry " in his first
sphere of labour. The llev. It. W.
McAll, the present minister of liethel
Chapel, says, that *^ If a bond of affec-
tion in many hearts, which twenty-two
years of sopaiation have been quite
powerless to slacken, and, still more,
the steadfastness of a lai'gc number
given OS the fruit of his labours in this
town, may be regarded as enstamping
such a course with Christlikeness and
beauty, these marks rest, eminently,
upon the earlier pastorate of our de-
parted friend. A vast i)roportion of
those whom that hand, now cold and
stiff, welcomed to Clu'istian fellowship,
were called to cross the stieam hvfore
their * father in Christ;' and they, in
latest moments, in not a few instances,
breathed, with thankfulness, his name.
But, in the two churches now represent-
ing that over which he presided, there
are, after the long interval, upwards of
fcixty members rvmainiutj whose pro-
fc>sion dates from his ministry."

In 18i)2, Mr. Straiten accepted an
invitation to take the charge of the
church in I'ish-sticet Chapel, Hull,
vacant by the resignation of the Kev.
Jutihua Fox, of wliich churcli he con-
tinued pastor unlil his death. The
cause of Christ in that place was greatly
prospered under his ministry. Xew
and commodious school-rooms, &:c., were
built, there having been neither school-
room nor vestiy suitable for meetings
previous to his coming. On the erec-
tion of Albion Chapel, upwards of forty
members were dismissed from the old
church to form the new interest; and
there were several smaller offahoots
from the parent stock during his pas-
torate. The mother church, however,
still continued to increase and prosper,
and the amount raised for Missionaiy
and other objects was as large as before
these new plantations had taken place.

4 F :i

388

XllfOIB OF THE LATE RK7. THOMAS 8TRATTF.N, OF HULT^

Mr. Btratten took an active part in the
public institutions and societies of Hnlli
and was mnch respected by his fellow
townsmen for his nniformlr straight-
forward and consistent conduct Al-
ways a firm Nonoonfonnist in senti-
ment, ho ever entertained feelings of
Christian lore and friendship towards
all who, though differing in opinion and
outward forms of worship, believed in
the same Saviour, and were travelling
by Him, the only way of life, to the
same rest and blessedness.

He was, ftrom its commencement, a
member and warm supporter of the
ETangelical Alliance; and the extent
to which his services and sympathy
were appreciated by its council, is
strongly testified in the following " ex-
pression of esteem," which has been re-
corded in their minutes : —

"The committee feel themselves again
called upon to respond to the voice of
God in this bereaving providence. The
death'of the Kev. Tliomos Stratten, late
of Hull, is cause of profound lamentation
to all, of every name, >vho knew him,
but especially to his own family and
congregation. The rapid succession of
such strokes scarcely allows of more
than the briefest utterance of pain, and
of reverent submission, under each.
Yet the committee cannot refrain from
declaring, on the present occasion, that
death has never deprived the British
Organization of the Evangelical Alli-
ance of any one member, from whose
high Christian character, from whose
meekness of wisdom, from whose ac-
tivity in its counsels and service, but
above all, from the consistency of whose
local and daily influence on its behalf,
it has derived more conspicuous advan-
tage, than from those of the revei-ed
Thomas Stratten. They are comforted
to know that he received a rich return
of blessing into his own bosom, in the
living experience of that perfect love
which casteth out fear. And, while
they weep with those that weep, they
give his family and many friends joy,
and God alone the praise, of his abund-
ant dying consolations, and the exceed-
ing greatness of his reward in heaven."

In the month of May, 1847, Mr
Stratten was unanimously invited by
the committee of the Hackney Society
for the Propagation of the Gospel, to
become theological tutor of their col-
lege. The secretary writes: "At a
meeting of the committee, held yester-
day, the sub-committee appointed to
make inquiries for a suitable theologi-
cal tutor, reported, that of the various
individuals whose names had been men-
tioned, you appeared to them most suit-
able to fill that office. This report was
adopted by the general committee, and
I have great pleasure in being the me-
dium of transmitting their very cordial
and earnest request that you would be-
come the resident and theological tutor."
To this application Mr. Stratten replied,
'* I have held two meetings with my
deacons, in which we have been anx-
iously concerned to look at all the points
in the case, and to seek by prayer coun-
sel from God. The result has been our
unanimous conclusion, that whatever
might be to me the attractions of a
more quiet and studious life, like that
presented by your committee, in the
prospect opeued so unexpectedly to my
view ; yet, that the post of my duty —
although it has been for some time past,
and may be for some time to come, a post
of considerable difficulty and trial — is
the pastorate of Hull."

Had Mr. Stratten seen his way clear
to accept this professorship at Hackney,
he might have been a great blessing to
that institution; his deep piety, his
practical wisdom, his sound theology,
and his extensive acquaintance with
biblical literature, would have been
useful and advantageous to all parties.
But the will of Providence was not in
this direction.

It may be mentioned here that Mr.
Stratten was well known as an author ;
besides his most considerable work,
" The Book of the Priesthood," he wrote
several smaller treatises, some of them
of permanent value. But among his
own attached flock ever lay the main
path of his daily usefulness.

As a pastor he was much beloved.
His visits to the members of his flock

XEMOIR OF TU£ LAT£ UEV. THOMAS 8TBATTEN, OF HULL.

^89

were always felt to be refreshing sca-
•0118 ; and especially were they appre-
ciated in times of sickness or affliction ;
he might truly, like Barnabas, be called
** a son of consolation/' His preaching
was eminently scriptural, — his clear
elucidation and exposition of the word
of God was greatly calculated for in-
stmction and edification. Amongst his
brethren in the ministry he was looked
up to as a friend and counsellor ; and his
adyice and sympathy were sought and
enjoyed by many in times of difficulty
and perplexity. Uniformly tender and
affectionate in every relation of life, he
was most loved by those who knew him
best. His prayers in his family and in
public were sweet and comprehensive ;
bis petitions, like streams ever fresh,
flowed from a heart full of holy love
and heavenly desires and aspirations.
Always fond of singing, his melodious
voice often led the praises of God in the
fiunily circle. The 15th hymn in the
Congregational Hymn Book, commenc-
ing. **Now with angels round the
throne," he latterly very often selected.
His unvarying kindness and affection
were at all times manifest ; but lately
his heart overflowed with a love that
seemed remarkable even to himself.
Shortly previous to his illness, he said,
"I feel such an increase of love in my
heart that 1 cannot but attribute it to
the work of the Holy Spirit, I feci such
a tenderness towards allj* Indeed the
ipeeial increase of these holy feelings
may be dated from the time of his at-
tendance at the Chester Conference.
These meetings were felt by him to be
aost sacred and delightful. Days of
wrestling prayer and self-examination
bad preceded them; and the heavenly
abaosphere breathed in that communion
of saints ever remained, pervading and
Trrifying his mind; he seemed to be
fridentlymeeteningfor the higher com-
■aoion with the spirits of just men
■ade perfect. The words of Mr. McAll
■ay here again be quoted; he says:
*I had the happiness to meet him last
line, at the Anniversary of the Hull
Aniliaxy to the London Missionary
Ittiety. We did not fail to notice then

his absorbing desire that he, and his
fellow-labourers in the ministry, might
live nearer to Christ. This desire had
been kindled in his breast, even beyond
its wonted intensity, at the meetings
held (in the city of Chester,) a short
time previously, regarding the state of
religion in our churches. In a more
private company, he expressed himself
on the subject with his characteristic
blending of mildness and decision. He
would suffer us to converse of only ono
theme, — ^personal piety in its connexion
with the success of our labours."

Towards the close of last year, on
leaving the desk after the usual Wed-
nesday evening service, he was seized
with giddiness, and a feeling of numb-
ness in the right hand and side, and,
although able to walk home, yet these
symptoms, which proved to bo a slight
attack of paralysis, rendered it neces-
sary for him to rest for a time from his
public duties. His conversations dur-
ing this period showed a heart filled
with the Holy Spirit, very lowly and
abased in his own estimation. Christ
and his salvation were embraced with
a fulness of joy and confidence, and
were the subject of his frequent conver-
sation and discourse. Herbert's poems
having been kindly lent him, amongst
others which he greatly enjoyed, the
ono entitled ** Aaron'' especially de-
lighted him; ho was never tired of
hearing it, frequently recurring to it,
and repeating some of its lines, appro-
priating them to himself.

As it was thought that a change of
air might be useful in recruiting his
strength, Mr. Sb'atten spent the month
of January at Filey. The pleasure of
his visit there was much enhanced by
the society of kind and Christian
friends, and he found much enjoyment
in reading the " Broadmead Records of
the Early Baptist Cliurch in Bristol,"
lent him by them ; little was it thought
that he was about so soon to converse
in the heavenly world with those mar-
tyrs for the truth, in whose history ho
had been so much interested.

He returned home with health con-
siderably improved, had reaumed U\^

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llEHOIR OF THE LATE REV. THOMAS BTEATTEX, OF HUM,.

week ercning services, and on the two
6al>bath mornings preceding his death
expounded the 65th chapter of Isaiah,
having gone as fhr as the 7th verse
with much tenderness and earnestness,
entreating the people to accept of the
gracious oflbrs of mercy and reconcilia-
tion. He was looking forward with
pleamiro to the Wednesday evening
leeture, having selected for his text
1 John iL 28; hut on the Monday,
symptoms which had been before
thought to be merely a slight cold,
were found to be erysipelas, and eo
rapidly did the swelling spread, that on
that day both his eyes were closed,
never to bo opened again on earthly
scenes. From the nature of his illness,
erysipelas and also inflammation of the
lungs, the doctors gave strict injunc-
tions that none were to be admitted
to his room but the members of his
family, nor was ho allowed to hoar of
anything which would lend to a con-
versation. The only public topic which
was mentioned to him, was the account
of the reception by the Emperor of
Kussia of the deputation from the
Friends, a mission which he had pre-
viously regarded with great interest,
and which had had his earnest prayers;
on being told of their visit, he said : " I
am rejoiced to hear they had an inter-
\\evr, they will have delivered their
faithful testimony, and though their
object may fail, it will redound to their
eternal honour."

During the last few days of his life,
though in much bodily ])ain and weak-
ness, his mind was filled with holy
calmness, resignation, and love ; not a
shadow or a cloud seemed to pass over
it; ho was observed to he often engaged
in prayer, and dwelt much on the suf-
ferings of Clirist.

"When made acquainted with the pro-
bable result of his illness he said:
" Blessed hope of the gospel! I have
nothing to do now but to fall into the
everlasting arms of love that are under-
neath me ; I have nothing to settle, if I
had I could not do it now."

That text, " lie shall sif as a refiner

and purifier of silver," was much upon
his mind ; he was often quoting it — " He
sits, there is no hurry in his work."

When, on referring: to the dav of
exposure to a keen wind, after which
the first effects of cold were manifest,
one of his familv said, " That was the
sad day that did the mischief." Ho
replied, " Oh! no, not sad: we won't
call it a 8ad day ; that rough wind was
God's appointed messenger, and how
many had it much rougher than I."

At one time, when his whole frame
was parched and burning with fever, he
said, " I feel such a longing to plunge
into a stream of water ;" but, added he,
" There is the water of life."

When taking a cooling drink he said,
" They gave Him vinegar to drink
mingled with gall, but 1 have this, so
cool and pleasant.

** *nifl way \v;is much rougher
And darker than uiiue.
Did Jesus thus suffer,
And shall I repine r' "

On awaking on the last morning he
was to spend on earth, February SGth,
it was evident that he felt heaven to be
very near ; and when told that it was
8abbath morning, said, " I shall ask no
more questions about time now, it is
eternity I look at — sweet Sabbath that
shall never end."

About the time when his beloved
flock were uniting in the liyniii of
praise in the sanctuary, ho quoted the
words —

** Part of hid ho^t have crossfd tho
fiood,
And part are crosshij; now."

Ileiterating the Inst line, also the words,

** A guilty, weak and helpless worm,
On thy kind arins I fall ;
Tliou art my 8treni;th and rightcou.-*-

ntss,
My Jesus and my all."

During his last few hours inn-ensing
weakness otkI difilcnlty of hix-athing
rendered him unable to speak, but on
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him, he gently raised his hands, and
once gathering his remaining strength,
lifted his arm upwards as if to intimate
his longing desire to soar to the hright
world above. He was conscious to the
last; a few minutes before his death
one of his children said to him, <* Jesus
is with you, father." Ho gently pressed
the hand which was in his, and then his
breathing becoming more feeble, and
at longer interrals, at a quarter past
four in the afternoon, without a strngglc
or sigh, as a child that falls asleep in
the arms of a tender parent, his soul
departed to be for ever present with
the Lord. Those who wcro permitted
to witness the closing scene, and to sec
the peaceful smile upon the counte-
nance, felt that the chamber of death
was converted into the gate of heaven ;
and as they saw, with the eye of faith,
the glory of the bright multitudes
there, who have washed their robes and
wmde them white in the blood of the
Lamb, coald say, indeed, with Bunyan,
** Alliich when I had seen I wished
myself among them."

The funeral, wliicli took place at tlie
Cemetery, on the Thursday following
his decease, was attended by most of
the Clergy and Dissenting ministers of
the town, as well as by a large number
of the inhabitants. Appropriate ad-
dresses were delivered by the Rev.
James Sibrce, of Hull, and the Rev. T.
Hicks, of Cottingham, and prayer was
offered by the llev. J. Wiiitcrbottom, of
Barton. In the evening of that day
the Rev. James Strattcn, of London,
addressed a large and attentive con-
gregation in l^lsh-strect Chapel, from
2 Corinthions v. 0. The funeral sennon
was preached in the same place by the
Rev. James Parsons, of York, on Sab-
bath evening, March 12th, from Acts
Via. 2.

A deep solemnity pervaded the whole
of the services, and the impressions
made by them, in connexion with the
solemn event, on the minds of many
will never be forgotten.

THE LATE JAI^IES MONTGOMERY, Esfj.,

Illft CHARACTER AND POKTIC GENIUS.

••Sweet Bard of Zion, thy strains have

reused !
Thr notes no more we hear ! a nobler,

richer.
More mellifluous song thou pourest forth
B'jffirc the tlirone of God : — yet, while

"we live.
Or children's children live, thy name, thy

chaste
And holy scngs the mind will firmly

hohl,'
Aad treasure up with dear rcmembrnnce !'*

Poetic V'tgUs.

Wh£BE is the person of any in tell i-
y taste, any love of jKiCtry,
especially, of any attachment to
is pure and elevated in priiiCiplc,
in character, who did not

feel deeply, ii^X not only (hat he hod
parted with a clioieo and favourite
writer, but with a!i affectionate and
revered friend, with a warm-hearted
and Christian benefactor, wljen it was
announced, that James Montgomery,
the Bnrd of Sliefiield, and the '* sweet
singer in our IJritish Israel," was no
more ? AVc wctc, certainly, expecting
his removal from us by death ; we were
well nAvare, from his aj^c and growing
infinnities, that he could not j cssibly
remain much longer among us ; — still
wo wanted, were it the will of God, to
reiain him yet a few n'.ore years with
uf», and we could not bear tliC thought
of pronouncing with regard to him the
Nvo:d — '' I'lirewell I " f;nd tliat, too, for
ever, in relation to the present world.

802

THE LAXB JAMES MOMTOOMSBY, ESQ.,

We knew that the hour of separation
waa near, but inTolnntarily shrank
from it; we avoided recurring to it;
wo oould not endure to think of its
arriyal. That hour, howeyer, to which
all, whatever may be their greatness or
goodness, must come, has arrived at
last, — and the poet, philanthropist, and
Christian, on whom we now dilate, has
descended into the grave, amid the
unfeigned and affectionate regrets of
multitudes, his character and memory
being crowned with universal and un-
dying honour. In the town where he
had so long resided, and where, from
his spirit, his conduct, his exertions to
be useful to all, he was so much beloved,
the tidings of his decease filled all with
sorrow, and his body was committed to
the last resting-place in the presence,
and amidst the regrets, of assembled
thousands, comprising persons of every
age, condition, political, moral, and
religious creed. James Montgomery,
by liis character, by his meek and quiet
spirit, by his catholicity and benevo-
lence of temper, by his holy and blame-
less life, and by the beauty and useful-
ness of his writings, had taken a firm
hold on all classes in the populous and
intelligent town of Sheffield, and lodged
himself so completely in their hearts,
as few men residing there had done
before him, and as few after him, what-
ever their position or excellence, will
be able to equal.

But not only was the late James
Montgomery dear to Sheffield, he was
valued, loved, revered evcrjrwhere.
He was regarded as the common pro-
perty of the empire. His name was a
household word. His character was
always thought of with respect and
veneration. His poems were in every
library. His Hymns and Lyi'ical effu-
sions charmed and benefited young
and old. He was rcgaided as a phil-
anthropist and Chi-istian of a high
order, one who gave a beauteous de-
velopment of the true spirit of the
gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ ; nnd he
was esteemed bj* all, as one who re-
flected the purest, the chastest lustre on

the literature of his country, and hia
age.

Now that he has departed, a vacuum
has been created, in one department
especially, that of Hymns, and sweet
and sacred Lyrics, which will not be
soon or easily filled up. Every intelli-
gent Christian feels, that, in this res-
pect, pre-eminently, we have sustained
a loss which is great, and almost ir-
reparable, and which, perhaps, for many
years, will only be partially supplied ;
— for it is not often that we have a
Chmtian poet riring among ub who
can pen such exquisite Hymns and
sacred Lyrics, as James Montgomeiy
was enabled to produce, and which
have yielded unminglcd instruction
and delight, even to millions ; in-
spiring and heightening the strains of
multitudes in the Christian church,
feeding the minds and warming the
hearts of thousands in their closets and
retired chambers, and ministering the
richest support and consolation to num-
bers of the children of God lying on
the bed of sickness, and anticipating a
speedy entrance into the world beyond
the grave. In this respect, the honour
conferred by God on the sainted Bard
to whom we refer, since the days of
Cowper, Watts, Wesley, Newton, and
Doddridge, has been pre-eminent, and
that honour, we are persuaded, will
continue for generations yet to come.
James Montgomery, referring to him
generally, is an exquisite writer. We
are familiar with his compositions, and
increasingly value them. Much of his
prose is beautiful — full of thought, im-
agination, and eloquence. As a poet,
he has been long and generally ad-
mired, and will be unquestionably ap-
preciated by all intelligent minds,
while a taste for simple, pure, beau-
tiful, and elevated poeti-y is cultivated.
His "World before the Flood"— and
his "Pelican Island" — abound in rich
and fascinating passages. He certainly
does not, as a poet, display the noble-
ness, exhibit the towering loftiness,
wield the power, or develop the sub-
lime and luxuriant imagination of some

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393

of OUT greatest Bards. He is not grand,
but chaste, beautiful, and tender. He
is not majestic and sublime, but en-
gaging and attractive. In respect of
simplicity, tenderness, genuine effusions
of melting pathos, Ijrical flow and
beauty, and lovely expressions, or
rather portraitures of devout and
celestial feeling, he has not been
surpassed, if equalled, by any in the
present age. In this last-mentioned
respect, James Montgomery con never
be recurred to, except with profound
regard ; and, if nothing elso could bo
relied on, this would be amply soifi-
cient to secure him a large and hon-
ourable meed of fame.

As a writer of devotional poetry, or
poetry adapted to devotional purposes,
Montgomery advanced transcendently
beyond the tame, common-place, and
lifeless versifier. He wrote with the
utmost freshness and spirit. There is
an the play, vivacity, and energy of
Efe ; and all the lovely, the rare quali-
ties of a genuine poet are finely and
BMSt luminously exhibited. He often
disposes an intelligent reader of his
poetry, and one of congenial feeling, to
institute a comparison between him
sad Gowper, and, in this respect, Mont-
{(omery docs not suffer by the com-
parison. There is much of Cowper's
oqnisite sweetness, simplicity, beauty,
energy, impressiveness, and devotional
frrvour. Inhere is no cant ; no indeli-
cite or inappropriate language ; no em-
ployment of what may be termed lus-
L cioas epithets or phrases ; there are Ao
Wd and improper allusions ; no mysti-
ciiBs ; — all is plain, natural, solemn,
pathetic, beauteous, and devotional, as
"Hymnsand Spiritual Songs" should be.
It is indubitable that few individuals
cieel as Sacred poets. It cannot arise
bma the nature of the subjects con-
l^iplatcd, for no topics of meditation
in possibly be more sublime, vast,
iaportant, or interesting— involving all
Ihat is real, momentous, holy and
hqfpy, in connexion with both worlds.
nie circumstance of general failure,
mast spring from another, and

I very dissimilar cause — the want of a
deep-toned and sublimely devotional
spirit, operating on a mind of genuine
sensibility, of elevated fancy, and of
superior power. How trivial is the
number of those who combine genius
with piety — a commanding and creative
imagination, with ardent lovo to Qod,
and an entire consecration to Him of
their powers and resources! Henco
it is that we have had so few genuine
and fascinating Sacred poets. Besides,
there is another circumstance which
ought to be considered. The subjects
connected with Divine Revelation, and
those, especially, Avhich relate to Qod
and eternity, arc so solemn, so grand,
so undefinable in their nature and
issues, that, in dwelling on them, the
utmost simplicity, unaffectedness, and
caution are required. The fancy must
be well reined in; there must be no
wild, ridiculous, or irregular flights.
Everything should harmonize with the
simplicity, sacredncss, and importance
of the theme contemplated.

Now, there are few poets who arc
disposed to make this effort, or rather,
in their estimation, sacrifice; indeed,
we have few, whatever their powers,
who have the corresponding principles
and spirit, and hence it is that we have
no more genuine Sacred poets.

These observations will particularly
apply to Hymns nnd Devotional Lyrics.
If any compositions should be plain,
chaste, natural, perfectly unaffected,
vivacious, and yet profoundly serious,
free from the splendid colouring of art,
aiming at the accomplishment of ono
grand and important object, theso
should be the compositions. Anything
like bombast — false and meretricious
ornament, idle and tawdry glai*e —
would not only be objectionable but
most offensive nnd ruinous. The reason
why the ** Hymns and Spiritual Songs"
of Watts arc so much and so generally
valued from generation to generation
is, because they are so natural, so sim-
ple, FO tender, bo artless, so richly
fraught with the language and senti-
ment of the Scriptures, so abounding

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THE IaATR JAMES MONTGOMERY. KSQ.,

in evangelical fenronr, so truly deyo-
tional and experimental, and 00 emi-
nentljr calculated to snbfcnre the noblest
and most hallowed purposes.

Regarded as tho ** Poet of the Sane-
tnary," no indiridaal, take him alto-
gether, surpasses Watts, and indeed ho
will never bo superseded; though nu-
merous Hymns of Cowper, Newton,
Toplady, Steele, Kelly, Doddridge, the
late Dr. Collyer, Josiah Conder, and
others, display many beauties ; some
few are unrivalled, being perfect gems,
and are universally and highly admired.
Among the select few who have de-
veloped taste and genius, happily com-
bined, for illustrating ond applying
sacred themes, the late revered Bard of
Sheffield demands peculiar attention.
Numbers of his devotional pieces nre
gem-liko in their construction and per-
fect specimens of simplicity, artless-
ness, tenderness, ease, as well ns of
fervour; and, indeed, wc think that
James Montgomery will be prineipally
valued and honoured by posterity for
his " Songs for tho Sanctuary," and his
Lyrical pieces.

We have observed that Hymns for
Divine Worship should bo exquisitely
simple and unaffected. AVhat can be
more admirable for their plainness and
appropriateness, than the following
lines from •* A Sabbath Hymn ?"—

** "VNTiilc tliy ministers proclaim
Peace and pardon in thy name,
Through their voice, by faith, may I
Hear thee speaking through tlic sky.

•* From thine house, when I return,
May my heart witliin mo bum ;
And, at CTcning, let me Bay,
• I have walk'd with God to-daj-.'

• I*

C^an anything be finer or more impres-
sive, as a devotional and grahilatory
Hymn, than that beautiful effusion, bo
deservedly admired, beginning with —

** Angels ! from the realms of glory.
Wing your flight o'er all the earth."

It is one of the finest inspirations of
his Sacred Muse.

We have always? regarded tlic fol-

lowing verse as exquisite for its beau-
teous simplicity : —

** Sages ! leave your contemplatioiLs,
Brighter visions beam afar ;

Seek the great * Desire of Nations,'
Ye have seen his natal star ; —
Come and worship,

Worship Christ the new-bom King."

What beautiful sentiments, most
sweetly and admimbly expressed, are
those contained in the following Hues:- -

*' Poor mortals, blind and weak below,
Pursue the phantom bliss in vain ;

The world's a wilderness of woe.
And life's a pilgrimage of pain.

" Till mild Religion from above
Descends, a sweet cng^aging form ;

The messenger of heavenly love,
The bow of promise in a storm .

** At her approach, the grave appears
The gate of Paradise restored ;

Her voice the watching cherub hen^^,
And drops his double -ttanung sword."

How the subjoined stanza enters into
the feelings of an enlightened and de-
vout Christian : a stan7.a so clear and
imprcssive for its sim])lc exhibition of
evangelical truth, and for the announce-
ment of the only medium of joyful and
secure access to God ! —

** Between the cherubim of old

Thy glory was express'd ;
But God in Christ we now behold.

In flesh made manifest ; —
Through him who all our siiknetJS l^lt,

Who all our sorrows bare ;
Through him in whom thy fulness dwelt,

We offer up our prayer."

His *' Invocation to the Holy Spirit"
is one of the finest Hymns in tlie hui-
guage. "NVhat can exceed in touder-
ncss and beauty these stanzas? —

** Come as the iire, and purge our hc:nt,

Like sacrificial flame ;
Let our whole soul an offering be.

To our Redeemer's name.

** C'ome as the dew, and sweetly bkf s

7'his consecrated hour ;
Miy bairenuess rejoice to own

Thy fertilizing power.

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895

*' Cume as the dove, and spread thy wmgs,

llie win^ of peaceful love ;
And let the Church on earth become

Blest as the Church above."

In the year 1822, Mr. Montgomery
published a little volume, entitled
'" Songii of Zion ; being Imitations of
pMlras:" and, in the Preface, ho mo-
de«tlv observed, — **If it shall bo found
that the Author has added a little to
the small national stock of ' Psalms and
Hymns and Spiritual Songs/ in \rhich
piety speaks the language of poetry,
and poetry the language of inspiration,
he trusts that he \«'ill be humbly con-
tented and unfcignodly thankful."
TTicse Sacred Songs ore 8ixt)'-seven in
number, are close imitations of the
Psalms, and are marked by their sim-
plieity, terseness, and fidelity.

The 123rd I'^alm has seldom been
rendered more happily; rarely have
chasteneas, accuracy, and a beautiful
KvelinesSy been more simply and sweetly
blended: —

" OlaH was my heart to hear

Hy old companions say.
Come — ^in the house of God oppour,

For 'tis a holy-day.

" Our willing feet shall stand

Within the tcmplc-door,
While young and old, in many a bond.

Still throng the sacred floor.

'• Thither the tribes repair,
\lliere all are wont to mct-t ;

-lad, joyful in the house of pi;iycr,
Bend at tlie mercy-scat.

" Pray for Jerusalem,

The city of our God ;
The I»rd fVom hea>-en be kind to ihun

That love the dear abode.

*" Within these walla may peat?

And harmony be found ;
Zaao, in all thy palaces,

PiQsperity abound !

"For friends and bret1:reu dear,
Oar prayer Fhiill never ccaso ;—

Oft as they meet for Avoisliip h< r-,
Ood seiida his people pence !

llie subjoined lines strike sweetly on
the troubled ear, and diffuse the most
soothing and delightful tranquillity
through the agitated and suffering
spirit : —

" O where shall rest be found,

llcst for the wcarv soul ?
'Twerc vain the ocean's depths to sound,

Or pierce to either pole.

"The world can never give

The bliss for which we w*»li,
*Tia not the whole of life to livo,

Nor all of death to die.

•* Beyond this vale of tears,

There is a life above,
Unmeasured by the flight of yciii-:*,

And all that life is love.*'

Can anything be more exquisite and
consolatory than the following stanzas
on the death of a minister of the gospel ?

" Servant of God, well done !

llest from thy loved employ ;
The battle fought, the victory won,

Enter thy Master*** juy.

"His sword was in his hand.
Still icarm frifh recent fffhi^

Ready that moment, at command,
Through rock and steel to smite.

"At midnight came tlic cry, —
*To meet thy Ood prepare !'

He woke — and caught his Captain'.'s f. yo
Then, strong in faith and prayer,

" His spirit, with a bound,
I^ft its encumbering clay ;

His tent at sunrise in the ground,
A darkened ruin lav.

" The pains of death are past.

Labour and sorrov.' cciiro,
And life's long lalvour closed at la\J,

His soul is i'ouiid in peace.

" Soldier of Christ, well done !

Praise be thy new employ ;
And while etcri.al ages run,

Rest in thv Saviour's jov."

Can any 8aored Lyric in tl'e lan-
guage be nioie niajt-stic in its iiinrch,
or mellifluous in iis flow, than that

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TUK LATK JAMB8 MOKTOOMBBT, ESQ.,

inimitable effusion which commences
with the subjoined lines: —

*'Hsrk! the song of Jubilee,

Loud as mighty thunders roar ;
- Or the fulness of the sea,

When it breaks upon the shore :
Hallelujah ! for the Lord

Qod Omnipotent shall reign ;
Hallelujah ! let the word

Echo round the earth and main."

How simple, yet how sublime and
magnificent, the closing stanza! —

<* He shall reign from pole to pole,

With illimitable sway ;
He shall reign, when, like a scroll.

Yonder hesTcns have passed away ;
Then the end, — beneath his rod

Man*s last enemy shall fall ;
Hallelujah ! Christ in God,

Qod in Christ, is all in all."

The above strains are only worthy
to be set to the majestic music of
Handel.

Though these short specimens, how-
ever, are so interesting in themselves,
and convey so clear and impressive an
exhibition of the enlightened and fervid
piety, the refined taste, tlie pure and
elevated imagination of the late James
Montgomery, the writer cannot help
expressing his decided partiality to-
wards three Sacred Lyrics, which have
uniformly appeared to him exceedingly,
and, in some respects, pre-eminently
beautiful. The first is termed, "The
Three Mountains," so delightfully fa-
miliar to the children of God; which
has imparted exquisite joy and de-
light to thousands in every part of the
world ; and which is in itself, though
very concise, a Hymn of striking
and peculiar merit. We shall never
have the pleasing impressions obliter-
ated from our mind which were pro-
duced on a certain occasion, when it
was sung with the utmost pathos and
beauty, and was correspondingly ef-
fective upon the minds and hearts of
the immense assembly convened. No-
thing can be simpler, or more unpre-
tending, than this little sacred poem,

and yet it is, nnqnestionably, the pro-
duction of a master of '' Sweet Songs"
in our modem IsraeL It ii pathetic,
original, consolatory, and devotional in
a high degree. It is unique ; a perfect
gem. The contrast between the " Three
Mountains" is beautifully maintained,
and the condnding verse, to the humble
and penitent sinner, is sweetly and r&-
sistlessly impretsive : —

*' Here I would for ever stay,
Weep and gaze my soul away ;

Thou art heaven on earth to me.
Lovely, mournful Calvary."

The next Hymn, which has always
awakened our chaste and lively ad-
miration, and which is continually
quoted by every person of taste and
devotion, is the one founded on that
simple expression of the Apostle's,
Bphesians vi. 18, ** Praying always
with all prayer." No Christian can
peruse this Hymn without being alivo
to its beauties, and sensibly afiected.
Prayer was never so defined before —
never more simply, clearly, eloquently,
and impressively exhibited. Its ex-
pressions arc gem-like. Its rhythm is
beautiful. It reaches the ti'ue sublime
of Christian experience and devotion.
The four following stanzas can scarcely
be lauded too highly. They are, on
the subject, unequalled.

"Prayer is the sours sincere desire,

Utter'd or uncxpress*d ;
The motion of a hidden fire

That trembles in the breast.

** Prayer is the burthen of a sigh.

The falling of a tear.
The upward glancing of an eye,

AVhen none but God is near.

•* Prayer is the simplest form of speech

That infant lips can try ;
Prayer the sublimcst strains tliat reach

The Majesty on high.

" Prayer is the Christian*s vital breath.

The Christian's native air ;
His watchword at the gates of death.

He enters heaven with prayer."

Who can read this lovely Hymn for

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397

the firtt time, without feeling most
deeply — without being charmed? and
it will nerer become stale. It will al-
ways be fresh — always exert power.
It will be doing good while the chmrch
stands, or a Christian exists. If Mont-
gomery had never written anything but
this Devotional Lyric, it would have
been sufficient, in the estimation of every
man of cultivated mind and enlightened
piety, to have stamped him with the
honourable and enviable appellation of
a true poet^ Surely, he was inspired
to pc»n it, that all might be taught the
nature and efficacy of prayer, and that
be might easentiidly and permanently
benefit the Christian world, until the
Redeemer shall come again.

The lost H}'mn, or Sacred Lyric,
which has always riveted and im-
pressed OS, is the one founded on Re-
velation xiv. 13, and designated,

Angelic Welcome of a Saint.

Pcrnse it again, disciples of Christ!
Commit it to memory ! How pure it is !
Few could have penned it.

** * Spirit, leave thine house of clay,

Lingering dust, resign thy breath !
Spirit, cast thy chains away !

Dust, be thou dissolved in dcatli !'
Thus the Almighty Saviour speaks.

While the faithful Christian dies
Thus the bonds of life he breaks.

And the ransom' d captive flics !

'* ' Prisoner, long detained bclo^T !

Prisoner, now with freedom bleat !
Welcome from a world of woe.

Welcome to a land of rest !'
Thus the choir of angels sing,

As they bear the soul on high.
While with hallelujahs ring

All the regions of the sky !

^Grave, the guardian of our dust !

Grare, the treasury of the skies !
Bf ery atom of thy trust.

Rests in hope again to rise.
Hsik! the judgment-trumpet calls !->

Soul, lebnild thy house of clay !
fansftality thy walls,

Aadctenity thy day 1"

Nothing of its kind can exceed this.
It is most concise, most touching, most
elevated, and is full of lyrical fire and
finish, while it is characterized by ex-
quisite accuracy and tenderness of
Christian sentiment.

We close our observations by remark-
ing that the revered James Montgomery
as a poet, in his own department and
sphere, in the delineation of experi-
mental and devotional subjects, and in
the metrical adaptation of Scripture, is
almost unequalled. As a lyric poet few,
except Thomas Campbell, have sur-
passed him; — as a strictly devotional
poet, he has had scarcely a rival. Even
Cowper himself, simple, elegant, and
beautiful as he is, in his Hymns and
Devotional Lyrics, is not always so
original and striking as Montgomery.
Charles Wesley's Hymns are full of
boldness, point, and energy; and the
Bard of Sheffield admired, and, wc
think, often imitated him ; but in poetic
spirit, tenderness, and beauty, he fre-
quently goes beyond hira.

For chastencss, simplicity of expres-
sion, pathos, pregnant brevity, and the
clear, the beautiful development of
rich. Christian thought and feeling, he
will never be surpassed ; we mean, of
course, in relation to his lyrical cfFu-
fiions, and in connexion with these he
will live, and will be permanently and
gratefully remembered.

Farewell ! Farewell ! Sweet Bard
of Zion! Thy name the church will
ever preserve, and Christians in every
age will XHjruse, in the chamber of de-
votional retirement, the tender and
sacred compositions of thy muse "with
the utmost benefit and delight. Thy
works will be thy noblest monument,
and thy lovely character will ever be
fresh and fragrant.

— ** Thy star will ever shine,
Thy pure and silvery light will never
fade."

June 1, lSa4.

398

THK TIIKKEFOU) RKLATION OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST.

TllE THREEFOLD HELATION OF THE CKOSS OF CHRIST.

There is no object in the world so
contemptible and so glorious — so repul-
sive and 60 attractive — so little regarded
and so inestimable — so neglected and
so momentous, as the cross of Christ.
Most coutemptiblo as the instrument of
punishment for the woiat of rriminuls;
most glorious as the means of the Re-
deemer occomplisliing his groat mis-
sion ; most repulsive to the self-righte-
ous, the carnally wi;>e, the proud; most
attractive to humble, believing peni-
tents; most worthless to the creatures
of time and sense, tlic rich in their own
eyes ; most inestimable to those feeling
their spiritual poverty ; most neglected
by the world ; mo<»t momentous as the
world*s life. To the Jew it is a stum-
bling-block, to the Greek foolishness;
but to every one that believes it is the
power of God uDto salvation. Surely,
then, if thci*e is a subject which di?-
mands the consideration of mankind,
this is tliat subject.

I. TUK CUOSS OF CllUIST IN llKLA-

TiON TO God.

It dtsj)l(n/s (loiVs hiijhcst tcisdom. —
Christ cinicified is said in the sacred
oracles to be the wisdom of God. It in
the very consummation, the perfection
of infinite wisdom. If true wisdom
consists in employing the best means to
accomplish the best end, we have it
here. If we reflect on llic end for
which Christ was crucified, wo shall
perceive it to be the best. That end is
so to develop the attributes of God as
that his rational creatures may discern
his excellence, and yield him the gloiy
due unto his name. A better end there
cannot be. It is the highest. Then, if
we examine the means by which this
end is effected, we shall see that Christ
emcified is the best. We cannot con-
ceive of better. In the cross may be
seen one ray of llini, wlio is light shed
forth, which gives a beautiful tinj^^e to
all the other rays emanating from Him,
— mercy so manifested as to cast a
lustre over the rest of the Divine per-

fections — the exhibition at once and in
exquisite harmony of the natural and
moral attiibutes of Jehovah — pardon,
sanctiticetion, and life, for guilty, pol-
luted, ruined man — iniiuences fitted to
subdue tlie hostile spirit of the sinner,
humble his pride, lay him low in the
dust of self-abasement, soften his ob-
durate heart, bring him to repentance,
inspire him with love to God, and lead
him to respect and obey the law, which
before he det>piKed and trampled under
his feet — Satan and his emissaries de-
feated, tho death-blow they aimed at
Jesus proving their own overthrow, the
means of man's deliverance, and the
death of death. Here then is there
not the exhibition of the profoundcst
wisdom ?

It opens up the tray for the most
Ifloriofis disj^iti/ of OoiVa jtowcr. — Christ
crucified, or the preaching of the cross,
tlie apostle terms tho iK)wer of God. It
is a matchless manifestation, the very
concentration of Almighty power. The
splitting of rocks, the removal of moun-
tains from their base, the shaking of
the earth to its centre, the speaking of
worlds into existence, invested with
laws for their regulation, and tlie de-
struction of others, are not such displays
of l>ivine power as the cross of Christ.
To create a world requires stu])endous
potency ; but to recover an apostate
world rcquiiTs mucli more stupendous
potency. It was far easier to produce
man than to redeem liini — to foim man
a loving, obedient ci*eature, than to
render rebellious nmn such — to create
man holy tlian to five him iiX}m guilt
and pollution — to make man a child of
God and an heir of heaven, than to
cause Uian, a child of the devil and an
heir of hell, to become a child of God
and an heir of heaven. '• Let,'' said
Jehovah, *' light be, and light was;" ho
spake and worlds sprung into being ;
he commanded, and they stood I'ofit ;
but when he wished to ransom fallen
man, he had to put aside his glory.

THE THUEEIfOLD RELATION OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST.

399

stoop from licaveii to eartli, assume and
unite humanity with Divinity, livo the
law among those who were wilfully
violating it, and present himself an
offering for sin by agonizing in tho
garden, and hiying down his own souL
To giro csiotcnce to worlds he only
had to exert his energetic word ; but
ttf giro life to a perishing world ho
iMd tu withdraw Uie symbols, or out-
ward expressions of his majesty and
glory, to take upon him all tlie attri-
bates of man and the condition of a
serfant, and be obedient unto death,
eTen tho death of the cross. Though
the Jews itaid' tauntingly they said
rightly, "he saved others, himself he
cannot save." For would ho rescue tho
ftinncr from ruin he could not release
liimself from the accursed tree. Then
the cross affords God a potcer over
hiQn and devil he could not othencise
possets. — It enables him to chango
ma from cnemiea to friends — ^from a
rtate of ignorance, guilt, and pollution,
to one of knowledge, pardon, and holi-

•irom subjection to everlasting
contempt, and misery, to the
pBSineiisIoa of endless houour, com-

itiou, and felicity. It empowei*s
to defeat the designs of batun — to
U him with his own weapons — to
inft him from his usurped throne in
the heart of roaii — to seizo tlie prey out
if km mouth — to overthrow his king-
4tm oa the earth, and rear for himself
a kngdom out of the materials — and to
hnp apon him the woe and infamy lie
ftoaglit t4> bring ou man, and the dis-
he intended to pour uxK>n his

M presents God's justice in its most
usgteei. — AVho cau tiiink of tho
bf Christ's character, tlic dignity
tf Us person, the close and eudeai-ing
DM between him and God, and the
OHi he had to endure ou taking the
r's place, without being con-
to exclaim, Mow awful is Di-
Such a dealli borne by
■ha peniou, and ou sueli an accounti
Mm tho equity of Goil with a ma-
i%t ^ McreducsSy not to be gained

even by the everlasting punishment of
tho whole human race, and calculated
to strike the very arch-fiend with the
greatest alarm, and the mightiest angel
with the most profound reverence. If
the justice of heaven would over relent
and waivo its claims, it certainly would
have done so Avhcu tho sinner's Judge,
tho coequal with the Father, presented
himself as his substitute. But did it ?
When tho Lord of Hosts ciicd, *^ Awoke,
O sword, against my shepherd and
against the man that is my fellow, and
smite tho shepherd," did it slumber
on ? Did it not awake and sheathe it-
self in his very vitals ? If, then, it
shrunk not from exacting its demands
from tho Judge himself on his becom-
ing the criminal's surety, must not its
rights bo inviolable, and docs not the
Judge, willingly satisfying them in the
manner ho did, invest it with the high-
est sanctity — a sanctity tho offender's
death could not have conferred ? Sin-
ner, weigh well tliis. If tlio Son of
God escaped not when he stood in your
room, how will you escape if you avail
not yourself of what he has done on
your behalf? If justice spared nut
him, how will it spoi'c you should you
appear at the bar of God in your iui-
quities ? Verily, if there is everything
in the cross of CI nib t to pro\c the
boundless mercy of the Almighty, and
to inspire the penitent and belie vin
with a blesseil hope, there h every tliin
in that cross to demonstrate the strict-
ness of his equity, and to fill the obdu-
rate and faithless with black despair.

It sets forth God's mercy in the most
amiable form. — Christ cruciiicd pre-
pares the way for the exercise of mercy
not towai'ds afUictcd but guilty crea-
tures, Tho death of our Lord, it is
true, furnishes uicans for the support,
relief, and deliverance of creatures in
distress; but itn main inUnlion is to
provide for the pardon of rebels — the
salvation of lho.sc who deserve to pe-
rish. Then this is accomplished, not
at the expense of justice, or by making
void the law, but so as to satisfy the
demands of the one and the claims of

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400

TUB Til RRtS FOLD REI.ATfOX OF TUB CB08S OP CHRIST.

the other. A •ovcreign, vfhcn ho for-
givet a criminal, does to without com-
penMting either. At the sacrifice of
the principles of hoth, ho shows mercy.
Not so here. Such is the respect paid
to the requirements of justice and law
by the Lord of Glory dying, that God
can, without infringing in the least on
the rights of either, extend mercy to
tho worst of offenders. "He can be
justv and the justificr of the sinner who
beliereth in Jesus.''

It exhihiU the attributes of Gttd to
perfection and in harmomf at once.^^
Here may be seen the wise Governor,
the just Judge, and the merciful Father
— mercy and truth meeting together,
righteousness and peace embracing each
other — infinite wisdom, spotless justice,
and boundless mercy shining in all
their perfection, and so mingling their
beams as not to eclipse, but to add to
one another's brilliancy. "NVhcro else is
to be obtained such a light as this?
What other object affords so glorious
a view of the Divine perfections at
once ? Does earth, heaven, or hell ?
In the two latter, there arc striking
manifestations of God's equity in the
rewards ond punishments they i*esi>ec-
tively yield to the obedient and dis-
obedient angels; and in the former,
there arc some faint indications of his
lenity in the herbs, the skill and self-
restoring power of the body which ad-
minister relief and hcaltli to those who
have brought on disease thi*ongli pursu-
ing a vicious course ; but in not any one
of them, or in all taken together, have we
so exquisite and harmonious a display
of Jehovah's attributes as in the cross of
Christ. Well, then, might the celestial
inhabitants desire to look intently into
the wondrous plan of redemption ! Yea,
the cross of CTirist will not only be the
constant theme of tho everlasting song
of the redeemed, but attract the rever-
ential gaze, and excite the wonder, ad-
miration, and praise of the whole of the
heavenly hosts throughout the countless
ages of eternity.

II. The Cross of Christ in rela-
tion TO HIMSELF.

H^ ero$a tros to him a Bomte of m-
describable distreu. — The crucifixion,
with the whole of its introductory and
attendant evils, was fitted to fill the
spirit of the blessed Itedeemer with
overwhelming anguish, and, from his
conduct, undoubtedly did. Added to
this must be that which would spring
from its being previously known to him.
Not a few have to pass through great
troubles ; but they arc not aware be-
forehand that they have. Hence, they
ai-e preserved from all that anxiety,
fear, and misery which arise from anti-
ci^Niting them, and which would, in
most instances, bo worse than the
troubles themselves, as the anticipation
generally far exceeds the realization in
regard either to good or evil.

'* Man feels a thousand deaths in fearing

one.

Unlike all others, Christ was ex-
prcssly bom to endure inconceivable
sufferings, and knew he was. He not
only had to sustain, but to expect them
—not only to bear the cross in reality
at the termination of his career, but to
bear the cross in anticipation from the
beginning of it. This deeply affected
him, and increasingly so as tho time
approximated. Soon after he had com-
menced his ministry he discovered he
M'ns jwrfoetly conscious of what awaited
liim, and looked forward with extreme
solicitude to the awful and important
crisis. " I have," he remarked, " a bap-
tism to be baptized with, and how am I
straitened till it be accomplished." So
uppermost was it in his thoughts that,
whenever a favourable oj)i)ortunity oc-
curred, he i-eferred to it in his private
and public discourses. On one of those
occasions he seemed to have so vivid a
view of it, that the words burst from
his lips, " Now is my soul troubled, and
what shall I say? Father, save me
from this hour ! but for this cause came
I unto this hour." When entering the
garden, pei*ceiving, as he did at thot
moment, the ogonies and conflicts of
Gethsemane, the tinitorous conduct of
one, the denial of another, the unfaith-

THE THBKEFOLB BUULTION OF THE GROSS OF CHRIST.

401

fulnets of the rest, the nnfair trial, the
cruel mockiogs and scoarg^ngs in the
jadgment hall, the shame and insult
eonneeted with dying publicly as a
naleftictor, the pain of being crucified,
tad the hidings of his Father's face while
in these afflictive circumstances, *'he
began to be sore amazed, and to be very
heaTj," and said to the three disciples
he look with him, " my soul is exceed-
ing s or row M , eren unto death." The
greatest dejection, the most fearful con-
sternation, the deepest horror of mind,
and the most violent distress, appre-
hended and completely hemmed him
in. Then it was that the world's grief,
Satan's assaults, and God's just dis-
pleasure against guilty man, met upon
his devoted head. But who can mca-
lare the heights and depths, and lengths
sad breadths, of his sufferings ? Be-
hold, and see if there be any sorrow like
unto his sorrow !

R 9kows the regard He has for his
Faikei^t elaims.—lf Christ's heart beats
towards the sons of men, it beats to-
mrda Qod; if he sympathizes with
maakind in their miseries, he sympa-
thiies with Jehovah under his injuries ;
if he was prepared to meet the wants
of sinners, he was prepared to meet the
vaats of the Almighty ; if the cross he
Wee is an exemplification of his bound-
ksB eompa&^on for rebels, it is an cx-
tniiilification of his boundless respect
fcr the claims of the moral Governor of
the oniverse ; if he died that those who
teerve to perish might live, he died
that Deity's demands might bo so en-
tirely satisfied, as that in their very
ndeinption his attributes might be ex-
hflated to such peifcction, and in such
hsrmoDy, as to redound to his glory.
The eourse he pursued, and the manner
ia which he ended it, prove, that whilo
he fislt the profoundest concern for the
wrifaro of man, he considered the Crca-
lar had a right to be obeyed by his
ntioaal creatures ; and the law he rc-
fnred them to observe was holy, cquit-
shle, and good, and just the law they
■ght to have, and that in becoming
snrety he had no wish to set it

rOL. XXXTI.

j aside, but was quite ready to obey it to
the furthest extent, and to endure its
curse, and did. From the preceding
may be inferred sufficient to convince
the most gainsaying of the high esti-
mation in which Jesus held his Father's
requirements.

It bespeaks His love for man. — While
Jesus assures us God loves us, and points
to himself as the expression of that love,
he does not tell us in so many words
that he loves us ; but assumes our na-
ture that we may be pai*takers of his
nature ; becomes poor that we may be
made rich ; encounters the arch-foe that
we may be delivered out of his hands ;
humbles himself that we may be ex-
alted; submits to be houseless and
homeless that we may have a mansion
and a home ; sustains Jehovah's just dis-
pleasure that we may enjoy his favour ;
weeps that we may rejoice; receives
the traitor's kiss that we may experi-
ence the Father's embrace ; allows him-
self to be condemned at Pilate's bar
that we may be acquitted at God's tri-
bunal ; suffers disownment and deser-
tion that we may bo owned and be-
friended; wears the crown of thorns,
has on the purple robe, and bears tho
mock sceptre, that we may wear the
crown of glory, be clothed in the white
robe, and bear tho palm of victory;
bows to reproach and shame that we
may be commended and honoured ; per-
mits his name to be cast out as evil that
ours may be had in everlasting remem-
brance ; dies an accursed death that wo
may have a felicitous life — and leaves
us to conclude whether or not he loves
us. He does not love in word, neither in
tongue ; but in deed and in truth. With
him love is not a mere profession. It
led to the most wondrous sacrifices on
behalf of its object — sacrifices which
have no parallel. You who doubt this,
think of his stooping from heaven to
earth, laying aside his glory, and tak-
ing the form of a servant — accompany
him through his public and private life,
and observe his devotions and tempta-
tions, his miracles and instructions, the
reception they met with fitm the people

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402

THE TURIEFOLD liKTJlTIOK OF TlIE CROSS OF CRBT8T.

and his difciples, and the iraj he acted —
go \^ith him to the paMovcr, and notice
his sympathies for the disconsolate
eleven, and forhoarance of their ignor-
ance and 'vray^'ardncia, his solemn
learning to one, apprisal of another of
his danger, and encouragement to the
rest, the things he tanght them hj
word and example, and his intercessions
for them and those who should helicve
on his name through their instrument-
olitj — follow him to tho garden, and
mark his OTerwhelming anguish, his
Qgony, his hloody sweat, his prayers
and supplications, with strong crying
and tears, his deep solicitude for those
with him,his hetroyal, his apprehension,
his hcing forsaken of the apostles — ^pro-
ceed with him to the judgment-hall,
and witness the false charges hrought
against him, tlie impatient, incessant,
and peremptory cry for his crucifixion,
his offering nothing in his own defence,
his condemnation, tho thorny crown
])re8scd on hissacred hrow,liis hack smit-
ten with tho scourge, the gross insults
IK>urcd upon him, and his heing nailed to
tlio tree — stand hv the cross, and note
tlie scoffs of tlic populace, and of the
two in the like circumstances, the ])ar-
don he hcstows on one, his mourning
the loss of his Father's presence, tlie
care ho ninnifcsts for his mother, hifi
entreaty for his murderers, and the man-
ner in which he expires ; and remem-
ber oil this he endured for us while we
were yet enemies, and see if ever there
was such love as his ?

It yicUh Ilim (he most preciaits return.
— It secures to him the desire of his
heart, the redemption of a number
which no man can number, from every
nation, kindred, people, and tongue,
and the promotion of his Father's glory
— the exquisite pleasure resulting from
seeing them saved and tho felicity thoy
enjoy — the constant gracious feelings
of their renewed nature and their per-
petual praises — the eternal gratitude,
love, and adorations of tlie heavenly
hosts for his ama/ing sacrifices for the
recovery of the lost — the highest ap-
probation of his own mind — and the

unqualified commendation of God. In-
deed, it is impossible to entirely know
the character and extent of the joy and
the honour that will ever accrue to him
ftom the cross.

III. The Cross of Christ in rela-
tion TO Man.

It commends Qod to man, — Ood is the
embodiment of every excellence in per-
fection. Self-existence, immutability,
omnipresence, almightiness, omniscience,
rectitude, justice, veracity, goodness,
mercy, and wisdom, are his. In him is
no darkness at all — no intellectual
darkness — no moraldarkness — ^nospirit-
ual darkness — no darkness of death.
He is replete with beauty, and alto-
gether lovely. So overflowing with all
good is he that he is continually calling
myriads of creatures of various kinds
into being to share in his happiness.
Numerous as are the products of his
hands, each bears the impress of con-
summate skill, benevolence, puiity, and
grace. From what may be seen in his
works, there is eventhing to attract
mankind to him and to cause them
ardently to long to enjoy his favour.
Yet sin hos so jaundiced the eye and
warped the judgment, that he is taken
to be ** a hard master reaping where he
has not sown, and gathering where he
has not strawed." The cross, however,
presents him in an aspect calculated to
give the very opposite view. It shows
that so far from wishing to exact more
than his due, he was ready to forego his
rights, OS far as regards requiring them
from sinners themselves, and even to
furnish at immense sacrifice One who
would satisfy his claims for them, and
be able and willing to save them from
the evils to which they were deservedly
exposed.

It makes man displeased with himself,
— In proportion as the Cross raises God
in the estimation of men, it sinks men
in then* own estimation. Xo pei*son
can be pleased with Jehovah without
being displeased with himself. He can-
not perceive the excellency and loveli-
ness of the Divine character without
being e:truck with the turpitude and

THE THREEFOLD DELATION OF THE CBOSS OF CHRIST.

iO^

hatefnlncss of his own. He cannot
consider the Lord's gracious dealings
towards him without remembering his
nngracions dealings towards the Lord,
like Job he is led to exclaim, ** Behold,
I am Tile/' *• I have heard of theo by
the hearing of tho ear ; but now mine
eve seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor
jnv-elf."

It renders man contrite. — There is a
power in the dying love of Jesus none
can withstand. It melts the icy heart —
changes the heart of stone into a heart
of flesh — smites the rocky heart, and
the waters of repentance gush forth.
*' And they shall look upon me whom
they have pierced, and they shall mourn
for him, as one mourn eth for his onl}'
.«on, and shall be in bitterness for him,
as one that is in bitterness for his first-
born." Bilncy, an English reformer of
the tdxteenth century, was prevailed on
to recant on the ground ho would con-
vert more by living than by dying the
martyr's death. " He returned to Cam-
bridge tormented by remorse; his friends
in vain crowded round him by night
and by day ; they could not console him,
and even the Scrij)tui*es seemed to utter
ro voice but that of condemnation.
Fear made him tremble constantly, and
Lf could neither ent nor drink. At
I'Tigth an heavenly and unexpected
light dawned in the heart of the fallen
uiiciple; a witness whom he had vexed
—the Holy Spirit — spoke once more in
his heart. Bilney fell at the foot of the
cross, shedding floods of tears, and there
lie found peace. But the more God
comforted Lim. the greater appeared
his crime. Only one thought possessed
him, that of giving his life for the
truth. He had sunk from before tho
baming pile; its flames must now con-
sume hiui.** Nothing so effectually
brings tho wicked to repent as a sight
of Christ crucified. It overcomes all
opposition, slays the enmity of the car-
nal mind, and pi^oduces in the most ob-
durate and insensible a broken and a
contrite spirit.

li frees man from the hurilen of sin.
—To tho awakened, sin is a burden —

an intolerable burden. It is as lead at
the heart, or as a burning coal in the
breast. Such is its pressure on the
mind, tliat they know not what to do.
The arrows of conviction pierce the
soul, and cause pain not to be equalled,
much less surpassed. No wound is so
deep as that inflicted by tho sword of
the Spirit — the word of God. Of tliis
the bitter tears of Peter, the despairing
cry of the multitude on the day of
Pentecost, the inability of Saul of Tar-
sus to eat or drink for three days after
Christ had met with him in the way to
Damascus, the alarm and agitation of
Felix under the reasoning of Paul, the
first stages of the experience of Chris-
tians generally, dud the attempts of
many to effect self-destniction, supply
abundant proof. Gay society, light
reading, amusements, pleasures, re-
course to excesses, the observance of
rites and ceremonies, the afflicting of
the body, or anything else of man's
devising, can convey no permanent
relief. All sorts of means — means, in
many instances, extremely repulsive
and grievous to flesh and blood — have
been had recourse to, but without fuc-
ccss. The instant, however, a glimpse
of Christ cruciiied, •'the Lamb of God
which taketh away the sin of the
world," has been obtained, the burden
has been lost, fear has given place to a
peace which passcth understanding, and
sorrow to a joy unspeakable. The Phi-
lippian jailor, the eunuch, those pricked
in their heart under the preaching of
the apostle, and, indeed, every true
believer, are striking illustrations. It
is at the cross, and only there, sinners
can get rid of (heir load of guilt, and
realize i)pace with God.

It (lelivfirs wan from the dominion of
siyt. — Jesus not merely saves from the
punisliment, but from tho thraldom of
iniquity. By his sacrificial death he
atones for our trespasses, secures grace
to enable us to purify ourselves from
all filthiness of the fle>h and spirit, and
to perfect holiness in the fear of God,
and supplies us with such motives as
will prompt the effort necessary for the

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THE TRnClFOLD RELATION OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST.

obtainiiig of forgiveness and the attain-
ment of sanctification. Blood flowed
from his wounds for the expiation of
oar crimes, water ran oat of his side
for the cleansing of us from pollution,
and ineentiTes arise from his Ticarious
sacrifice to urge us to labour to realize
the one and to attain the other. While
the cross makes way for the remission
of offences, and for the communication
of the aid of the Holy Ghost to assist
in effecting deliverance from its power.
it evinces the exceeding sinfulness of
sin, indicates the impossibility of escape
if found in transgression, presents a sur-
passingly amazing proof of the strength
of Divine love, holds out invaluable
blessings, and inspires with a most po-
tent love, and thus stirs us up to exer-
cise that faith in Christ which insures
our pardon, and so to seek and follow
the gracious influences of the Spirit as
to become holy. Are instances called
for ? Turn to the biography of a Saul,
a Newton, a Bunyan, a AVilliams, or to
the past and present conduct of many
in our churches.

It gives man life, — The expii*ation of
Christ is the vitality of sinners. Had
he not died, they must. Through pour-
ing out his soul unto death, he is ena-
bled to quicken the dead in ti*es|)asscs
and sins, to reanimate all that are in
their graves, and to i-cscuc man from
hell — the second death j and where a
sight of the cross is gained, the soul
springs from the death of sin into sj^i-
ritual existence; the body, though ulti-
mately 80>vn in corruption, in dishonour,
and in wcakucss, will come forth in in-
corruptiou, in glory and in power, and
both will be reunited ond raised to
eternal life. "I am," says the Be-
deemcr, ** the resurrection and the life;
ho that believcth in mo, though he were
dead, yet shall he live ; and whosoever
liveth and believcth in mc shall never
die."

It raises man to ghry, — Iniquity
clothes men with shame and everlasting
contempt The cross loads them with

honour and unceasing praise. The one
sinks them to the lowest depths of in-
famy and disgrace; the other raises
them to the highest pinnacle of excel-
lence and glory. How has the former
even here degraded some, and the latter
elevated them ! Of this each can easilv
supply himself with apt examples. A
glimpse of Christ crucified never fails to
exalt the most abandoned, now as well
as in eternity. Through the Messiah
having borne the ignominy of the cross,
cveiy one who will only have faith in
him may and will share in his inefiable
and unfading glory.

In conclusion,

1. — If such he the effect of the Ct'oss,
should it not be the constant theme of the
Christian teacher ?

Other preaching may attract and
please, but it will not meet the wants
of man, much less prove successful.
Only so far as Clirist is set forth cruci-
fied will the people be enlighte:icd, re-
novated, and saved, and God glorified.
Let those who are disposed to question
this attend the ministry of the moral
essay istsand that of the gospel preachers,
and they will soon see sufficient to scatter
cveiy doubt. " And I, if I be lifted up
fi-om the earth,'* said the Lord, " will
draw all men unto me."

2. — Header^ tchat influence has the
Cross on yon ?

Has it exalted God and sunk self in
your estimation, caused you to he
humble and contrite, reconciled God to
you and you to God, freed you from the
guilt and dominion of sin, filled you
with peace and joy, inspired the hope
of perpetual felicity and eternal gloiy,
and led you to pray and labour for the
salvation of those out of the way ? Or
has it had no effect on you ? If it ha?,
you are tnily blessed, and should re-
joice and be exceedingly glad ; if it has
not, you are in a perilous state, and
should tremble for yourselves, and in-
stantly flee to the Redeemer.

J. S.

POETRY.

405

^oetrp.

Ta£ BftOXSK BOTf, OB DISArPOIXTKD
H0PB8.

"Hopes that were angels in their birth.
Bat perish'd young, like things of

CMth."

•/a#. Mantffomery,

The writer of the following verses
had gone on a little journey into Scot-
land, and hoped to have seen much of
the beaatiful scenery of that country ;
bot Tery wet weather, personal indis-
position, and other circumstances, com-
bined to oblige him to return sooner
than he had intended, after only a very
hasty glimpse of the country visited.
While sailing down the river Forth
from Stirling to Edinburgh, on a
showexy afternoon, in order next day
to return to England, a rainbow was
seen, gilding some very dark and
threatening clouds. For a long time
only half the bow was visible ; its co-
lours were very bright ; but the arc was
broken at the centre, and extended only
half-way from one horizon to the other.
At length the other half shone out ; and
the whole remained for a long time —
ooe of the most brilliant bows he had
erer seen. To his mind, feeling keenly
the disappointment, the broken bow ap-
peared a fit emblem of frustrated hopes ;
— the bow complete conveyed an assur-
ance that in the end all shall bo well.
The circumstance suggested the lines
which follow. Header, fhink not such
m circumstance unworthy of this notice;
but learn to make all thy earthly trials
and disappointments minister to thy
^iritnal good ; and learn to say, in the
pialmist*B language — with humble con-
fidence in the. Heavenly Hand that
gnidet thee — " I will hope continually,
mmd will yet praise thee more and more."
Fft. Ixxi. 14.

O KFairua not, nor grieve ;

The plan of God ii wise ;
That same kind hand directs thy way

Which spread the azure skies.

His bow of promise see

How fair it shines above !
Go, read in each bright colour there,

That, God— thy God— is love.

As yet but half appears ;

Thou seest yon broken bow,
Meet emblem of thy hopes too bright

To realize below ;
But wait, — for soon in heaven

That bow shall shine complete ;
Sign of the ancient promise given,

And never broken yet.

Lo ! now it spans the skies —

A bright, a perfect arc ;
More bright as from behind it fri^wn

Those gloomy clouds so dark.
— Such are the ways of God,

Blind mortals deem them wrong ;
But wait, — the darkest, dreariest path,

Shall perfect be ere long.

Hereafter thou shalt own

His ways, how kind, how wise !
Each disappointment thou hast known

Shall brighten yonder skies.
The trials of thy lot

Shall but prepare thy soul
For those pure realms of bliss divine,

Where ceaseless pleasures roll.

Go, serve thy Saviour God,

Tis thine to do his will ;
And what on earth thou canst not s«c,

Shall shine on heaven's bright hill.
Then, murmur not, nor grieve,

But in His love rejoice ;
Thy pathway to His wisdom leave.

And be His will thy choice.

J. H. PARKr.U.
THE christian's POLAB STAR.

[Written in the album of a y<Jiiii<;
friend going to reside at a distance from
home.]

" You have the power of endeavouring
to make the glory of God the polar star
ofyourlife."— rorfiT* Student's Guide

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Sat, canBt thou picture aught more
bright

Thmn yonder glittering star,
Which, midst the murky clouds of night.

Sheds its bright beams afar ?

The traveller, lost in deserts drear.

Or on the stormy main,
Knows its kind ray, forgets his fcur,

And homeward turns again.

And thou must o*er the desert roam,

Must cross life's stormy sea ;
Say, what ahall point thee, wandering,
home,

O, what shall rescue thee }

Gotti glory do thou seek above

All earthly objects far.
And, govern' d by the Saviour's love,

Make thit thy polar star.

The heavenly host, by night, by day.

Round one fair centre roll ;
So let God's glory be for aye

The centre for thy soul.

And when abroad in evening air
Thou seest yon star so bright,

Then raise to heaven thy humble prayer
For grace to keep thee right.

VTho hold God's glory — still most dear.
The first, the last, the best-—

Shall never greatly wander here.
Nor fail of endless rest.

Be all thy actions done to God,
To Him thy heart be given ;
He '11 guide thee through life's danger-
ous road.
Ho '11 bring thee safe to heavei) !

J, H. Fab.ki:r.

EKKATVM, IN TUB LIME! XKTITLED GOODLY HEKITAOS, rOK JCMS, paf« 890.

For—" The heart wai not CubioMd to taek,"
Read, "The heart was nut fasliianed to achi*'

2(ebtetD of ^BdWtiva ^uhluattond.

First Likes of CuRidTiAN Theology,
in the form of a SyiiabuSf prepared for the
ute of the Students in the Old College,
Utfmerton ; with subsequent Additions and
Elucidations, By John Pye Smith,
D.D., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., late
Divinity Tutor in that Institution. Edi-
ted frofn the Author's Manuscripts, with
additional Notes and References, and co-
pious Indexes, By William Fakreu,
LL.B., Secretary and Librarian of Xeic
College, London, 8vo, pp. 764.
Jackson and Walford.

The public has been looking with some
degree of impatience for this monument
of Dr. Pye Smith's zeal and efficiency as
an instructor of the rising ministry. Cu-
riosity and liigher feelings have awakent-d,
ill many minds, a desire to see and cxa-
miuc the prelections which this distin-
guished scholar and di\'inc wus accus-
tomed to make the basis of his theological
teaching in that Seminary, in which he
held the responsible office of Divinity

Tutor, for the space of nearly half a
century. It has fallen to our lot to see
portions of these ** First Lines of Chris-
tian Theology," both in the Doctor's own
study, and in the hands of students by
whom they had been transcribed ;— and
the taste we thus obtained created an in-
tense thirst for tlie possession of them as
a whole. As we look at the goodly vol-
ume, and think how many able men have
had their minds formed by the influence
which it exerted upon them, we cannot
but regard it, now that the revered Au-
thor has ceased fVom his earthly toils,
with more than ordinary veneration. As
we try to realize the process by which our
deceased friend collected and arranged
his various materials, we cannot but be
impressed with the thoughts of his vast
diligence, and almost boundless resources.
Such a Syllabus, illuminated by his fine
scholarship, extensive reading, and devout
spirit, must have been greatly prized by
every ambitious student ; and must have

RE¥IBW OF RiSLIGIOUB PUBLIOATIOKS.

407

tnded to tld the less gifted dass of can-
djdttefl for the ministry in rising to re-
ipeetability and usefulness.

It would be somewhat difficult to con-
irej to our readers an accurate conception
of the precise character of these '* First
Lines of Christian Theology." The gene-
ral plan is excellent, and such as might
hire been expected from a mind so well
diiciplined as Dr. Pye Smith's ;— but the
oatline of thought is so slender, and the
tq>ics aro so numerous and suggestive,
that only the Author himself could have
written an apx>ropriatc critique on his own
Syllabus. One thing wc must not omit
to state, that points in theology of the
highest moment are elaborately treated,
especially such as relate to the Trinity,
the Person of the Son of God, and the
doctrine of Atonement.

There is also a fine combination of can-
dour and fidelity pervading these outlines.
Opponents are always treated fairly, while
Biblical truth is held with a firm and
tenacious grasp. Wc could easily imagine
from the perusal of this volume that its
Author might be the writer of "The Scrip-
ture Testimony to the Messiah," — a work
which produced a powerful impression on
his own age, and which will go down to
posterity as one of the ablest contribu-
tions to orthodox theology of the present
century.

The work which we now introduce with
much pleasure to our readers, and com-
mend to the notice of all Biblical Students,
is divided into Six Books. After an In-
troduction, which contains some of the
wisest counsels to Theological Students
ever perused, we have Book I. on thb
Nature and Foundation ov Cuhistian
Thboloot. Here our Lecturer presents,
1. General fnetti on the Sacred Science of
Theoiogy, 2. Treats of the Foundations of
a Merml Syttem, and of Xatural Religion.

3. On the Evidences of Revealed Religion,

4. On the ff round* of authority in True
nfcsofayy: such as the perfection of the
Senpiuret ae the Rule of Theological Truth,
'^^mtonical Authority, Authentic Text, and
UU muut important versions of the Scrip-

\^~^on the Inspiration of the Scriptures,
the province and use of Reason in
nto h g ical Science,

Book II. is on trb Deitt. 1. 77ie
Existence of God, 2. On the Essence of
God, and the Scriptural Appellations given
to Him, 3. The Divine Attributes, 4. The
Sentiments concerning the Divine Nature
usually expressed by the term, The Holt
Tbinitt.

Book III. is on the Ofebations op
Divine Will and Power. 1. The De-
crees of Ood, 2. The Operations of Divine
Power in Creation. 3. On the Providential
Government of God, 4. On the Legislative
operations of the Divine Authority,

Book IV. is on the Afostast and
Ruin of Man. 1 . On the Nature of Sin,
2. On the Origin of Sin. 3. On the Sinful
State of the Human Race. 4. On the Con-
sequences of Sin,

Book Y. is on the Redbf.mino Lovb
op God. 1. On the Eternal Purposes of
Mercy to Fallen Man, 2, On the Method
of Redemption. 3. Oti the Progressive
Dispensations of Redeeming Mercy. 4. On
the Person, OJtces, and States of the Re-
deemer. 6. On the Impartation of Salvation,

Book VI. is on the Constitution,
Discipline, and Ordinances of the
Christlln Church ; its Ultimate Ex-
tent IN the Present World, and the
Consummation of the Divine Dispen-
sation TOWARDS the RaCE OF MANKIND.
1 . On the Constitution and Discipline of the
Christian Church. 2. On the Ordinemces
of the Christian Church — the Sabbath — So-
cial Worship — Symbolical Ordinances. 3.
On the Ultimate Extent of the Church of
Christ on Earth. 4. On the Conclusion of
the Present Dispensation, and its Reference
to the Everlasting Futurity.

In our liumble judgment, a finer analy-
sis of Biblical Theology has never been
Struck out ; — and as wo have examined
the outline, and have seen how apparently
neglected portions of the Revealed system
of Divine truth aro naturally and ingeni-
ously interwoven with the text, wo have
been conscious of equal admiration and
delight. We have no misgiving whatev^
as to the efiect of these '* First Lines of
Christian Theology" upon the reputation
of Dr. Pye Smith ; — they will amply sus-
tain his credit for learning, acuteness, im-
partial research, soundness in the faith, and
eminent devoutness as •* a man of Ood."

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We cannot cloM this article, withont
«zpnMing our deep Benic of obligation
to the Editor, for the rery able manner in
which he has performed hit onerous duty.
His preface will fthow abundantly what
difficulties he had to surmount, and how
he grappled with them, and orercame
them. The four Indexes he has con-
structed are sufficient tests both of his
scholarship and industry. The Ist, on
Hebrew Words and Phrases; — the 2nd,
On Greek Words and Phrases;— the 3rd,
on Passages of Scripture, and the 4th, on
Principal Subjects, Occasional Topics,
and Authors referred to.

We Tcnture to express a hope, that the
analytical style of Lecturing will become
popular in our Theological Institutions.
It affords most ample scope for the
highest stimulus that can be applied to
the human mind. We have seen no deli-
berate judgment of Dr. Smith's course of
Lectures to his Students ; but if it is not
received with greot favour, it will be a
proof of the retrogression and not of the
progress of the age in Theological science.

Mbuoik of the Rbv. John James Weit-
nRECUT, laie Hiuiottary of the Church
Mittionary Society, at Burdtran, in
Bengal, Comprehending a Hi»tory of
the Burdican Mission, Compiled from
his Journal and Letters. By his Widow.
With a Recommendatory Notice by the
Rev, Henry Venn, B. D., Honorary
Secretary to the Church Missionary
Society. And an Introduction by the
Editor, the Rev. A. M. W. Chuisto-
riiER, M.A., Curate of St. John* Sf Rich-
mond, and formerly Principal of La

Martinitre, Calcutta. 8vo. pp. 608.
Jamn NIsbet sad Co.

We fully expected that the Memoir of
our late lamented friend, Mr. Wcitbrecht,
would excite a deep and glowing in-
terest, not only among his own eccle-
siastical connexions, but in the Christian
world generally. Our expectation has
not been disappointed ; for we learn with
great satiafaction, that an edition of 3000
was not sufficient to meet the demands of
the Christian public, and that a second
orgs edition is in the press, and will
frpcedily be forthcomirg. This is ver)* cre-

ditable to the friends of Miaaioqi, OMMt
comforting to the widow of the decaMtd,
and a noble testimony to the cbancter
and labours of one of the moet apoatoiio
men in modem times.

Mr. Weitbrecht was one of the moct
unostentatious of human beings; humi-
lity marked his whole deportment, in
private and public ; and his catholicity
was such, that no one could have Icemcd
to what section of the visible church he
belonged, from anything that iell firom
his own lips in the confiding intereounca
of social life. Mr. Christopher has well
said, in his introduction, that " the reader
is introduced to the record of a life which
might have been described in the apoa-
tle's brief autobiography, * To mo to live
is Christ, and to die is gain.* "

The volume before us will disprove the
opinion generally entertained, that near
relatives foil in supplying biographiea of
the first class. If partiality has s<«ie-
times led to an over-colouring that ia ex-
travagant and unnatural, we must say
that Mrs. Weitbrecht has carefully
avoided this extreme, and has left the
character of her deceased husband to
speak for itself, in his letters and other
written documents, and in the faithful
narrative of his sleepless toils as a Mis-
sionary of the Cross. If his success was
not equal to his most ardent prayer and
self- sacrificing efforts, there is good reaaon
to believe that, at Burdwan, ho was
honoured to lay the foundation of a great
work for the future, and tliat the seed
which was so profusely scattered by his
laborious hands will yet produce a most
plentiful harvest.

In almost ever}' respect, Mr. Weit-
brecht might be truly regarded as a
model Missionary. His ingenuity' in strik-
ing out plans of usefulness among the
native population was often very remark-
able, — his gentle benevolence won their
confidence and love, — his power of per-
severing labour, amidst great discourage-
ments, proved the strength of his faith
and his confidence in God, — and his
loving spirit to all his fellow-labourers in
the Mission field, of whatever body ol
evangelical Chri-Jtians, gave evidence ct
the degree in which he paitook of ** tl;c

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mind thmt was also in Christ
Jtmi," who looks with an eye of lore
nd sympathy upon the whole company
of ikis disciples.

It is refreshing to breathe the catholic
sir of such A Tolume as this. ** Mr. Weit-
brecht," obserres lir. Christopher, ** does
sot seem to haye been able to understand
whj true belieTers, who differ in opinion,
should not be united in love. We find
him rejoicing in itinerating with the
Tvtcran Lacroiz ; and, after a day's
preaching, it seemed not to occur to him
to ait down and commence a hot contro-
Teny with his brother concerning the
merits of their respective forms of church
goremment; but these hard-working,
practical Christians, who had been toil-
ing in the dust all day, lift their souls
hearenwards in their eyening hour of
brotherly communion, by conversing, so
Ikr as they might, on the probable em-
ployments and joys of the redeemed in
the kingdom prepared for the blessed of
the Father." This was as it should be—
as it generally would be, if sectarianism
did not usurp the mysterious function
of infallibility. Happily Mr. Weitbrecht,
and Hr. Lacroix too, knew how to dis-
tinguish between the mere scaffolding
and the great spiritual edifice.

We thank Mrs. Weitbrecht, most sin-
eerely» for a work which will not only
perpetoate the sweet and fragrant memory
of her deceased husband, but which will
eminently serve the cause of Christian
sessions in India, and, by Qod's bless-
ing, promote the interests of vital godli-
ness in all our private circles. This book
win be nearly as stirring to Ministers at
borne, and Missionaries abroad, as the
life of David Brainerd. We cannot but
acknowledge also the sense we entertain
of the value of the introductory notices
the pens of the Kev. Henry Venn
the Rev. A. M. W. Christopher.
Ihcy are vrritten in the best spirit, and
■re greatly calculated to teach all the
acrrants of Christ to 'Move each other
with a pnre heart fervently.'

»»

Incidents op T&avel in Central Ame-
jucA, Chiapas, and Yucatan. By the
kUe John Llotd Stephens. With
numei-otu Enffravings, Revised from the
latest American EdiHon^ with Additions,.
By FuEDEBicx Catuebwood. 8vo, pp.
564.

Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co.

This is a volume of most stirring inci-
dent, firom a pen that has often in-
structed and amused the reading public.
Mr. Catherwood was frequently the com-
panion of Mr. Stephens in his adventurous
journeys, and can, therefore, enter with a
full and generous sympathy into the
details of his deceased friend. Its great
fascination consists in it being an explo-
ration, with an intelligent eye, of the
Recovered Cities of Central America. As
we are favoured with graphic illustra-
tions of all that the book describes, it
cannot fail to be most deeply interesting
to the inquisitive spirit of the age. We
may venture to predict, that no one will
commence reading the volume without
finishing it as speedily as possible.

Evenings in my Tent; or, Wanderitiffs
in Balad mjareed. Illustrating the
Moral, EeUgious, Social, and Political
conditions of var'wus Arab Tribes of the
African Sahara, By the Rev, N.
Davis, F.R.S.S.A. With ntunerous
Illustrations. In two voL»., 8vo.
Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co.

These are charming volumes, 'written
with great spirit, and of excellent moral
and religious tendency. The author has
displayed equal ability in his modes of
exploration, and in his ingenious and
telling descriptions. *' The information,'*
writes Mr. Davis, '* detailed in these
volumes, has been collected during a
period of six years — from 1844 to 1850,
and would have been published before
this, had not a variety of circumstances
— beyond the author's control — pre-
vented him doing so. But as the in-
habitants of the country here delineated
are unchanged and unchanging, the delay
occasioned has in no way aifected the
portion of interest attached to the con-
tents of these pages In his

wanderings, the author's aim has been

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to gather materials to enable him to
exhibit the condition of rarioua tribes
inhabiting one of the mo»t interesting
portions of Afriea ; and the wa3r in
which this is done in the following pages,
is by allowing them — whenercr practi-
cable — to be the exponents of their own
character, whether moral, religion!*,
social, or political. . . . Travcllcra have,
indeed, here and there, held up their
peculiar torches, which, however, haAT
only served to make Its (AfVica's) intense
darkness more visible ; and this, it is to
be feared, they viill continue to do, till
a proper and feasible plea for its ex-
ploration is adopted. Such a plea the
author ventures hero to propose : and
as it is of a nature which invites the co-
operation of the merchant, the lover of
science, the philontliropist, and the Ciirin-
tinn, he sincerely trusts it will succeed
in securing duo attention."

"We unite heartily with the author in
this reasonable wish.

The Bihle Hand-Book : an Introduction
to the Study of Sacred Scripture, By
JoSBPn Anovs, D.D., Member of the
Royal Aiiatic Society. 8vo, pp. 670.

Rellgloni Tract Socletr.
Dr. Angus is olready most advanta-
geously known, in well-informed circles,
as a writer of more than onlinary claims,
both OS to the extent and accuracy of his
Biblical knowledge, and the sound scholar-
ship always evinced by him. The course
of study through which he mu^t have
passed in preparing his late Prize Essay,
could not fail to qualify him for doing
justice to his "Bible Iland-Book," a
work which will associate his name with
the best benefactors of his age. It was
just the treatise needed for popular use ;
and rarely has a popularly-constructed
volume been distinguished by so much of
solid and well-digested information on
topics of the highest possible interest.
As an Introduction to the Study of Sacred
Scripture it is invaluable ; — and deserves
a place in the best collections of Biblical
literature. Dr. Angus seems to have
escaped all the crudities of the age ; and
may be relied on for sobriety of thought,

accurate theology, and a ipizit of gloiPiiag
devoutness.

John Penhy, the Pilohxm MAarni, 15M
— 1593. By John Waddinoton, author
I of " Emmaua,** See. Ac. 8vo. pp. 21>3,
W. & F. O. CMb.

Wk envy not the man who ean read
the history of John Penry without emo»
tion. It is a thrilling record of a great
and good man struggling, with heroic
courage, against the spirit of evil times.
The incidents of his life desenro to be
embalmed in the hearts of all the true
friends of civil and religious liberty. >Vith
vast and creditable labour, Mr. Wadding,
ton has collected the leading partienlars of
his precious history, and presented them
in a manner to the Christian public eal*
culatod to be very useful. The volume
has all the exciting qualities of a romance
pertaining to it. We thank the author
most cordially for this labour of his pen.

Christ as made known to the Ancient
Church : an Exposition of the Bevela'
tion of Divine Grace^ ae unfolded in the
Old Testament Scriptures. By the late
KoiiERT (loanoN, D. D., F. R. S. E.
Two vols. 8vo.

Johniton k Hunter.
Dr. Gordon was '* a burning and shin-
ing light in his day, and many, very many,
rejoiced in his light." His power, as a
theologian, was great and commanding ;
and there was a period in his history
when he was incomparably the most elo-
quent pre.iclicr in the Scottish metropolh*.
These two volumes are noble memorials
of this great and good man, who deserves
to be had in everlasting remembrance.
To a class of young men, in our day, who
have learned, from certain German tho-
ologists, to depreciate Old Testament re-
ligion, these powerful expositions are well
adapted, and can hardly fail to turn the
tide of their rising Acepticism ; while to
those who believe that Judaism was but
the elementary form of Christianity, they
will be most Rpecially acceptable. There
is an all-pervading unction in these vol-
umes, which will prove a balm to many
devout hearts, panting after ** tlie sincere
milk of the word." The t^ijical charactc r

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411

?f OldTcittament rites is here most boau-
::fuily delineated.

Ciiu»nAxirv, Tmkoretical asm 1*u.vc-
Tira. /ly William KniKveL, LL.B.
Loadmi : Jarkvon and Walford.

Tuij volume is iiDt to be looked upon
i» a iiiiTu' cviry-d;iy effusion. There is,
ppthap-i, uothinj; now in it — ^nothing that
lit not been as well isaid b]r many, and a
iri'it deal better and more "wisely by a
few: and thtrcfore, if tested by the 8t:md-
ird which the author cl.se where applies to
Dr. Cumniijig, it should have quietly
slambcred in his desk, if not for ever, at
lci<t for the period jircscribed by lloraec,
wh'.a p^>*^i!Jly, to adopt his own iilca
■.\prf-?ed i:i his prefuro, it raii^ht have
underline a fi\'>ii pro<.'e>s of mastieation.
Bu: siliU tliero ii a fre>hne.ss, a spirit, a
lAricty, and a buhlne?-*, in the line of ar-
gument pur-fued by Mr. Kirkus, that
(lauot fail ti> invest his book with power
aa I spceial intere>t to many minds. Not
'<aly are the topies whieh he diseiLSses of
y.iA importance, but, t!u"ou^hoiit, he
ciincts cun<>i(Urable enerjjy of thought
i^i variety of reading ; and expresses
lumsL-lf in a stvlc at once manly and
i^-rrcct, altliough orrasiomdly di'«;ene-
ratini; into a tone tluit will rei)el some
EilrxdA ;i<!i flipx>ant, or defiant. However
" .taibitiou-s " u young author may be,
and however much he may be disposed
li look with pity or contempt on many
who have gone before him, and on ccr-
ijun e&Lsting opinions and u^a^us — when
b« first mppe.irs before the v.urld, he will
\x much more likely to make good his
^und, itnd to save liis ambition from
(Usippointment, by a uniform adherence
:o the tuariffr in mn.fu. Whilst, then,
*!• greatly value the keenness uf intel-
It-^t and vigour of style pervading the
V4«iumc, M'c could wish, for the fulness of
'.'IT owa satisfaction, and the ampler gra-
tification of Mr. Kirkus's best ambition,
that his tone had been tiolteued in some
iastarices, and tliai certain points not
Bwcnlial to the completeness of his plan
had be(.n omitted.

The hubstance of the volume appears
l3 hare been delivered as a loiirse of
Icctarc^ during the author's ministry in

Craven Chapel ; nnd, when pronounced
with the living voice, and in a more
popular shape, we cannot but feel as-
sured that his c<mgregation must have
been gratiKed and instructed. No intel-
ligent eongrt*gation indeed could listen to
such lectures as these, in their original
and less ample form, without having
their prejudices subdued, the grounds of
th'jir f:uth consolid.ited, their intelligence
augmented, and their Christianity clothed
with greater power. And now that tiny
have assumed the permamnt a:i I more
ehiborate form of a book, the 1 ir;;cr and
more diversilie I congregatii>:i to whieh
Mr. Kirkus addrc-wes himself v.ill uot
fail, we trust, to be abundantly bvnelited.
Such a book as thi"*, notwithst.usdi.ig its
oc'.'asional defects of tone and opinion,
niu-st awaken tliought, and lead to wider
aTid more intelligent apprehensions of
Christi.mitv in the case of all who be<tow
upon it a careful and diseriminatuig
perusal.

There are several points throughout
the volume to whii'h we could not ji'^-fut;
but the chapter which we deem least
accordimt with truth, and least feliiitous
in clearness and force, is that on miracles.
In perusing it, the conviction wa-; forced
upon us, that Mr. Kirkus had not ^u(K-
ciently matured his views on the sub-
ject — and hence the misiincss, confusion,
and apparent contradictions, wliicli per-
vade it.

lie charges Dr. Wardlaw, and tV.r cb -.^
of theologians to which he boloiig«>, xvith a
denial, or neglect, of every species of ( ririfi-
tian evidence, save that which is founded
on miracles ; and hence, in order, a-* he con •
eeives, to withstand the spiritualism of the
day, he deems it cvxpedient to strip them of
the necessarily divine stamp wiia which
thoy had been impressed. IJut >ui- ly it
is not needful to remind our reader**, that
neither Dr. Wardliw, nor any enlightened
theologian of past or present tin»es, rej '. ts
the multifarious evidences by wJiieh
('hrisli.mitv is sustained, and conlines
himself exclusively to that (»f niiracl; ••.
The whole lield of theological literature
abundantly attests the zeal and a^siduitv
with which the entire range of ChristiaJi
evidences has been cultivated bv l\\r

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REVIEW OF BBLiaiOUB PUBUGATI0N8.

scholars and divines who hare contended
that miracles must be confined to the
province of Deity. On this score,
then, the solicitude of Mr. Kirkos was
altogether uncalled for, and his chivalry
on behalf of the great body of Chris-
tian evidences becomes Quixotic.

He assumes that a miracle is not ex-
clusively a work of Deity — that it may
be wrought by evil spirits ; and then, to
sustain this assumption, he frames a defi-
nition of a miracle. But the gratuitous-
ness of his assumption is no way relieved
by his definition, which is not so clear or
satisfactory as either Dr. Wardlaw's or
Dr. Cumming*s. It appears to us, indeed,
that his definition — so far as we can im-
derstand it — implies or necessitates one
or other of two things : — it either binds
him down to the admission that God
only can work a miracle, or leads him to
the mythological position that ** the or-
dinary laws of nature** are under the
control of inferior and evil agencies. His
words are : — "We would define a miracle,
in relation to man, to be an efiect involv-
ing the exercise of superhuman power or
wisdom, in a manner difierent from that
which is involved in the ordinary laws
of nature." If by ** superhuman power *'
Mr. Blirkus means divine power, then
he concedes all that we want — the ex-
clusive province of God to work mi-
racles; but if by ** superhuman power*'
he means the power of evil spirits in
common with that of God, then the
grammatical construction of his defini-
tion, involves the notion that ** the or-
dinary laws of nature'* are controlled
by inferior and evil agencies, as well as
by the Deity. If the latter is his view,
what becomes of the order of the mate-
rial universe, and the speciality of pro-
vidence ? They arc scenes of portentous
confusion, or arenas of conflict, of which
certain portions of Milton's Paradise Lost
are the fitting descriptions. And further,
our apprehension of his meaning is greatly
perplexed by the conflicting, and appa-
rently contradictory, statements which
he makes respecting the difference be-
tween what results from "the ordinary
laws of nature " and what is miraculous.
7/7 one place he distinctly affirms that the

difference is one of <*kind«"
another, with equal dittinctneM,
firms that " the essence of the
lous is rather in manner than
If we understand language aright,
ferenceof "kind" isoneaffectingi
whilst that of *< manner " apj^iet :
to accidents or externals. Here
contradiction or at least confiisloii.
sides, if, on the one hand, the
between a miracle and a simple
nature is merely in manner^ what
has Mr. Kirkus for affirming, that **l
entire argument" of Dr. Cumminf-,
inralidated ? and if, on the other, thei
ference is in khid, his own
still further stultified. We cannot
thinking that his phraseology needs
ing, in order to greater clearness on
points.

When Dr. Wardlaw m«int^ii|« that^
Deity only can work miracles, oa
ground that it is " inconceivable thati
blessed God should give attestation Ijf
his own direct agency to anything £ili%?
Mr. Kirkus attempts to meet this by iA
ing back on the existence of evil, and m
the freedom of action necessarily belong"
ing to intelligent and responsible beiagk
Now we should have imagined that lir.
Kirkus would have looked upon the on-
gin of evil as a thing not only altogethfli
beyond the province of miracles, bnt too
far removed from the ken of the human
intellect to be dragged into the arena ol
dialectics, or thrust into the £sce of an
opponent. Profound mysteries can have
nothing to do with the settlement d
questions to be determined at the bar oi
human reason, or with meeting an argti*
ment otherwise unanswerable. And for*
ther, it does seem strange to us, that •
mind so acute as that of Mr. Kirkus, doei
not perceive that there is an immeasuni*
ble and irreconcilable difference between
permitting things to be done by man with-
in the prescribed limits of that free agenej
which belongs to all intelligent beings,
and which could not be withheld witfaovi
stripping them of all responsibility ; apd
arming malignant spirits with extracocdi*
nary and redundant powers to control, or
modify, or change the laws of the physi*
cal universe, and that too for the purpose

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413

i throwing a leductiTe prettige around
^1, and obstructing or defeating the bc-

t results of truth and righteousness.
one is necessary to the government
hd accountability of intelligent beings,
lid may be ahown to be in perfect accord-
toea with the rectitude and wisdom of
iod; whereas, the other would inyolye a
bdegation of Divine prerc^tivcs to infc-
lor and eril sgents — would weaken, if
lot destroy, the force of all eWdenee for
iht Divine existence, and the truth of
Cbristianity founded on displays of power
■r wisdom — and would reduce our world,
Md its inhabitants, to a position of which
^ Uanichean or Porsec system would
.%i the only fit expression and embodi-
Mat We need not ask our readers
irideh altcmatirc they would choose.

Again, because the Bible speaks of evil
i|izits, and warns us against their wiles,
Mr.Kirkus hastens to the conclusion that
thejr are invested with power to work
■iiacles. We confess we cannot see any
connexion between the cxist-
of an evil spirit, and his possession
of powers to change a rod into a serpent,
to raise the dead, or to predict future
erents. But Mr. Kirkus professes to ar-
rive at this alarming conclusion by the
aid of Scripture ; and tlie passages to
which he refers as aiding or confirming
him in his view, are — fii'st, tliat which
refers to the temptation of Eve ; second,
that which commands the people not to
follow a prophet, though he should give
them " a sign or wonder, and the sign or
wonder come to pass ;*' and third, that
which details the case of the Eg^-ptian
magicians. Without entering into any
exposure of the untcnableness of his
^und here by minutely examining these
IMssages, we must content ourselves Avith
replying in the language of a distinguish-
id theologian : •* We may very conlident-
y conclude, that as Scripture nowhere
represents any • signs or wonder.^* as ar-
uallff wrought to contradict the divine
mnmission of Moses, of Christ, and his
Ipottles ; so, in those passages in which
t supposes that they may occur, and pre-
sets that they wiU be wrou^lit in favoiu-
if falsehood, they do not give any coun-
enance to the notion, that cither real

miracles con be wrought, or real predic-
tions uttered, even by the permisMon of
God, in favour of falsehood ; for no per-
mission, properly speaking, can be given
to any being to do what he has not a
natural power to effect; and permission
in this case, to mean anything, must im-
ply that God himself wrought the mira-
cles, and gave the predictions, through
the instrumentality of a creature it is true,
but, in fact, that lie employed his divine
power in opposition to his own trutli, — a
dishonourable thought, which cannot cer-
tainly be maintained."

Our space forbids our following Mr,
Kirkus farther amid the strange and
startling positions which he assumes.
Some of them, indeed, admit of no reply,
and others are remarkable as specimens
of reasoning in a circle. What reply, for
example, can be given to the astounding
assertions, that the conversion of a lifeless
rod into a living serpent is no act of cre-
ation ; and that Satan, from his profound
knowledge of chemistry, may be able to
patch up a human body, and to breathe
into it the breath of life, with the same
ease and expedition a mason or bricklayer
constructs a common house ? And what
can be more vicious in reasoning than to
maintain that a doctrine, itself needing
proof, shall first yield confirmation to the
miracle, and then gather fresh evidence
of its truth and divinity from the mira-
cle ? If this be sound logic, then we can
no longer dispute the conclusiveness of
the reasoning which traces the Goodwin
sands to the Tentcrden steeple.

But it is only in thj chapter on mira-
cles that this confusion and infirmncss of
reasoning are to be found. The greater
part of the book is higldy creditable to
the scholarship, orgunieiitativc power,
and general ability of Mr. Kirkus.

In conclusion, the writer of this notice
was at once astonished and grieved to find
that ]Mr. Kirkus penned the article on
miracles in the last number of the Journal
of Sacred Literature, He has no personal
knowledge of ^Ir. Kirkus ; he has never
seen him, and has scarcely ever heard his
name, and, therefore, the strong language
used by him in reference to that article,
could not be dictated by any ill feeling

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HOMB CHBOKICLE.

toward! Mr. KiriiUB. It was drawn forth ^
bj the tone of the paper in reference to
Dr. AVardlaw. For that it is ((ratifying
to find that the amende htmartMe ia made
in thia Tolumc by the withdrawment of
what we looked upon as meriting con-
damnation, aa unjnst and diarcapectf^l to
the name and memory of Dr. Wordlaw.
We therefore aasure Mr. Kirkus, although

he is altogether unknown to ua, thatli#^
we been aware that he was the miU^*
of the article in question, and not, as w^
suspected, some spiritualist in disgniie^
we should not have taxed him with m^
lice, but should have deemed it aufficial^
to pronounce his manner of dealing with
one of the mighty dead, angeiieron%
heartless, and utterly unbecoming.

Womt C^ronttlt.

JVBILFB or THI RKT. GEOROB CLATTOK,
WALWORTH.

Osf the 7th June, at York-street Cha-
pel, Walworth, the Jubilee of the llcv.
George Clayton was cclebratotl, with
tokcuB of respect and affection most
honourable to his flock, and most gratify-
ing to all who took part in the solemn
festival. Seldom has such n scene been
witnessed. The chapel was crowded in
every part, and joy and gratitude beamed
in every coimtenance. And well might
the congregation at Walworth vie with
each other in showing respect and love to
••the man of God," who has so ably and
successfully served them for the length-
tTieil term of Jtfty year a. It is not doing
injustice to any other pastor in the metro-
polis when we say, that no ministry,
within its precincts, has been more truly
blessed than that of the lie v. George
Clayton. From its first beamings to the
present hour, it has been specially marked
by the tokens of Divine approbation;
and, though Mr. Clayton has wisely asso-
ciated with himself, in the person of Mr.
Turquand, a co-pastor who pIiutcs in his
confidence and that of the flock, those
who listened to his vigorous address, on
the 7th of June, will not imagine that
any decay has yet come over his faculties
to forebode a speedy cessation from the
labours of the Christian pulpit.

The testimonial presented to Mr. Clay-
ton, by his attached flock, consisted of
four massive silver dishes, an elegant
chandelier, and large salver, executed
in the first stylo of modem art. It is,

also, we bellere, intended to homrar the
Jubilee of our revered friend by the
erection of school-rooms, that shall per-
petuate the sense entertained by his peo-
ple of liis devoted service.

J. I. Briscoe, Esq., presided, and spoke
with most touching respect and affi*ction
of Ms friend Mr. Clayton. Mr. Turquand,
the co-postor, read suitable hymns. The
Rev. Mr. Soule, of Battersea, offered up
appropriate prayer. Dr. Morison, of
Brompton, delivered an address, introduc-
tory to the solenmi ties of the evening. The
plate was then presented to Mr. Clayton,
ynXXi most affectionate addresses from the
deacons, one of whom read a document from
the church of imperishable value. After
a very beautifid and striking speech from
Mr. Corderoy, of the Wesleyan body, full
of mind and feeling, Mr. Clayton re-
sponded to the address of the church in
a manner which can never be forgotten
bv those who listened to him. The Rev.

Paul James Turc^uand, the co-pastor,
offered up the concluding prayer, and pro-
nounced the benediction ; and all retired
\\ith the feeling of the disciples on the
sacred mount, when they exclaimed,
** Tjordf it is good to he here!*

»•»

OUR PERIODICAL LITERATURE.

TawitoHf June 7th.
My dear Sill, — I have great pleasure in
forwarding to you the annexed resolution,
passed at the Annual Meeting of the
Churches of the Somerset Association,
held at Bruton, on Wednesday, May 3Ut,
1854 :—

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415

"Tbat this AMociation would strongly

neoBuuBd to Uie Churches of this County

lb £ri50ELiCAL Maoazixb, the ChriM-

(Miirt6MM, the ChriMtian** Penny Ma-

fmatf snd our denominational literature

fiunUy, and would press upon them

the detinbleness of promoting by e^ery

fOMtbic means their more general ex ten -

sod; and would suggest the appointment

fifaa Officer of Literature in each Cou-

gRgitioQ, as a means of accomplishing

the object recommended by this Reso-

Btmi."

I remain, yours sincerely,

Ht. Addiscott, Sec.

7b the Editcr of the EtangeUctU
Maffazine,

•f

nonts OF TUB " christian witness

AXD " CHBISTIAN PENNY HAGAZINB."

June iZth, 1864.

DsAK SiE, — ^In the notice which you
hare giTcn in the Evangelical Maga-
luri, for this month, of the proceedings
cf the Anntial ^Vsscmbly of the Congrcga*
tional Union of England and Wales, you
HT, •• the report concluded by stating
that the profits of the two Magazines
■mounted to £730, making a total of pro-
fits since the commencement of £4000.*'
There » in this a mistake, which I am
Rtre you will cheerfully allow me to
f-.rpect. The report stated, that nearly
£4000 had been voted by the distributors
of the •• Christian Witness" and " Penny
Uagazine" Fund for the relief of aged
■misters. This, however, is not a moiety
rftlw whole realized profits of the Maga-
BMi, •■ fifteen brethren are receiving
grants for Deterred Annuities,
haTe now £7000 vested in Govem-
•ceurities, the interest of which is
ippropriated to the benevolent objects of
Ihtfimd. The profits of the Magazines
the commencement cannot fall far
of £12,000, the whole of which is,
will be, axiplied for the benefit of the
of oar churches.

itfttement is not made in a boast-

qpMt, bat as an act of justice to all

eoncemed, and especially to our

2 XUi

Editor, to whom we owe a large debt of
gratitude.

I remain, dear Sir,
Yours iiEiithfully,

George Sxrrx.
The Editor of the Evangelical
Mapazine,

N.B.— We need scarcely say, that the
error so properly corrected by the Secre-
tary of the Congregational Union, was
the unintentional mistake of the good
friend who furnished us with a notice of
the anniversary of the Union. — Editob.

THE CETBTAL PALACE.

Tnis vast emporium of art and scienoe
was opened, on Saturday, the 10th June,
when Her Majesty the Queen, Frince
Albert, and a considerable circle of the
coiirt, were present. The Archbishop of
Canterbury offered up a prayer suitable to
the occasion; and we would fain hope
that his grace did this with the under-
standing that no cfTort will be made by
the Committee of Management, or the
Proprietary, to open it on the Lord's-day.
We counsel all the friends of Sabbatli
sanctification to keep their eye steadily
fixed on this point, and to stand prepared
for a vigorous and combined opposition,
on the very first show of a tendency in
this most iniquitous direction. We tell
them that there arc those connected with
the arrangements of the Exliibition who
will do their utmost ultimately to com-
pass this object. Let not the friends of
morality and religion forget the old adage,
that to be foretcamed ie to be forearmed .

We are among the wannest friends to
the Exhibition, if we are not to purchase
its advantages at too dear a price. We
admire the spendid collection, and con-
sider it a credit to the age;^but all its
charm would vanish instantly with us,
and we should regard it as a huge na-
tional curse, if it were to become the
watch- word for a continental Sabbath.

We believe the Proprietary will com-
mit a fatal mistake for their own interests,
if they ever attempt to make such an
assault as this upon the religious feeling
of the country.

41A

HOmC OHHOXIOUC.

TABSLIT BAtTIKOl.
PrtttniaiioH of a Teitimonial to tko Bft,

Wiiiiam Todman^ 6y tA§ Marquis of

NorthamtpUm and th9 Ladjf Marian

A^ord.

Wb undentand that during the past
three yean, by the gencroua and diatin-
(uiahed aaaiatancc of the abore noble
peraonagea, Mr. Todman haa afforded
gratuitoua aid to upwards of one hundred
agricultural labourera and their familiea,
to enable them to emigrate to Australia
and Canada, from Yardley Hastings and
the immediate neighbourhood ; and that
the accounta received from most of them
are especially interesting, novel, and ex-
citing. We are glad, therefore, to be able
to announce that the noble Marquis and
his Sister have just testified their sense of
Mr. Todman's efforts to improve the
social and moral condition of the labour-
ing classes, by presenting him with a
very handsome silver-mounted inkstand,
elegantly chased, and set in a beautifully
polished walnut- wood stand.

RBCOGNITION 8S&VICE6.

Lancaster, — Two very interesting ser-
vices were held on Thursday, the 8th
June, in High-street Chapel, Lancaster,
on the occasion of the Hecognition of the
R«T. John 8ugden, B.A., as Pastor of

the Congregational Church. The
ing service waa opened by the Rev. H«Biy
Townley, of London, who read part o
Ephca. iv., and ofGered prayer. Tb»
Rev. O. B. Johnson, of Darwcn, gsva
the introductory discoune, fbunded oa
1 Cor. iv. 17. The Rev. R. Slate
posed the questions to the church
pastor, and presented special prayer Ibr
them. The address to the paator waa
given by the Rev. R. Vaughan, B.B.,
from 1 Tim. iv. 16. In the evening, the
Rev. H. AUon, of Islington, preaehed to
the church and congregation, on 2 Cor.
viii. 22, 23, 24.

The neighbouring ministers, including
some of other denominations, were pre*
sent. Both services were conducted with
great solemnity ; the presence of God waa
evidently felt ; and it is believed that the
engagements of the day will be long re-
membered, and followed by the beat
results.

CALL ACCEPTED.

The Rev. P. Thomson, A.M., of Chat-
ham, has accepted the unanimoua and
earnest invitation of the church and con-
gregation assembling in Grosvenor-atreet
Chapel, Manchester, to be their pastor,
and expects to commence his ministry
there on the second Lord*s-day in July.

General €^vonUU.

JERSEY.

CAUSE OF ENGLISH INDEPENDENCY, ST.
UELIRB, JERSEY.

Wb believe that when the claims of the
English Independent Church in Jersey,
under the pastoral care of the Rev. H. J.
Chancellor, of Highbury College, are
fully made known to the Congregational
Pastors and Churches of this country,
they will meet with a warm response from
the devoted friends of the gospel. We
speak from accurate knowledge of tlie
facts, when we say that a case more de-
serving of the generous sytupathy of the
churches has never been broitght brfwe them,

in oxtr day. We know with what zeal and
disinterestedness the little band of Eng-
lish Congregationalists, in Jersey, have
struggled to get the property of the cha-
pel legally secured, for the permanent use
of the denomination ; — and we olso know,
that the prospect of great success is most
cheering, if the funds can be supplied
for such enlargement of the building as
may afford accommodation for a body o
people able to support a pastor in mode-
rate respectability. The spirit of hearing
is such, and the ministry of Mr. Chancel-
lor is so well appreciated, that there can
be no reasonable apprehension as to the

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417

tftdj progress of the cause, if £400 can
WnJMd, in EagUiid, for increasing the
inmt dimensions of the Chapel.

Jk, Csmpbell, the Kev. T. Adkins, of

Sosthsmpton, the Rev. W. J. Unwin,

EA., principal of Homerton College, and

tht Editor of the Evanoblical Maoa-

tor^had scyeral interviews with the Kev.

& J. Chancellor, (the Fastor,) and Mr. F.

Pittenon, Secretary to the Committee,

is which they gave it as their opinion

that no movement ought to be made to

liiH funds in England, until the Chapel

KM legally secured to the denomina-

turn. Their advice wss cheerfully taken ;

ind with a zeal greatly to the credit of

the little cause in Jersey, the people have

rwed i630O, and have accomplished the

object at which they aimed. The deed

flf trust was paased before the Royal Court

of Jersey, on June the 3rd; and the At<

tomey General of the island has declared

the Chapel, by this deed, to be Legally

aecured to the English Independents for

cTcr.

IVe subjoin the appeal of the Congrc-
ladonal Church at Jersey to their bre-
thica in England, as well as the tcstimo-
sisls of their French brethren, and other
docoments. The space occupied is large
far OS ; but we feel such an intense desire
&at English Independents may do their
duty in this urgent case, that we have
Rcpped out of our ordinary course. Why
ikould not the Chapel-building Commit-
tee help, by a small grant, these deserving
people? And why should not Coward's
Trust vote them something, to show their
gDod-wiUr

The Rev. Henry J. Chancellor, the
TmfUXTf and Mr. F. Patterson, will com-
menet their labours in a few days, in the
petnipolia, and we do hope that they
win neeC with the loving and generous
neeption they deserve.

appeal.
Au Appeai to the Independent Churches in
Em§9andf on behalf of the Enlargement
^tha ErngKeh Independent Chapel, Upper
Dam Street, St, Helier, Jersey,

Xmm F'^gH^h Independent Chapel, Jer-
Hf I ma purchased of the Unitarians by
4tt Bsfliah ladepeodent Church and

TOL. XXXII.

Congregation, in January, 1852, for £100
in cash, and 20 qrs. of wheat rent (equal
to j£400) payable or transferable. In
the early part of last year it became
apparent that it would soon be necessary
to enlarge the building, and at a public
meeting, held in the Chapel on June 8th,
1853, the Church and Congregation una-
nimously pledged themselves to maka
every effort for providing the funds re-
quired for that purpose. During the
period which has since elapsed, the num-
ber of seat-holders lias bo increased, that
for some time past the Chapel has been
too small to accommodate aU who have
applied for sittings.

There is every reason to believe that the
work would ere this have been accom-
plished, but for the discovery that, in the
purchase deeds, the Chapel had not been
legally secured to the possession of the
Church, which necessarily led to a sus-
pension of the plans for the enlargement,
as the Committee felt they would not be
justified in soliciting funds, either in the
Channel Islands or in England, to be ex-
pended on a Chapel which was private
property.

After much deliberation, it was ascer-
tained that the only means of removing
this difficulty was, by paying off half of
the 20 qrs. (£400) due upon the building,
when, as far as it is practicable by the laws
of Jersey, the property could be secured
to the Church. This additional £200
would increase the whole outlay to £600,
the cost of the enlargement having been
previously estimated at £400.

To friends at a distance this might not
appear a large sum to raise, but as only
two years had elapsed from the time of
purchasing the Chapel, and putting it in a
thorough state of repair — as the number
of seat-holders was small, owing to the
sixc of the building, — and as, with few
exceptions, their means were also small,
it was evident, that it would not be pos-
sible to raise more than £200 in tha
Islands.

As the maintenance of English Con<
gregationalism in Jersey depended on the
Chapel being enlarged, it was deemed
advisable that the (acts should be made
known to some influential ministers in

418

OENBIUL OIIROmOLI.

Bagland, with tlie tmw of obtaining their
opinion and adrice.

Accordingly in January last, the Rev.
H. J. Chancellor, the Minimer, and Mr.
F. Patterson, Secretary to the Committee,
proceeded to England, and submitted the
whole case to the Re>'. Drs. Morison and
Campbell, the Rer. W. J. Unwin, M.A.,
principal of Horoerton College, (formerly
of Jersey,) and the Rer. Thomas Adkins,
of Southampton, each of whom cordially
approved of the plan proposed, considered
it would be warmly supported by the
friends of Congregationalism in England,
and moreover promised to call the atten-
tion of the British Independent Churches
to the subject as soon as they knew the
Chapel had been vested in trust, agreeably
to the laws of the Island of Jersev.

Encouraged by the kind interest and
sympathy manifested by the above minis-
ters, the friends in Jersey, assistccl by
those in Guernsey, have, after consider-
able exertion, succeeded in rai&ing the
£200, with which they have paid off the
half of the 20 qrs. due on the property,
and have thus been enabled to secure the
Chapel to the possession of tlie Church,
by investing it in the hands of five Trus-
tees approved by the Church.

With a consciousness of their utter in-
ability to accomplish more, the Commit-
tee, in behalf of the Church, now mskcs
this its earnest Appeal to the British
Independent Churches for their assistance
in raising the remaining £400 required for
the enlargement of the Chapel, and the
erection of a Sabbath school -room. For
the Chapel to remain as it is, will not only
prevent further progress, but it will also
insure perpetual weakness and inefficiency
to the cause ; in truth, it appears impos-
sible for it to remain as it is, if English
Congregationalism is to be maintained in
the Island. Tlie work of extension is,
therefore, one of paramount obligation. It
is this view of the case which has induced
the friends, notwithstanding the present
unfavourable aspect of political affairs, to
make such sacrifices in order to promote
this good work.

The Island of Jersey has a mixed popu-
lation of EngliBh, French, and natives, of
pearly 60,000— the tovm of St. Heliar

containing S0,000, which to wmndmtJtitf
increased by yiritors during the •nnmor
months, chiefly ttcm England— and thii ii
the only English Independent Chapel in
the Island. Never was the Macedonian's
cry, ** Come over and help na," made un-
der a more pressing sense of neeeMity
than that under which the Church in
Jersey now lies, in making this ^peal to
the generous friends of Congregationaliim
in England for their assistance, in order
that this opportunity for advancing the
kingdom of Christ and the principles of
Congregationalism may not be lost.

By order of the Chapel Extension Com*
mittee,

(Signed) FnAWCis Pattsbsoh, Seeietary.
HxiTRT John CuAHCBLLon,
Pastor.
St, JMier, Jenty, June 3nf, 1854.
TestimonitU ofJertey French IndeptndmU
MinisterM,

Wb, the undersigned, being fully ac-
quainted M-ith all the circumstances
connected with the above case, and cor-
dially approving of the plan which is
proposed, earnestly commend it to the
Christian liberalitv of all those to whom
it may be submitted.
(Signed)

Henri Biaudit, Post. Chap. Indep., Hal-
kett PI.

Joshua Le Bailly, Deacon, ditto.

Louis Luy, Post. Chap. Ev.ingAique.

Goo. Dc Claris, Deacon, ditto.

Clem. De Faye, Past Chap. Ind., St.
John's.

Philip Koit, (Jurat) Deacon, ditto.

Philip Messer\'y, Psst. Chap. Ind., St.

Clements.

Testimonial of Gusmtey Independent
Ministers,

The proposed plan for the extension of
the English Independent Chapel, Upper
Don Street, Jersey, must, vre think, be
deemed the most prudent. We trust
that, vnxh the blessing of God, the lit-
tle community whose sanctuary is be-
come too small will continue to progress
in peace and concord ; English Con-
gregationalism may then at no distant
day be in a condition to regain the
ground it has lost in Jersey, and ade-
quately to occupy the large and import-

0£NBIUL OHKOJNICLE.

410

nt field triiich St. Helier presents. We

mite with our brethren in the sister

Iilind in recommending this case to

the liberal aid of tho Churches.

(Signed)

JuMS S. Hine, Pasteur de la Chapelle
Isd^pendante.

C. W. Evan, B.A«, Pastor of £ng. Inde-
pendent ChapeL

POPISH MORALITY.

CtlXB IX PBOTX8TAKT BNQLAND, CON-

TiASTEOirrru that of bomak catho-
uc countries, as stated in a speech,

MAT, 1854, BT THE REV. UOBAET SEY-
MOUR.

Mr. Sbtmovr said : ** It has been re-
Bisi^ed by many of our statesmen and
politicians, that the calendar of crime in
ear Protestant England, and the standard
of morality in our Protestant England,
ire of such a nature that we require new
■eans and new measures to stay the in-
ieoding of crime, and to check the deluge
of immorality. An advantage has been
taken of this by Romanists on the one
band, and bv those who think with Ro-
■anists on the other, to maintain that we
ought to introduce into this coimtry nun-
Boies and conyents, and monkeries and
eoofeasionals, and all the machinery of
Romsnism, on this ground, that inasmuch
as the motiTes, and the principles, and
rHtrainta which Prote«ttandsm has im-
posed upon crime and immorality have
Isiled in this country, so we ought to In-
tooduice the motives, and restraints, and
■ariunery of Romanism, to carry out
Aat which our own principles have failed
tD acoompliah. Now, in dealing with
tUi axigument, I feel that the true method
u simplj a statement of facts. It is our
happy lot to enjoy the noble and enno-
k&ig privilege of a free press. From my
Lce of other lands, a free press
se e m s to me the strong right arm
protects our civil liberties. A free
ia the broad shield that protects our
freedom ; and therefore we may
isidering the greatness of its ad-
it bear with the few evils that
it. But among these evils is this,
by always exposing every crime,
^fagging to light every iniquity that

is perpetrated, the press of this country
gives the appearance of a greater amount
of criminality than really exists. By a
return laid upon the table of the House
of Commons last year, we have the calen-
dar of England on the subject of crime.
By that return it appears, that in England,
in the year 1851, there were committed
on the charge of murder 74 persons. But,
by a return laid upon the table of the
House of Commons, a few years since,
running through a period of almost three
years, it appears that nearly 700 persons
were committed for murder in Ireland
during that period; which number, di-
vided among the three years, will give
something above 230 committals in each
year; that thus in Protestant England
there are only four murders to the million,
and in Roman Catholic Ireland, even in
the best period of her existence, there are
nineteen to the million, and that thus
Roman Catholic Ireland is more than four
times more criminal than Protestant En-
gland. Look at Belgium, a Roman Catho-
lic country, in the same lotitude with
ourselves, and therefore under the same
climatic influences ; and in that <Jountry,
I am bound to state from experience, that
we find more of the best spirit of Roman-
ism, more of the piety and religiousness
of Romanism, than perhaps in any other
part of Europe. Now, last >'ear, the
number of cases adjudged was 537, and
of cases not yet adjudged 307, giving a
total of 844 — in other words, an average
of eighty-four per annum, which, com-
pared with the population of Belgium at
the last census— about four millions and
a quarter — leads to a result of eighteen
murders to each million. In France, it
appears that the number of murders tried
before the civil tribunals was 242 ; of as-
sassinations, 269 ; of infanticide, 182 ; of
poisoning, 47 ; of parricide, 32 ; and of
military cases tried before the military
tribunals, an average of 217; giving a
total of 1089 CHScs of murder. Thus in
France there ore 31 committals for mur-
der to each million of the population.
But we pass from France into Austria,
where there are committed for murder an
average each year of 36 persons to each
million. We pass from Austria to the

490

OKKKRAL CRBCmiOLK.

Lorn of BaTftria, anothar eonntiy as-
•entially Roman Catholic, and governed
altoc^ether upon Roman Catholic princi-
ples. It appears that, in Bavaria, on an
average of 5 years, there was a total of
1664 cases; murder, 1063; poisoning, 51 ;
in&nticide, 420; giving an average of 811
per annum, or sixty-eight persons for every
minion of the population ; not speciflcally
stated to he murder, the numher will he
80 to every nullion. I pass, with your
permission, into Italy — into that country
where there are popes, and cardinals, and
prelates, and hishops, and priests, and
monks, and nuns, in abundance, and
where, if all the machinery of Rome is
capable of restraining crime, it surely
■lay be expected that we should find a
pedect paradise as to the criminal calen-
dar. Taking first the Kingdom of Sar-
dinia, I find that, in 7 years there were
TlS cases of murder, giving an average of
101 per annum ; and taking the popula-
tion of Sardinia by the last census, pre-
cisely 20 murders to each million. Pass-
faig from Sardinia into the Venetian and
Milanese provinces, I have the return for
two years, which gives precisely 460 cases
of murder, or 226 per annum, and the
CDormous result of something like 46
eases of murder to each million of the
population. And passing fnfm Lombardy
into Tuscany, of which wo have heard so
much of late years, of its freedom from
crime, and its being a perfect paradise
restored to our world again, I find, from
the returns, that in a period of nine years,
there were 767 cases of murder, averaging
84 per annum ; and remembering that the
population of Tuscany, according to the
last census, is something like two millions
of souls, we have something like 42 mur-
ders in each million. From Tuscany we
proceed to the Papal States, where every-
thing is vnapped in that kind of mystery
and misty cloudiness which renders it
absolutely impossible for a precise and
accurate statician to come to any very
definite results ; but Dr. Bowring states,
that in the prisons of Rome, in the year
in which he was there, namely, 1832,
there were imprisoned for murder in the
Pi^Md States no less than 680 persons,
Mmi^ in Mdditiaa to thett, about 00 mom

in two other prineipaHtias, making a tola
of 640 cases of murder in that period.
Now, no doubt a large portion of thosa
are men who are undergoing the panalty
of imprisonment for the crime of mnrder;
yet, as near as I am able to make the eaU
culation, the result is, that in the Papal
States there are about 800 murders com-
mitted per annum ; and eonsideting that
by the last census the whole population of
Rome, and all the Papal States, is some-
where about three millions, we haTe the
result, that in the Papal States the num-
I ber of murders yearly perpetrated la at
! the rate of about 100 in each nuIUon of
I the population. I pass now to the kfaig-
doms of N^les and Sicily ; and I tem-
menoe with Sicily. The total of mwdm
there in <me year was 176; the average of
many yeara is 178 ; and cooaideriBg that
the population of Sicily is under two mil-
lions, we have as the result, that there an
in Sicily about ninety murders to eadi
million of the population." Mr. Seymov
went through all the other Papal coun-
tries with similar results, and then went
on to observe : '* If time had permitted, I
proposed leading you through the ques-
tion of immorality, to show you that in
that respect every Roman Catholic oomi-
try in Eiurope is infinitely worse than in
the crime of murder ; but, aa I am not
anxious to trespass upon your time, I
shall say but few words on that subject.
It is so far delicate that it requires to be
delicately handled; but one word shall
not fall from me that will ofiend the moat
delicate mind present; and I woiild there-
fore entreat the earnest attention of the
female portion of this auditory, and they
may learn to what a depth of immorality
and vice this country would be phmgad
in if we restored the nunneries, and con-
vents, and monkeries among us. By the
returns laid before parliament, it appeaza
that the amount of illegitimate births in
the City of London is 4 per cent. On
looking at the returns for Paris, we find
that the result is 33 per cent. On passing
over to Bmssels, the result is 86 per eent.
On passing to Munich, the return la 96
per cent. ; and in Vienna it ia 61 per cmlL
I might carry on the same peo c oaa of in-
\ qv^ to everj city in Borope^ and tkii

GENERAL OH RON IC I.E.

iii

Rsult woald show that the amount of
imnoralitT, as manifested by illegitimate
birtlu, ia a hundred-fold greater in some
Koman Catholic parts of Europe than in
any part of our Protestant England. I
would place the matter simply upon the
result. In London, where there in more
temptation than anywhere else, and where
they are only 4 per cent., in Paris they
ire 33 per cent., and in Vienna 51 per
cent. And if we pass down to the states
of Italy, to Rome itself, the city of popes,
cardinals, archbishops, bishops, priests,
monks, and nuns — in that city there are
no returns. But they could hardly be
exjKCtcd to give returns of the number
of illegitimate births in so ecclesiastical a
city as Rome ! It appears, however, by
Dr. Bo wring's returns, that the number
of births in Rome is four thousand three
hundred and odd per annum ; and it ap-
pears from the returns of Mettcrmcicr,
that the number of foundlings in the dif-
ferent foundling institutions in Rome,
during a period of ten years, gives a re-
turn of 3163 per annum. All this may
ftpeak for the kindliness and the charity
of the monks and nuns of Rome ; but
certainly it speaks very strongly of the
immorality of Rome, or declares that if the
mothers be married mothers, they arc the
most unnatural mothers in the world.'*

The Chaplain's Report fur 18d3, of the
district around Liverpool, states, that of
1965 persons committed for trial there,
801 were professed Romauists, 655 of
whom were bom in Ireland : yet these arc
to be numbered as if English Protestants !
In the Manchester Borough Oaol, 1854,
out of 532 prisoners, 300 are Irish, and
(on the authority of Mr. Thomas Wright)
only two of them wished to sec a Priest.

MAY ANNIVERSARIES,

NOT INBBKTED IN JUNE.

IKI8K BY ANGELICAL SOCIETY.

Tbb Annual Meeting of the above So-
ciety was held at Finsbury Chapel, on
Monday evening. May 1 5th, when the chair
was taken by J. Cheetham, Esq., M.P.
At the elote of the devotional exercises,
the Chairman twte and eongntulnted the

I fViends and supporters of the Society
; upon the evident blessing with which it»
j labours had been crowned durinir the
I year; and after some further obbcrvatiunM
! of an encournsing nature, with rct'i rence
to the past and the future, Dr. Mastic,
the Secretary, was called upon to read the
Report. The labours of the agentu were
reviewed in Antrim, Do\m, Armagh,
Tyrone, Limerick, Cork, Kerry, ami Sli-
go. The funds received durinf^ the year
had been equal to the expenditure, though
not sufficient to warrant as extended an
increase to the Misfrion field as (ither in-
dications would )ui%'c encouraged. The
income from regular sources had been
£1945 1 1«. 1 Ir/., to which wos to he A<lded
the payment of a legacy, bequeathed by
theUteJ. Broadley Wilson, K'sq-^of £4.50.
The Rev. J. Ros!«, in moving the tirst
resolution, gave a graphic account of the
barbarous treatment which himself and
some of his brotlicr ministers Iiad received
last summer, at the hands of the infuri-
ated Romanists. He referred also to the
fact of his having visited some of the
stations connected with the Societv, and
\)OTc honourable and decided testimony
to the ability an<l worth of the agents
employed. The meeting was successively
addressed by the Revs. Dr. Archer, Dr.
Brown, W. Tar])otton, S. R. Ward, and
G. Wilkins, and Phisebiiis Smith, Esq.;
after which the Doxolo«^y was sun^, and
the Benediction pronounced.

CONOREOATIO.VAL IIOAHT) OK F.nrCATION.

Thk Tenth Annual Meeting of the
Congregational Board of Education way
held on Wednesday Evening, May 10th
at Crosby Hall, Samuel Morley, Esq., th
excellent Treasurer, in the cliair. Th
meeting was well attended, and an ut
usually largo number of gcntleme
well known for their devotion to t
cause t)f p<»pulor education, occupied '
platform. The Rev. Dr. Massie ope
the proceedings witli prayer, after wl
the C'hairman made a brief statcmen
the objects and progress of the Be
and expressed his growing convictic
the importance of the work in which
were engaged . TVv^i 'Ran . ^ • N*\tv^^

Aii'2

GCNE&AL OHRONIOLB.

the Report, which commeneed with stating
that a sense of the importance of the ob-
jects contemplated by the Board had been
deepening in the minds of those who had
been most closely identified with it.

Since the last report, twenty-two young
persons had been admitted into Homer-
ton College, and twenty-eight had been
appointed to schools. The purchase and
adaptation of the building, at an expendi-
ture of £11,622 U. 5d.t had, in so brief a
period, been met by the free-will offerings
of the friends of yoluntary and religious
education.

The income during the past year had
steadily increased ; but enlarged subscrip-
tions were solicited to aid poor schools,
especially in the rural districts. The re-
ceipts, including the balance in hand last
year, of £479, amounted to £2644 18«. 2d,,
and the expenditure to £2430 7s. Id,

Various resolutions were submitted to
the meeting by the Kev. W. G. Barrett,
Kev. J. Kelly, Mr. J. Crossley, M.P., Mr.
R Miall, M.P., Rev. J. H. Ilinton, Rev.
Dt. Brown, and Mr. £. Baines.

LOXDON JEWS SOCIETY.

The Forty- fifth Anniversary of this So-
ciety was held on Friday, May 4th, in
the large room, Exeter Hall, which was
densely crowded. The children under
the protection of the Society were pre-
sent, singing various hymns previous to
the hour of meeting, and concluding with
the national anthem. The chair was
taken by the Earl of Shaftesbury, and the
proceedings commenced with reading the
Scriptures and prayer. It appeared from
the report, that the income of the Society
amounted to £31,644 ISs,, and the ex-
penditure to £30,805 17«. lid,, there be-
ing an increase on the income of last year
of about £4000. In the course of the year,
2086 Hebrew Bibles, 6412 portions of the
Bible in Hebrew, and 1068 Hebrew New
Testaments had been issued from the So-
ciety's depdts, and upwards of 50,000
books, tracts, and portions of the Scrip-
tures in the modem lang\iages. It was
also stated that there were six students
under instruction at the Hebrew College,
and that the schools were prospering.
fourteen adults and nine hildren of

Jewish parents had been bi^itiaed, at At
Episcopal Jews' Chapel, during the yewj
while the Society's operations on the Om^
tinent had been carried on with diligeqt
and success.

The Earl of Mayo, Bishop ^^deU Dr.
Carr, Dr. Marsh, Bishop Gk>bat, aai
others, ably pleaded the came of the
Society, and expressed their hmxtUk
conviction of the claims of the Jews to
the sympathy and benevolent efRarti «f
the disciples of Jesus.

PEACE SOCIBTT.

This Society held its Annivcnazy
Meeting in Finsbury Chapel, on Toeedaj
evening. May 22nd, C. Hindley, Esq..
M.P., presiding on the occasion. Ate
singing and prayer, the Chairman made
some appropriate introductory remarks
on the blessings of peace and the evils of
war. The Secretary, the Rev. H. Richard,
instead of reading the Report, made sn
eloquent statement, which was listened
to with evident satisfaction, as to the
efforts of the Committee during the psst
year to extend their prnciples.

The first speaker was Mr. Brock, who
addressed the meeting with much force,
and was followed by Mr. R. Charlton,
one of the deputation to Russia. The
Rev. J. Burnet, Mr. J. Sturge, Dr. Mas-
sie, and others, ably advocated the claims
of the Society, which, it was considered,
had done much already towards hasten-
ing the period when nations shaU Imsm
war no more ; and whose labours, it was
believed, will tdtimately tend, under the
Divine blessing, to make peace universal
and permanent.

A vote of thanks to the chair, which
was duly acknowledged, closed the pro-
ceedings.

FOBBIGN AID SOOIETT.

This Society held its Annual Meeting
on the 16th of May, at the Hanover-
square Rooms. The chair was taken by
the Marquis of Cholmondeley, who was
supported by the Rev. Dr. Cazp;;nter,
Admiral Harcourt, Ac. &c. The Hot. W«
Greaves opened the proceedinga witii
^ prayer. After an introductory epceeh

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423

from the Chminnan, the Rev. R. Burgess,
HonoTsry Secretary, read the Report,
which commenced with an allusion to the
persecuting spirit of Rome, as it had been
exerted, during the year, against the So-
etctr's movements. Reference was made
to the Society's labours in connexion
with the Evangelical Societies of Geneva,
Maneilles, Dauphiny, Burgundy, and Bel-
giui. Within the last two years, hundreds
of converts from Popery had been received
into the Waldensian communion. From
the Treasurer's balance sheet it appeared
that the receipts had amounted to £2969
6*. &!., and the expenditure to £2768 6«.
7i. Earl Waldegrave moved the adoption
of the Report, and expressed his strong
Utachment to the Society. M. F. Monod
sddrcased the meeting in English, on be-
hslf of the Evangelical Society of France.
Mr. Milaon, an English resident at Lyons,
Mstifled to the value of the aaistance ren-
dered by the Society to the cause of reli-
gkm in that place. The Hon. A. Kin-
uM, the Rev. W. Freemantle, and
others, ably set forth the claims of the
Foreign Aid Society.

woixixo mxm's bducational union.
Tn Second Anniversary of this Union
WM held on Tuesday evening, May 23rd,
H King William-street Rooms, Strand.
htnovs to the meeting, Benjamin Scott,
^, the Honorary Secretary, delivered
a idfflirable Lecture on Palettitu tmd the
A4r PkK§$t illustrated by a Diorama on
tkst subject, which was much admired.

At seven o*clock, the Hon. A. Kinnaird
look the chair, and, after a few introduc-
Ivy observations, called upon Mr. Scott
Is icsd the Report, from which it appcar-
sd that the demand for Diagrams had
eontmued unabated. During the year,
the Committee had published Diagrams
OB the following subjects : — ^Thc Mechani-
cal Powers, the Human Eye and Optics,
the Telescope, the Microscope, Australia
nd Australian Life, &c. &c. 3336 Lec-
tnct had been given in connexion with
At Union, attended by nearly half a mil-
i of persons. The income of the Union
sales and subscriptions had con-
MmMj increased. The total receipts

for the year amounted to £1811 13«. 9J.,
and the expenditure to JS2017 10#. 2d.
Resolutions were submitted to the meet-
ing by Lord Robert Orosvenor, Hon. W.
Cowper, Dr. Mortimer, Rev. W. Brock,
J. Payne, Esq., and other well-known
friends of education among the working
classes.

ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIBTT.

The Fifteenth Annual General Meet-
ing of the British and Foreign Anti-
Slavery Society was held at Exeter Hall,
on Monday evening. May 22nd, and
though lacking this year the attraction
afforded at its last anniversary, by the
presence of Mrs. H. B. Stowc, drew to-
gether a large and influential assembly.
The chair was occupied by the Earl of
Shaftesbury, who was miable to address
the meeting, as he was labouring under
the effects of illness, and therefore called
at once upon the Secretary to read the
report. From this it appeared that eight
millions of human beings were still held
in cruel bondage by their fellow-men.
It was also stated that although the
Slave Trade was prohibited by the law
of European nations, it was nevertheless
shamelessly pursued, especially by the
Portuguese.

Some cheering facts, however, were
announced respecting the republic of
Venezuela, which abolished Slavery in
its dominions on the 10th of March;
while by a decree of the Court of Hol-
land, Slavery will shortly cease in the
colonial possessions of the Dutch.

Sir E. N. Buxton moved the adoption
of the report, and protested in strong
terms against the doctrine that one man
can have a right to regard the body of
another as his property. The Rev. S.
R. Ward, formerly a slave, made a most
thrilling speech, depicting the evils from
which he himself had siiffered so se-
verely. Dr. Hewlett, J. Sturge, Esq.,
O. W. Alexander, Esq., and others,
spoke to various resolutions, expressive
of the conviction that Slave-holding is a
sin, and slavery a system whose total
and immediate abolition should be sought
; by every legitimate and moral means.

434

OKMBRAL CRRONIOLE.

BTAMOBLXeAL COMTUnOtTAL tOOIBTT.

Thb AimiTersary of this Society w«a
held at the Weigh«-Ho!iM Chapel, on
Thursday OTening, May 18th. TheRer.T.
Binney opened the meeting with prayer.
Sir Culling Eardley, who was in the
chair, introduced the buainesa by ex*
plaining the principles and objects of the
Society, which he said had hu best
wishes and hearty support. The Kcv.
Evan Davies, the Secretary, read a brief
report of what had been doing in the
course of the past year, referring espe-
cially to the labours of the Uon. and
Rev. B. W. Nod, who made an extonsiTe
tour last autumn, in behalf of the Society,
in France and the North of England ; the
result of which had been the formation
of several new auxiliaries. The various
Evangelical Societies of the Continent
had been aided as before, and to a some-
what larger extent, from the funds of
the Society, wliich had been more abund-
ant than during any previous year, al-
though still quite inadequate to meet the
calls made for assistance.

The total income was £1490 19<. lOd.
To the Evangelical Society of Franco
£610 were granted; to the Evangelical
Society of Geneva £162 ; to the churches
at Lyons £120 ; to Belgium iC161; and to
Italy £50.

H. Audebes addressed the meeting on
the present state of things in France, as
affecting the progress of the gospel. Mr.
Milson, from Lyons, set forward in a
very striking manner the superstition and
wickedness of Popery. M. F. Monod ex-
pressed the gratitude of the churches of
France for the important aid they had
received from the Society's funds. The
Revs. B. W. Noel and S. R. Ward made
some valuable remarks, after which the
doxology was sung, and the benediction
pronounced.

TOVVO urns • OB&UTIAir ASaOClATIOlf.

Tub Anniversary Breakfast of this
excellent Association was held on Wed-
nesday morning. May 1 0th, at Free-
masons* Hall. The attendance was yery
numerous — indeed the large hall was full
to overflowing, a considerable number
being unable to &nd accommodation
within its walls, and having therefore to
adjourn for breakfast to another rooaiu
The chair was taken about 6 o'clock, by
Samuel Morley, Esq.

When the doth was removed, a hymn
was given out by Mr. Hitchcock, and
sung by the assembly, after which the
Rev. Dr. Hamilton engaged in prayer.
The Chairman then assured the meeting
of the deep interest he felt in the object
for which the Young Men's Association
had been established, and his sense of
the judgment and wisdom which had
distinguished all the proceedings of the
Committee. He then referred to tho
temptations to which young men, in
London, were exposed, and the hqppi*
ness of religion, and being thorovgUjr
devoted to God's cause.

The Rev. W. Bruce made some ad-
mirable remarks on the necessity of
decision, and the delightftil cflbcte of
Christian union. The Rev. Hugh 8t0iMU
delivered a powerful speech on tho inp»
portance of watchfulness and prayer,
Mr. J. B. Gough thrilled tbe iiwittng
with illustrations of the awful reinlta of
intemperance and infidelity. The Rev.
W. Arnott and other gentlemen alladad
to the value of the Association wbioi^
had brought them together, in such num-
bers, at so early an hour.

The meeting was full of intcnst, and
will, we trust, result in lasting good
to the young men of this great metro-
polis.

l.'2(>

MISSIONARY MAGAZINE

T\T:ST INDIES.

BEBBTCT). — THE FAITHFITL DISCIPLE.

TiiE triiimpli3 of tlie Gospel have been strikingly exemplified in tlie
simple piety, the holy and consistent lives, and I the unwearied labours of
some of our sable brethren — the members and office-bearers of the Mission'
churches in tlie West Indies. The subjoined memoir has reference to in
individual of this cla??, who, under the strong impulses of a heart imbued
with the love of Christ, found his chief and only delight in the service of
his Divine Master, and in spreading abroad the savour of His name and
doctrine.

Under date Lonsdale, Berbice, 24th February, ult., the Ilev. J. Fore-
man writes : —

" We have daring the year sufTered a
severe loss by the death of Mr. James France,
who for about ten years was a zealons and
efficient deacon of this church.

*' lie was nafnrally of a thoughtful dispo-
sition, and possessed good natural abilities.
Had lie been bom nnder any other system
than that of Mlftvery, and those talents culti-
vatcd and sanctified by Divine Grace, be
might have risen to a position of great use-
fulness in connexion with the church of
God. He appears to have lived a careless
life till 1841, when Febrnary Arrindell, the
then headman on Lonsdale estate, and a
deacon of the church, appetrt to have ex-
erted himself to lead him to serions thought,
and this, together with his consistent con-
duct, bad a good influence on James France.

HIS ADMISSION TO THE CflURCH.

" Mr. Dalgliesh (now of New Amster-
dam) arrived at Lonsdale in April, 1842, and
shortly afterwards the sul>ject of this notice
bccaiiic a candidate for church membership.
The work of grace in his heart seems to have
been a gradual one, as be does not appear
ever to have spoken of having received reli-
gious impressions from any particular ser-
mon or circumstance. Whilst attending the
candidates' class he was regular and very
diligent, and often referred to the new views
of religious truth he was obtaining from the
instructions there given. Unlike the raajo*
rity of those who enter this class, he con-
tinued regularly to attend it for a long while
after bis ndniission to the fellowship of the
church. Fur about two years he might be
scat regularW every Monday aficrnoon,

coining with his Bible under his arm, to get
more instruction concerning the Book of
God.

HIS LAnOURS IN THE GOSPEL.

" During this period he was very asefol to
his pastor. There were a good many old
people in the class of candidates at that
period, who knew but little English ; to them
he explained what was said, in Cnole, ud
also questioned them as to what they nnder-
stood. His own views of truth were dear
and simple, and he was able to make them
intelligible t? others also. The assistance
be thus rendered was the means of preparing
many for the discharge of their duties as
members of the church, and also of keeping
back others who were deficient.

*'The fact that a large number of penons
attending the chapel were ignorant of the
English language, and consequently knew
very little of what was said, was to Mr.
Dalgliesh a matter of great grief. He there-
fore resolved to have » sermon in. Creole, or
rather to have the sermon he had preached
in English, repeated in a language that these
old people could understand. James France
seemed raised up and brought into the
church to do this work. He had a remaik-
ably good memory, and seemed to have both
the power and the inclination, especially
when listening to divine truth, to fix his
attention. The amount of good done in this
WAV bv his instrumentalitv vnll onlv be
known ' when all things are made manifest.'
" This service was given up when the con-
gregation was formed into classes, but James

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427

ttUl conliDued to teach a large daas
old people in Creole.

** Boadcs tboM diffiereDt wa3rt of being
dolt lie (with the aasistance of anotlter
■no) med often to conduct the service
hm the minister was absent supplying
■other station. Upon the last occasion
il he thus filled the pulpit, he delivered a
ly aolenn and searching address to the
mg people at the close of his sermon,
b text was Amos viii. 11 : * I will send a
mine, not of breads' &c.

AS A DVACOK,

" James France wu most exemplary and
igent, and took a deep interest in all the
tin of the church, contributed liberally to
c iBpport of the canse of God, and was
ry anxious for the comfort and happiness
the minister, and did all he could to pro-
oletbem.

*The meetings conducted] by him on
■idnle estate were, by his diligence and
m fa pRpiring for them, rendered valu-
It to BoC a few. He was attentive to
riliiy the side in his district, and ever
t^f to Yiait those ip other districts also.
M BO small matter that kept him from
■ hmut of God, and if obliged to be at
■M oa the Sabbath, longed for some of
iknthfcn to come and tell him what they

AS A CHBISTIAK,

""He was sincere and devout, and carried
b ChMHuiity into every-day life. His
pft desire appeared to be, in all circum-
taBH^ to do what was right. He was con-
piit to a degree rarely met with in this
Against his Christian character
' was ever heard . When he went
he always took an opportunity of
to those with whom he might be
farto contact. He took a deep in-
to tke welfare of the young, was very

RijiiM to see them impiore, made a point
^^■laBitly meeting with the young men
appeared well disposed, and did all in
paver to encourage and confirm them.

A MBMBBR OF SOCIKTY,

very industrious, %'ery diligent.

of Lonsdale estate, he occu-

I dAeiiH position, standing between

aplofcr and the employed, but with

to both he was consdenUonsly just.

Only one complaint was ever made against
him in that capacity, and in that case he was
quite right. Frequently, after having charge
of the estate, he used to visit Mr. Dalgliesh
for advice, and this he did on many occa-
sions when few would have thought of
asking it ; but this was one thing that mani-
fested his anxiety to do that which was right.
On these occasions he had mostly something
to ask about the Scriptures, anxious to get
the meaning of some passage, and would go
away greatly delighted that he had got some-
thing that would be useful for eternity as
well as for time.

HIS DEATH.

" He was never of late years a strong
man. Fur several months before his death
he was ailing, and frequently confined to the
house for several days in succession. During
this time he was calm, resigned, and found
abundant comfort in reading the word of
God. When he lost his sight, as the disease
advanced, he liked then to hear it read to
him, and to talk about it so far as he was
able. He had no fear of death ; he lookcfl
forward to it with the feeling that he was
safe through the atonement of Jesus Christ.
His great anxiety appeared to be the pros-
perity of the cause of God. On the last Sab-
bath of his life, a large number of the mem-
bers and young people belonging to this
place walked to town in the afternoon to sec
him. He had them admitted a few at a
time, and spoke to them, while to many of
the young men he spoke in language of the
most earnest entreaty to decide at once for
Christ. [See Enffravitiff.'] He thus died as
he had lived during the last twelve years of
his life, a consistent, zealous Christian.

HIS FUNERAL

was attended by people from far and near,
all anxious thus to bear testimony of their
esteem to him who was gone. Among thcso
were his employers, and the manager of a
neighbouring estate. ' He has entered into
his rest, but his works do follow him.'

"For a large part of the above sketch
I am indebted to Mr. Dalgliesh. James
France's consistent, useful life, and happy
death, has cheered us all here, and I believe
will gladden the hearts of many Christians
in England."

1:28

.MldJI^IUNAUV MAUASINL

DEM ERA K A.

"Dcipisc not oue of ilicse little one*."

A\iONi» tlio ii.lwrMo iiiihitMice!* whk-li concur to render the Bible a sealed
book to iimiiv to wlioni it:* ilivino trutbs nre addressod, there is one of a
pociilirirly local ohanictiT. to which :i Mission ar}' brother, labouring in
British (luiaiia, has dinvtod attention, and whii.-h would acarcelj hara
8U£^syc.^tt'd itself to the En^iisli ri-ader. By thousands born and uurfciirad
in that eolony, predentin*?, t*ir and wiile, one unvarying mardhy leveU
thrnn^h exuberant in vejo^eiution, tlie diversilied forma of hill and valley
an* unknown, and even a common pebblo is viewed as a plieaome-
noii ! Hence it beeotiics 1h(» task of the Missionary to interpret to these
penph* tht? striking? all'isinns. in Scripture and sacnMl poetry, to natural
i)bji'ris, with whicli readir.- in other land:* liave been familiar from cbHd-
lioud.

Uu'hM' date IJeinerara, li^nd rebniary nil , the llev. Charles Battray
writes: —

•' For spvi'r.il ^e:irriili'J. Wi* I'.r^iri l>v rciiliri!; a
hviiiii. i>n \\hi-'i thi'v PTi* (lM^'^ti^^n«' 1 -.'.'% \o
tht: in*' .mini: nf wnnU. i!u' iniprirt «•!' t'l^'irA-
tlvp ullii<ii)ii^, ami ihi* sontrniPiits (•\nrc'>'««*'l.
Fi)r flin poojih: in this mml-ffnt coimiry
know itothin; of iiills, niul nu'k'c, anrl nt'i-
nihff ftfi'rn'H!*, nf |il,iins ami valh^ys, flocks
i'!i<l litTils, i\('. &(•: — llii»y nrvrrsaw/7 a7'»."".
o\('n(it |M*rhaps in (Jrnrgp Town, t«i w1:m.'1i
soiuf liRVo \}(*m hrnnjlit from af:ir to niaca-
iliitnixp the strrcti. Thf neasons of thr
yr;ir, r\cr|it ir^i and f/ry, arc onliroly ii:i-
knowa to ih'-iii. Ilencp f rlo nnj ]>»'Hf»v»;
tliat out* j»i\tli pari of any of our native am'
grc;;.iti(>n< can iit all ini'ltTstainl many of nnr
ino^i lii'aiiiiful hyinn»; nnil, as may ho Mip-
IKi^cd, vrry many fiinralivo portions of I he
Holy Scriptures, whitli glarhlcii and edify
the souls of the common people in Cri-at
Britain, are entirely ahovc the romprfl.cnbion
of tlic ^morality of nor hearers. Wfll, the
hymn thiH analysed and explained is thcMi
aiini!;; a chapter from thc.New Testament

is read ; prayer is ofTerod. sometimes by oue
of the youths a^ will as hy myself. For the
la^t twelvemonths. the" Juvenile Missionirf
Ma^a/jne '* has heen our rh«^ book ; and, on
a l.irge map of the world, we follow the
Missionary ship amonj the South Sea
Islands, or trare oiir course, from nenierani
to that part of the wurMio which the letter,
i>r other inJdIigfeiice, in the Magazine, referi.
Other parts of the world are also pointed
out. and si)mc information connnumcalcd
ahnnt the elimatp and the inhabitants, ^r.
of the places referred lo. In this way two
botir* are generally occupied, and I hope
not without some advantage to those who
regularly attend, though, an might be
expected, the same places have to be pointed
out and named manv times over before tber
are reniemhe'red. The attendance and the
nfffiifioH have latterly been so eni*onraging
tliat I have ]>een reflecting wlicthcr I should
not givenp some other evening engagement,
and devote two evenings of the week, instcid
of one, as heretofore, to this interesting

ClU'S.'*

FOR JULV, 185 -I-.

t29

CHINA.

EXLABGEMENT OF THE NATIVE CHURCHES.

ViriLE watcliiiifi^, with the deepest interest, the progress of that great
Dlutionarr movement which it is anticipated may lead to wider open-
4 for tha sprend of the Gospel in China, our Missionaries have from
je to time liad their faith strengthened and their spirits refreshed by
nifest proofs that their past labours have not been in vain in the Lord.
Vfe are now privileged to announce the cheering fact, tliat not fewer
a tweuty-two new members have been introduced, through tlie rite of
itism, to the native churches, namely, seventeen at Anioy, and five at
ing Kong. It is, moreover, a circumstance quite unique and peculiarly
erestini^, that, of the new converts at Amoy, nine VLvafemalcH,
Ln connexion with the notice of these events in the subjoined corres-
idence, we have also the pleasure to lay before our readers a gratifying
►ort of the formation, on the continent of America, of a native Chinese
irch, sustaining a filial relation witli that under the charge of our IMis-
nanr brethren at Hong Kong.

Bstract of letter from the Rev. John Stronach, dated Amoy, Fo])ruary
th, 1854.

' The eiatnination of tlie applicants for
ttism took place to-day before my bro-
r, ftclf, and Dr. Hir^chbcrg ; sonic of tbe
ive clinrch nicinb**rs were al>o present,
ere were ten hiaIc applicants, eight of
om we ihonght a'lmissibln, among \vhoin
% Ma I^ek. Dr. llirscbbcrg was highly
isieil with the knowledge and feeling of
f men, and so were we all. There arc eight
nles whom we hope to examine on Tlpirs-
f. Oral instruction has been the heaven -
ened means of introducing this knowledge
t» their minds, for only one of them can
ad. and neuut much. So it is evident we
i Mrt labouring in vain, while * preaching,'
iMr Ijord did, ' the Gospel to the poor.'
krf all have means of livelihood ; nor can
I iad out any inferior motive leading
■■ to so generally unpopular and unat-
m course as a profession of Cliris-
May the Saviour they seek to ho-
Mr. keep them steadfast.
* JbreA 2nd. — This ilav has been interest-

ing, on account of the exnminntiun we have
been holding of the nine Chint'sc women
wlio have applied for haptihin — the niothev
of two of our member.^ (one dccrasinl}, and
who is also the widow of the first uieniber
admitted to our church here; the w'wcn of
three of the members, and the aunt of two,
along with four fomnlc servants, one the
mother of one of the male applicants. Stich
i.s the status of these nine women ; and I
was more pleased than I had e\pect4;d to
find groiind U^t being, with their knoulcclgi'
of Christianity and the interest they allowed
in its truths. So they will all be ba]»tizcd on
the .5th instant bv mv brotlier, before the
men whom I am to bapti/e. You will be
glad to hear of women being adinittid--
they give Christianity a home in the land.
and their influence cannot be inconsiderable.
The ])ub1ic profession of an unpopular an<l
novel religion by ('hinese femab's is a trial
of courage, but they are all glad to come for-
ward, and ready to face the world."

In a sub8e<iuent letter Mr. Stronach mentions the fact of tlie seventeen
teesting Chinese converts, viz., eight males and nine females, referri'd t)
I tlie preceding letter, having been publicly received into the Chi'istinu
bivh, through the rite of baptism.

Extract of letter from the Ileva. Dr. Legge and J. Clialmers, dated
long Kong, 24th March, 1834 .

430

MIttlONART MAOAIINS

" \Vc arc Iiappy to inform yoa bj thii op-
portunity, of some tddition to tbe membcn
of our Ciirifttian church. On [the erening
of tlie second Sabliath in this month, the
ordinance of baptism was administered in the
Bazar Chapel to five young men ; four of
them lads in the school, and the other a
brother of one of I hem, and the son of an
individual who was received into the church
a1>out three years a[^). Of the four scholars
who have made this public profession of
Christianity, two signified their wish to be
iMpti/cd more than twelve months ago ; and
their general behaviour and growth in Chris-
tian knowledge have been such as to affonl
much »atiiifartion to our minds. The two
othrr* had albo revolved the subject of their
dutv tu drrlnro tliein>rlve9 on the side of the
nnlylixing and true (Jod for several months.
.*^oinc MTMions preached I»y our brother
T^un-bhrei), about the close of the last year,
»tirrc(l up tlieir uiimU to nuich thoughtful -

neti. The foar took coanad logether, apoltt
with some of the older membera of tki
church, and onitcdly made their ■pplinrtlwi
to be receifed into onr ChriatiAn ftUowahip.
We received them gladly, and, with aflbcUw
and hope, commend them to Him who ft
able to keep them from lUHng.

" Two infanta, the childmi of two of «■
oHest members, were baptized at the omo
time, making, in all, the greatest nnmbarlf
whom the ordinance has at yet been
nistcred at one time at thia station.
was something intereating in the
grown up to maturity, declaring /Mr
])ose, wliatcver others might do, to lem tht ^
Lord, and in the parents bringing their im«
fants to dedicate them to the Saviour. Wt
coulfl not but he encouraged by the
It seemed to declare that Christianity
taken root among the Chinese, and to

us that we shall ere long see greater thusga.** i

Extract of anotluT lot tor tVom the Missionaries at Hong Kong, of
Boinowhat oarliiT date than tho preceding.

** ^$mBU as our church is, it sustains al-
ready the i>osiiion of a mother church. You
^lill be intrrcKtod to hear that the only so-
ciety of Chinese Christians in A ni erica is
('0Mi]msc(l of individuals who originally bc-
kin;;cd to it. Vou have heard nt diffrrrnt
tiuics of Inds fmni the school and nictnbcrs of
tbn rluirc'h going to California. There are
now ti\(' in that region ^^Ilo were bapti7:ed
here, and Soo-loug, the young man who
was educated at Mr. lIi;nderaon's e\i>en»e in
Scotland. In n letter to Dr. Leggo, dated
i;Jlh November, 1H:i3, one of them, Ho
Cb'rong-K'ow says : — • I am happy to say
that we have fonned a Chinese church here,
though the members arc yet very few. We
are only four— A-yam, A-ts'un.A-ts'i-n, and
myself. [ hope our Heavenly Father will
increase our number. A-sam received the
office of elder, and A-ts'un is to teach Chinese
to tbe Missionary, Mr. Spcer. For the few
weeks past, Mr. Speer has held the meeting
in my n)oui, but a large chapel will soon Ihj
raided for the Chinese. Oh ! dear sir, it is
very hard to make a man stand in the truth.
If God had not helped mc, I should have
fallen into the hand of Satan ; but oar Crea-

tor is able to keep His people from all the
temptations of their enemies. The Amcri*
can ladies and brethren are very- kind to no.
I often think of my beloved teacher in
China with great pleuure. Please acoepi
niv warm love.

* Whrn f«r from the friends we hold dearest wo

l»«rt.
AVhiiT fund reooUcrtinni 9till efina to the heart I
FMt ctinTone, past scwnes, paat enjoynitnU an

thoro —

Oh, how hurtfully . pleatinf , till hallowed tj
prayer ! *

" ' I shall 1>e very glad to hear from yo«
as soon as you can favour roe with a Iettcr«
My trust is still in Cod, and I want to Mvi J
in such a manner that wherever I go I mif f*
leave a savour of piety.' .

" The evidence which the above citneli >
supply of the piety and Christian ttcadCuU '^
ness of the writer is very pleasing, and yw {
will join with ns in repeating his prayer tiial ^
God will be pleased to watch over their in- }^
fant church. It is something for the Londoa ~m
Missionarv Societv, in addition to all the —
other things which it can refer to as done fay T
it for China, to be able to say this alio, thil '^
it has given the first Chinese church to tht -^
continent of America."

FOR JULY, 1854.

131

INDIA.

nCE OF A UISBIOKAlir EXCUB8I0X IN THE PBOYINCE OF COIMBATOOU.

IxTHOUOH the set time for the couversion of the multitudes of India
the faith of Christ has not yet nrrived, the Missionaries bear their
ravying testimony to the fact— and it is full of encouragement — that
oagfaout the provinces of that great country, alike in tlie populous city
i the rural district, wherever the Gospel has been long proclaimed, a
jwledge of scriptural truth has become extensively and alinoat uuiver-
[j prevaleut, and impressions, more or less favourable to Christianity,
'e been created even in minds not yet prepared to abandon the practice
idolatry.

kn illustration of these remarks Mrill be found in the incidents of a tour
iertaken by our JMissionary Brother, the Bev. W. B . Addis, in tlic early
t of the present year.

If Bch time, from the commencement of
MiMion in 1830/' writes Mr. Addis,
» been spent in the important work of
iniing among the inhabitants of this pro-
c for the purpose of preaching the Gos-
witM woee, and of distributing scriptures,
pDBB books, Christian tracts, &c.
For the above purpose I set out the lat-
part of February, and thinking to obviate
ft of the inconveniences of ' roughing/ I
L with me a country buUock*cart, with
e artides most Europeans consider indis-
Hble ; but on my firtt stage 1 had to re-
\ being thus encumbered ; for the cart,
mfjk the badness of the roads, was over-
mi, and my cot, chair, and small tabic
Inken. — ^The weather hot, and the way
f tety. there not having been any rain
Kveial months. — Spoke to some people
^ nad, and gave a tract in exchange for

if of cold water. Arrived at K , *

^ M d dirty from perspiration and dust. —
■i hat some people who were princi-
If tnvcUen like myself, this being a sort
Mtiag-placc, having a well and settram
pne bulding, but without any furniture
■7 nrtf the Hindoos not requiring any,
mf Cit, nt, and sleep on the ground or
^ Here is a very ancient heathen tem-
>ldl very substantially of hewn granite
■ a Ugh rock with steps cut in it by
iA •• aaeend. Here is also a very ancient
IflTflne, and covered all over with ela-

tmd ■iMwhare, the writ«r hM not given
I of places Ac. in ihlL . .

borate carving, but of the most objectionable
character, as is usually the case. Some few
years ago a Poligar (or country Hindoo gen-
tleman) spent a great deal of money in mak-
ing a new car, and it now stands near tliu olil
one, apparently as a caricature, having little
or no carving worth the name ; whether
workmen of this description have degener-
ated, or whether parsimoniousness was the
cause, is not apparent. I slept in the set-
tram, and in the morning by mou:ilig1it —
long before sun-risc, proceeded on my jour-
ney.

CONVERSATION WITH TIIK RKSTOHKR8 OF
A IIEATUKN TKMPLE.

** On my arrival at A 1 was surprised

at seeing several large kilns of brick burn-
ing, and supposed that the inhabitants really
intended, after so many years, to make the en-
trance to their village passable by a bridge,
which is and has been sadly wanting for a
very long time ; but on coming near to an
old dilapidated heathen temple, which has
always when here attracted my attention,
from its apparently remote antiquity, I found
it partly pulled down ; and while wondering
and almost hoping that its usclessness had at
length become evident to the inhabitants,
and that they were about to turn the site to
some better purpose, a respectable man ac-
costed me, who 1 found was the superintend-
ent or architect for its re-erection on a larger
scale, and in a very substantial manner, by
the Rajah of R— -, another influential Po-
ligar, who he said was determined, by an im-

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piiltc of great rharity, to ipfnd mtiiy thou-
sands of ni{iocs in the higlily nieritorious act
of its recunstniction. The follow ing &cu-
tini<-iits passed between ua ou the xuhject : —
' You know that this (heathLo) Bystcm is not
founded iu truth.' — Fur 1 soon saw tliat he
knew me and my object . Whether foumle<l
on what was generally termed truili he eouhl
not sav'thc svktem wom \cr\ ancient, and
the iH'lief and prariicc of ano(!stors must not
In* lij;hily ii>!t a^ide; ihcy ntiglii to lie rvvcriMl
ami Uiil dtahoiUHiri'.l. Itckidc^, who could
suri'Iy tell what ind'^ed was tnitli — )>erhaii>
tilt! ancients wen* rii;lii iifti-r all! i^till it
was well, and even propi.i, to iino^tigute the
matter according to my sug^riitions, and if
(Miristianitv w.is found to l)e true, to cnthrac''
it of (\i'.ir''i'. — llitil no ohjeetion to readliii;
our Sc-riplnie!i and other hooks trcuting upiMi
the >n!ii«'i'l. — Was willine to rieel>4' a (lo*-
pel. niid Miuic trueisi ottered to hiiu — u:.uld
carefuliy kC''p. and attcniively peruse them,
dee.. Xc.\ to wliieh one of his assistants, ap-
parently the head bricklayer, \\illing1y ac-
ceded and rei|ucM»te<l a siuiil.ir ^^pply for hini-
self. After niakinjr a few eomniuu-place
ini|iiiric!i, r. ^., whether I would recommend
anv of the old liriek . to be iiseJ, or whether
to build with enlirdv new, ^^■., tbev left me
with their books, in the ]»n ?eni*c of their ns-
bcmbling worki-.icn, to >il (Idwii and peni^o
them. This i<> a Miecinie!i of a nuiiicrous
rl iss to I'C ni'^t with everywhere, of unjMC-
judicrd and a[»parciitly candid miuds, lo far
as it rei^nnls Clirisiianiiy a> a s^ystem of reli-
iri«m. now prettv will known in tluorv bv
hundreds, but put in practice by com para-
tivi'ly few.

TIIK CIIIMMIKN OK Tlii: llliATlIKN TAUGHT
Clini^TIAMI V.

•* Proceeding ou'vanls, I readied V

at near midday, nnd consequeutly very hot.
This i<5 out^ of the out stations of the Oiini-
hatoor Mis^inn. and twenty. seven miles from
(he Head or Home Station. Fouml tlie Na-
tive Teaeber stationed here laid up very ill ;
offered him some of my own medieines — pre-
erred his own. Xo place Iicrc but a shod
on poles, and without any walls — hot wind
blowing vi-rv unplca«anilv. l-ixamined the
Mission S.'bool — fiutnd it in a satisfactory
couilition — many of the principal inliabit-
ants of the place preoent during (he exami-

nation, the school -room being in one of
greatest thorjughfares of tlic town. Si
expressed their Mtiafaction at tlie prag
of the scholars, which progress, it miul
remembered, was in reading the Soripli
In the native language, t. e. Tamil, and
committing to memory several ChriitiaB
tcchisms, including Dr. Watta*i ftnt
second. Scripture ditto, together with Gi
mar of their own language, writing (with
style on Palmyra leaves), arithmetic, &c.
objection whatever is made to such c
cidcdly Christian education, although all
])areut4 are heathen, and not one of I
own Otcatlit-'iO books allowed to be tai
iu the school ! This is the case with all
twelve ieliools of this Mission.

l-tUlU'^llV AIIOI'T IHK RAILROAD A!
KLKCTRIC TKLKliKAl'H.

" Went to the T.is-iihlar's Cu: cherry
na:i\e n'..igl>trate ami his public otlice bi
iii|T'. lie is a Brahmin; h-id a long
\ei->.ition with hiui in the presence of bI
otKciaN. I have known hi in several yc
be was full of praise of the »ehool, abilit
the sel;iN>l master, \c. before leaving
requested as a favonr that I wouhl ai
hiui and bis ]K(iple some information
^peetiug the new railroad bOon to c
throu'^'b Cuinib itoor. and of which won
ful iliin;; tlurc was a general talk. J
about the eli-ctric teh\::rap]i, about w
tbev ha 1 beard Mich wonderful reports c
ex|ieri:Meutal trial at Msulrai and its \icii
Abxiut the Milroad, steam engine, carrii
iS:e., 9i(*.. I wa< able to make thcru com
bend MMnetbin?. but about the latter I e
do but little without a ]ilan, model, e.\
menis. iVc. ; for the Hindoo has only
word licrhtninc: (menel) to express the pi
employed, and from the frequency and
struct iveness of thunder storms in this c
trv, the word has somethino: awful ii
sound, ami its power bi-ing often observe
the dreadful calamities produced, they
not comprehend bow it can be contn
and r.pplied to any useful or protitable
po^e.

I.ICilirs AXI) >!IAUOWS.

*' llail eveninir service with a few C
tian^ here, and was happy to And a y.
man among them whom 1 baptized &c
years ngo, who is adorning his profcssia

POR JULY, ISi-k

4a3

BtUtent walk, and endeaTDoring to do

to tlM MHdi «f othcn. He is in pretty
, woridly cireimifUnoei, and hat much

at hit own ditpoia], which it appears
mgkffM for good purposes, t. #• reading
BSbi/e and other religions books to the
ktm around him, ftc Stc, Slept here in
ihed, and remained daring the following
Had some visitors, both heathen and
ammedan, bat inqnirers thejr cannot
be termed ; for although the Qoipel has

published in this town and acQoiniog
gei for many years past, and the people
r more or less of its requirements, there

not appear to be any conviction of sin
fear of its consequences ; consequently,
Mgh the people will freely converse
i Chriitianicy, and prejudice against it
syitem of religion is scarcely perceptible
c present time, yet careless unconcern
apathy about a future state seems to
ide ail classes. The native teacher here
iica a better cottage, and I went
■apeeted several sites for the purpose,
tope ere long to obtain an eligible situa-
This being a place where three or

principal or trunk roads meet, and
is coming and going in every direction,

accessary that the teacher's cottage
Id be where the greatest number of
ileri resort or pass.

•OWING BESIDE ALL WATKRa.

The following day was that on which is
the great weekly market, and which has
k laereased lately in consequence of new
s hesag made, so that, at the lowest com-
, 1 should think that from three to
d of both sexes were present on
B. These assemblies are just the
to preach the Gospel ; for there are
who neither come to buy nor sell,
I iHBgen. and a congregation of some
hads can be collected in a very short
^ Mo generally hear with much attcn-
,for their minds are not in that excited
i Ihcy are at heathen festivals. Such
hrti are held all over this province on
■Ml days every week, and we make it a
lef atlemling as many as circumstances
it, and by this means the word
the tracts dii>tribulcr1, arc taken
parts. In the aAemoon I left this
1% nd proceeded about fifteen miles,

where I slept in a tope (grove) of tamarind
trees, having arrived at the close of the day,
when the women return from drawing water,
each with a large earthen pot on one hip,
and often a child on the other, each encircled
with an arm. Nearly the whole distance I
came, travellers were either returning from,
or going to the market, many with their little
sons astride upon their shoulders, and hold-
ing on by the turban. These markets gene-
rally last till dark, and many sleep on the
spot in the midst of their merchandise, which
consists chiefly of different sorts of grain,
clot hi of various textures and descriptions
fur native clothing, implcnieuts of husbandry,
live stock, t. e. bullocks, sheep, &c. The
Moncgar (head of tribe or village) who gave
me permission to sleep in his tope was a very
friendly man: he brought me fruit, and a
plentiful supply of good water, an invaluable
article at all times, especially at such a time
as this, when even the wells are getting low.
aud the water becomes tainted. He would
also have supplied me with food if I luid
accepted it, but for various reasons that was
declined. He aud his people kept awake
most part of the night, and I gave them a
Gospel of Matthew and some tracts, and in
the morning, before sunrise, when I left, they
accomi>anied me some considerable distance.
To-day, through the absence of rain, the
dust and strong hot wind were very un-
pleasant, and 1 was glad to rest under the
shade of a tree in a large village for about
an hour. Here I had a large concourse of
))copIe to hear me, and I distributed some
Gospels and many tracts in two languages —
viz. Tamil and Teloogoo. The ancestors of
the present inhabitants migrated from the
Teloogoo country many generations ago;
and these people still speak that language
among themselves, although all around thcni
is Tamil, with which they arc quite as fami-
liar as with their own ; and most of them
could spc^k and read both languages fluently.
The majority arc in very good circumstances,
Ijeing cultivators of various sorts of corn and
tobacco, the latter for transmission to the
Malabar country. They know much about
Christianity, but appear somewhat bigoted
in their preference for their own religion, or
rather superstition, and think it quite right
to follow their forefathers. They, however,

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candidly heard me state both lidei, and ahov
them the excellency of Chriit and his reK-
gion of love and mercy. They also heard
me read to them, and read aloud themselves
from the Scriptures and tracts I supplied
them with ; and some of them accompanied
me out of the town on my journey, and took
a Tcr)' friendly farewell. At mid -day I

reorhcd I' , another of our out'Siatiuns,

ahout thirty miles distant from the one 1
left. Here 1 found our Native Teacher well,
and actively engaged in his avocation, but
his child was ill. As soon as my arrival
wu known, several persons came to see me
and to convene, obtain books, &c. 1 re*
maincd here over the Sabbath, and had a
small congregation of Christians, both in the
forenoon and evening, and some roudcrsi of
Scripture in the aftcrnuon, but no hcalheu
attended anv of these »er\ tcus.

0P1*0!»1TI0X or A lIKATilKN M ACilsTRATK.

" The Ta&sildar, who is a Urahmin, seut
a carjienlcr to work at mending a gate, a
few yards distant from the place where 1
was »taying,and juit opposite, making a great
noise. I have every reason to think tiiat
this was intended tu annoy nte, and to dis-
turb the people who were collected to licar
me; for he ha^ shown bis opposition to our
proceedings ou several previous oecasiuns,
and at one time went so far as tu order the
dead bodies of the village or town, to be in-
terred nifar the Native Teacher's cottage.
On this occasion 1 was under the necessity
of api)ealing to the Kurupcau magistrate of
Coimhatoor, who at once saw through the
whole aftuir, and ordered him to desist.
However, to-dav the anno\ance befoie men-
tioned was continued for some time, and I
saw the necessity of requesting the carpenter
tu go away, which he did, but soon returned
by the authority of the Ta&sildar, and I was
obliged to send to him, and remind him that
by so doing he was acting contrary to one
of the rules of government. Seeing I was
not disposed to put up with the noise and
annoyance during the Sabbath, he thought
it prudent to take the carpenter away, and
I had a quiet day with our people — a great
blessing in the midst of the noisy heathen
around, who know no Sabbath, and conse-
quently keep none.

«i

OPBHIirOt ruE THB OOtPBL.

Here, abo» on the Monday, li held a
Urge weekly market, to that I remained nd
attended it, anil, ai naual, had not ent«rad
the crowd and spoken many minntea, whan
I was surrounded by attentife heaicnb I
also distributed both portiona of Seriptnni
and tracts ; being personally known to the
people of these parts, many from all dirae-
tions and from many miles claim a aort of
friendly acquaintance with me. I alao ii«
maiued here some part of the next dqr« hi
order to make inquiries about a apot lor ft
schoolroom, schoolmaster, &c. ; for the In-
habitants of this place and snrronnding
villages have earnestly requested me to com-
mence a school for several years past, bnl
those already in o|»eration take all the funda
at ni.^ disiK>sal for educational purpoaea.
However, as a beuevolent gentleman in the
service of government has during the pnit
two months furnished me with the pecuniwy
means for one school at auothcr of our ont-
stations, I hope I may procure assistance for
this. The only difficulty attending lueh
subscriptions is, that these gentlemen fre-
quently remove from one part of the country
to another, and then their subscriptions are
discontinued ou their departure, and perliapi
at the very time when the Mhool is in ita
most efficient state : this has happened many
times in this mission.

VISIT OF A MKMBBR OF PARLIAMENT.

** Here also some respectable people came
to inquire of me about the * Queen's Gen-
tleman,' meaning Dauby Seymour, Esq. M.P.
for Poole, and who has been travelling in
different parts of the country, collecting in-
fomuition respecting the general condition
of the inhabitants, in order to lay the same
before Parliament. The people entertain
very strange notions of his visit, intentiona
&c., some of which 1 thought it my duty to
correct. Very little that is satisfiurtoiy can
be ascertained by such flying viaita. He
came to see me, and we had alwut two honn
conver>ation ; but to see this mission in all
its branches, &c. would take as many wecka.

AN IDOLATROUS FESTIVAL.

" On the following day I set out abont
two o'clock P.M., and had a very hot and
dusty journey of eleven miles to S — — , where
I fouud the inhabiUnts in a great state of

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Bileiiiail, there being i (tut, &c. in ho-
ar of their idob.* There are two heathen
■piet, one of which is very ancient, with
Eabrain (or tower), and very cekibrated.
« Boue liroia naiive music, so called— i.e.
B-tomi, gongs, and firing of gunpowder,
■ quite OTerpowering. Such times and
MOM are not at all calculated for preach.
\ the Gospel to the people, as many years'
pcrience has fully proved to me. The
ida oi the people are fully absorlicd by
I leenes around them, the gaudy and noisy
leesaions, &&, so that I determined to
weed home to Coimbatoor ou the follow-
: day ; and but little sleep or rest could be
I during the night, the i>cople being litc-
lymad after their idols. In this place,
■ty-foar years ago, I first came in contact
h the Oxahmins of the Coimbatoor pru-
n. They were then quite strangers to

avocation, intentions, &c. Oiaviiig never
aaMiuionary before) ; they also appeared
Kwhat strange to me, for they arc in
iy respects different from those of the
le eute in Travancorc, with whom a three
b" acquaintance had in a measure given

some esperienco. This class of people
r pretty well know both my occupation
Ikteations, and generally act accordingly ;
Ithoae engaged in agricultural and nicr-
tSkt occupations arc much more tolerant
I frieniily than those whose employ is of
Kerdotal description, the reason for which
f easily be conjectured.

RCTUAX HOME.

*IIeft the place before sunrise, and pro-
ried bomc\\ar<lj, and while sitting on a
lik to rest about miilway. and, the sun
lAsglicen up sonic huurif. it was v(>ry iiot,
tm joincfl by some r^'^jtcctablc Hincloos,
a!so travelling, and who inquired
I bad any books ; this is frequently

flciUtbt^nt » oft^n producc-l by tuliin;;
fatozicatiDc hrrfi ; but in iiiniiy ]i1iicom tbe
^^_ jri thJB the Uft fen- years luivo ad'.icd iu«
HihcdriBJu, mnd for au excuse pli'iul tho ox-
ib,ai KnropeaiM. How carefhl ouRht HIr-
lo be in thi« reipeot. It will be » huppy
I ewry lIi4UODar>- in India ia .1 prncticnl

r. both for example to tho beat hen at well

■rtta fPtanration of bia own Uoalth. Draui-

BflR BOir Tcrr numerous— the »irn boiiic a
hsltle, aa^poiiilcil on a pole or )i»ni>)<.i>.
M S^f BiriTaf in India, t»onty*si>vfu vcarn
btttls vie* ha« f^eatly iuereabed aniou'ii all
ito aod eastet. and ia becoming iio cunmuiu
Iwa fomer abfaorrence oir.ccd br those of
MHliBBiooa ia scarcely obsuTable.

the case, for it is well known that my ca-
pacious pockets are generally well filled with
tracts and small books. Upon in(|oiry I
found some of them were from a place up-
wards of a hundred and fifty miles di:>taiit,
and others among them were acquainted
Avith one of the schoolmasters of this Mis-
sion. After some conversation I supplied
them with tracts and we separated; they
taking the road to the cast, and I that In
the west. In about two hours aAer^vards
I arrived at home, and found my own family
all well ; but, hhort as liad bccu my absence,
two deaths had taken place among the adult
Christians.

CONCLUDING IIKMAIIKS AND INFKRENCSS.

" This tour was ^ihorlcr both in time and
distance than is usual, occupying only ten
days, and the dibtaucc travelled only about
eighty miles, which is not more than liah*
the extent of many journeys made for
preaching purposes every year, un:l at all
times of the year ; but it furiii;)hcs the fal-
lowing obscnalions : —

" I. Viewing only the surface, of llu*
present state of the inhabitants of thcbi';
parts, how easily is the erroneous imprti-
bion entertained, and often publicly com-
municated, that * the fields arc white already
to harvest.' Here we see hnndrcda, per-
haps thousands of idolaters attentive listen-
ers to the preaching of the CIospcl,*
earnestly seeking for books of Christ iiiu in-
struction, scriptures and tracts attentively
read, &c., &c., yet still apparently as fur
from the kingdom of God as ever !

" II. Here also we sec that prejudice, at
least in these parts, has wonderfully sub-
sided — so that a Mi^^ionury and ambasaador
of Christ is now louked upon as one ti)
whom respect and even friciuUhip should lif*
shown, because he really seeLs the good of
the people gcucrally. Consequently his way
ia all open before hhu— the time for violeiit
disputes, &c. having goue ]i:Lat. Still, after
all, the people seem quietly coutent \uili
their owu several systems of bonl deception,
and cling with the greatest pcriiaacity tt)

* A Miwinnary of nni>tlior Soi-ioly.who ralli"!
on us since the jOto\c :iii<t w hu h:ul truTrraeJ *\'*v.,^
parti* of this pr.iviniv. c-\pros-«r ' hinHl■'lt■^l;^|»^i•f^.l
as well na eralified at the saTour of the knimle«lu"-
uf Christ to be met with, bui wn^ nl--i'» ciiiially ii--
tonisheil that with ^nch Knu'vl.-lu'e there hhu-iM
be so UlUo outward prufv«>i -a ci Cbriitiuuity.

mSSlONAKY MAOAllNB

tlMir bowy lutitutioM, emit being puft.
nouat.

'* III. AIm hf the ibore may be leen n
um\i\e of the gcnenl end almott nnWenal
impreftiion that ChmtUnity hu made upon
the maH of the Hindoo mind, even in
remote and raral diitricts ; and thtu far the
fruits of yean of former labour are apparent.
In many initancei this impretiion ii by no
meani tuperfleial, as lome of the ftctt stated
clearly show; and among numerous indi-
viduals it has been so drrp as to produce a
neglect of all idolatrous usages. Sutlicient
knowledge, were it mixed with/aiM, is pos-
sessed by numbers to insure the salvation
of the sool. But this generation is rapidly
pauing away, and the same work will have
to he commenced with tlie succeeding one.

" IV. The careful cunsideration of the
above particulars will uudoubtediy produce in
the reader's mind the following ciuery —
■ How, after all, is it that there is so little
rtai fruit— so few genuine conversions or
sincere inquirers under conviction of sin ?
I know of no satisfactory answer, and can
only meet the question with another ; i.r.,
Arc the influences and power of the Divine
Spirit withheld for want of earnest, fencnt
prayer on the i)art of the Church .' After
supplying their agents among the Heathen
\.it)i the necessary means for outwardly
carrying on the work of their several Mis-
sions, are thcv and their work left as it were
common objects, i.^. to make their way like
a mercantile kpeculatiou ? how it would
cheer and invigorate the heart, and sustain

the eaavia of tba IHrimMrjt tf lAlt bail
engaged in pnminlfBtiag tralli«
liahlng the nnsearehable rickaa d
iniiting all to come and partakaof ai
and full salvation, iw fitl mm AssMnf mm
anee that he it not left aloM, baft Um* I
dreds, although removed tbonaadi if i
fhmi him, are quite ae Mar ttM thiwitf
grace as be is, and fraqnantlj
mingle their petitions there, nd
ling for a bleuing upon bis labonn witblla
Father of mercies, through an iB-
intercessor, and seeking for the
power of the Divine Spirit !

** O « Brethren pray for as '—lor vsia h
the help of man.

" P.S.— I have not touched npoa tbi
subject of eatte, for obvious reaaons. la the
first place — to make this masterpieee of the
devices of the devil anywise clear to tboac
not on the spot, seems almost impossiblCi ladi
as ilailv met with in all the common afoea-
tions of life, would of itself require a volume;
but it ought to be better known to the re-
ligious public in England than it is aft pre-
sent, in order to correct the numerous erron
entertained upon the subject, and the mis-
takes constantly arising therefrom.

** And in the next place, the various bear-
ings of the preaching of the Gospel upon
idolaters as such, seem to be the principal
object which should at present be kept in
view. But briefly — I must state my con-
viction that idolatry will dis^pear from
India, before the system of cute from its
inhabitants."

BELGAUM.

AUTOBIOOBAPUY OF A 5ATIYE CONTEBT.

Amokq tho iadividuals recently received into the Christian Church at
tliis Station, was a young Tamulian, named Moottoo Swainee, who, after
wandering &r and wido in search of happiness, at length found rest and
peace for his agitated spirit at tho foot of the Cross. He was baptized at
Belgaum on the 2Dd Oct. 1853, on which occasion he furnished to the
l^lissionaries, the Uevs. J. Taylor and AV. Beynou, the following impressivo
narrative : —

BAELT aXPaRIBXCBS.

*' About eight years ago, my brother and
I were engaged in learning English in the

ikhool at ChindrapetU, in Madras, con-
ducted by Mr, Winslow of the American
Mission. What we learnt there convinced

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487

tnita of ChriitUuiity, and inspired
I deare to profeu the truth. We
iwn oor minds to Mr. Winslow, who,
le inquiry, allowed us to remain iu
e. Our friends missing us in the
and not finding us in any of the
ra' houses, came to Mr. Winslow's.
ed to persuade us to return with
It as we refused to do this they
I Mr. Winslow not to give us food
I his house, but such as they might
ley accordingly, for some days, sent

After a while, under various pre«
ley persuaded Mr. W. to allow us
ur friends. We went several times,
e allowed to return. This was,

a mere device till they had made
gements to secure us, which they
sudden, at the end of one of our
rhey put us in chains and sent us

different direction to some of our
. A few days after this the brother
been most instrumental in betraying
taken ill, and died in great pain.
ber followed him in about a week,
saths made considerable changes in
estic circle, and my brother and I
veyed to Chiugerpet. My brother
t>lem got admission into the Free
tfission School, and from that place
I to escape to Mr. Anderson's in
from whom he afterwards received
and with whom he still continues.
I lot was to be very different. I
'eyed to Bangalore and thence re-
) Dharwar, where another brother
ipirit contract, and employed me in
him in his business. I afterwards
my uncle in Belgaum ; here, after a
y father joined us. My convictions
I Christianity were strengthened by
■course I contrived to secure with
yt Mission Catechist.

rSIAXS AND TEMPTATIONS.

yet my mind was powerfully wrought
irhat I heard and read regarding the
B of a Saniashee, and by the con-
RNnise of heaven as the reward of
: H. I frequented, therefore, the
tf a celebrated man of that profes-
Dcd Adryappa, who resided with
idilbUowers about six kos from this,
of the Shaiva sect. In the mean-

while a Brahmin Saniashee, of the Vaiah-
nava sect, gained a complete ascendancy
over the minds of my relatives in Dharwar,
and, receiving some 50 rupees from them,
sealed or branded them with the marks of
the Vaishnava sect, in token, as he said, of
their obtaining entrance into heaven. He
set himself up as the Gooroo of the whole
family, and came to Belgaum. There he
received the adoration of all the Yaishnavas,
who flocked around him. My father bid
me go and fall at his feet, which I did.
After a few days I had an opportunity of
witnessing the branding with seals of Vishnu.
The Gooroo, after pompous preparations and
purifications, kindled a fire of sandal-wood
and leaves in which he heated the copper,
and shank, and chakra, the insignia of the
Vaishnava religion. He then bid his atten-
dants lay hold of the man who was to be
branded, who, shrinking and wincing under
the operation, received the marks. This
done, the Gooroo turned to my father and
said, * Prepare your son against the third
day, when I shall celebrate this ceremony
again.' My father was delighted at the
prospect of my receiving what he considered
to be a great benefit.

'^I had time to think, and the I^rd
enabled me to sec the folly of the whole
thing. I went to Jonas, and told him that
the smart of the red hot metal seemed like
the earnest and beginning of hell fire. I
resolved to escape, and borrowing a rupee
from him, set out for Bellary. There I met
a friend who had known me in Dharwar.
lie treated me with great kindness and
hospitality, and made nothing of my having
escaped from my friends and the brand of
the Gooroo. My friend also was engaged ii^
the spirit trade, and employed me for a time.
Meanwhile, my brother from Dharwar passed
through, but as he knew under what circum-
stances I had left Belgaum, and how I
despised the brand which he had received,
he would not speak to me. I afterwards
obtained a situation as mess accountant, and
in that capacity went with the 6th cavalry to
Sholaporc. My mind was still impressed
with the idea of joining theShaiva Sanlashecs,
with some of whom I had become acquainted,
as I said before, in the neighbourhood of
Belgaum.

438

M18SIONAKY If AOABINE

I found aiuong them ft great divenity of
opiaion as to the meaiu of Mlvation ; oue
denying what the other affirmed. One of
them in particular used facetiouily to deride
the whole ijitem.

" I tried to make myself master of all the
opinions entertained by different individuals.
My own mind was fully convinced of the
falsity of all. Yet I was curious to know all
that may be or was said, if for nothing else, at
least to refute them. When satisfied, I return-
ed to Bellary. I there found my brother, who
was much distressed at the sight of my
Saniashee garb, and persuaded me to leave it
off. Thence I accompanied my brother to
Dharwar. On my way, 1 hapi>ened to meet
the very man from whom I had at first fled.
My relative immediately fell at his feet.
He recognized me, and said that his reganl
for my family was &o great that if I were
willing, he would for my siiecial sake stop
in the midst of his journey, and imprint
upon me the marks of Vishnu. My late
intercourse with Saniashces, however, enabled
mc to meet him with greater confidence than
before. I said I was sure of one thing, that
his svstem was false, and that I could con-
tend with him on his own ground. On this
he left us, and I returned to my friends nt
Belgaum and Dhar^var, who, when they
heard my histur>', and my intercourse with
the Shaivites, were very much distressed,
for they arc Vishnuvitcs.

C0XV1CTI0X8 OP THR TR!»TII OF CHRISTI-
AN ITV CONFIRMED.

" 1 had now an opportnnit}* of renewing
my acquaintance with Jonas. My convic-
tions regarding Christianity gained ground.
I met withametricM com position, by learned
brahmins in Madras, which purported to be
a refutation of Christianity. I read it, and
with Jonas's help was able to .refute its
s(»phisms. I resolved now to connect myself
more intimatelv with Christians. I went to

■

\iitness their mode of worship as it is con-
ducted at the Mission Chapel. I went also
to sec how the Romanists worship. The
resemblance of their idolatry to that of

the Hindoos struck me so forcibly that I
never wished to go again. I now openly
professed Christianity, and removed to a
house separate from my relations. This
my friends tried to prevent. They seized

me, and forcibly conveyed roe to my undc's,
where they bound me to a table, and said
that though I might resist persoasions, yel
hunger would compel me. After i «hik,
my father relented; he released me, and
gave me food ; he also pleaded for me with
my more violent relatives, and contended
that I should be left to follow my own
choice. With me he urged the fact of bis
years and his proliable speedy death, begged
that 1 should only wait till 1 shonld periona
his funeral rites, and then I might follow
what course I desired. But I felt I most
depart. I joined the Mission. My friends *
used various expedients to intimidate me,
and by false charges laid lieforc the locd j
authorities they tried to entrap mc. I am i
thankful they have failed. As in the last |
assault they made upon iuc,lhey laid hold of
the hair of my head, 1 had that removed.
This effectually severed my connection with
Hindoos, for without the hair as it is com-
monly worn, I could not maiut.iin my posi-
tion among them. It is one of the marks of
Hindoo idolatry, and removing it has eflfect-
uallv cut me off from them.

LEAVING ALL FOR CHRIST.

*' A review uf all that has passed, and a
comparison of my former with my present
position, tend to confirm my belief of the
truth of the CItristian religion. I am assured
that by birth and practice I am a sinner,
and unable to stand be^jrc God with any
righteousness of my own. 1 am thankful
that God has led mc to a knowledge of the
way of salvation through Jesus Christ. I
pray he may enable me to receive the right,
cousness of Ciirist Jesus in simplicity and
truth, that my sins may be washed away in
the blood of Jesus, and that by the strength
of the Holy Spirit daily given unto me I may
be preserved from falling, kept in the love of
God the Fatlier, and be received to dwell
with him hereafter.

"I desire now the rite of baptism in
obedience to the Scripture rcquiremeut, that
whosoever belicvcth aud is baptized shall be
saved. I trust I have an unfeigned belief in
Christ as mv onlv Saviour, and a sincere
desire to fullow in the way of his command-
ments ; I desire the fellowship of his people,
and to be one with them a\1io are the mem-
bers of the body of Christ."

FOB JULY, 1854.

t39

BENAEES.

The SeT. M. A. Sherring^ who joiued this Miaslou from England in
February, 1853, has, in the following brief notices, given an interesting
sketch of hifl first year's experiences of JMissionary life and labour. Under
date 15th March ult., Mr. S. observes : —

JEDLXATIONAL LABOUAS.

" In a letter tent to you soon after my
irrival in India, I intimated that in order to
be uieful in tome department of the Miision
Thile pwiuing my «tudies in the native
languages, I had undertaken to teach the
fint Engliih clais in the Central School.
This position toon merged itself into a gene-
ral iaperintendence of the school, which I
luU occupy. You will he happy to hear
that the numbers in actual attendance at the
ichool have, during the last twelve months,
ntber more tlun doubled. This circuni-
itance ii attributable to various causes, not
the least of which is the visit which the
Hon. J. Colvin, the new Lient.- Governor of
the yorth-We^c Provinces, i)aid to the
H'hoolia the mouth uf October, 1853, on
which occasion he presented the Mitaiou
«iih the handsome donation of twenty
pounds; aud to the notiilcatlon which we
have received through Mr. Tucker, the Com-
missioner at Uenares, from the Government
St Agra, that the head boys of the school
will be permitted to submit to an examina-
tion once every year, and that the successful
ktudcnis will be introduced into the public
tenicc. I am sorry to say that Mr. Brown-
low, the head master, having accepted uii
appointment in a Government school, will
leave n^ at the end of the present month.
The lo»s of this gentlcroanj who is u youn^
man of considerable intelligence, and, bo for
Bi mv observation has gone, of oflicicncy as
a teacher, I am C'ldcavouriiig tu bupiily by
naking inquiries for a sulistituti*, though
hitherto without success. The school aUo
receive^ assistance both froiu Mr. J)uyers
and Mr. Kennedy.

V0CA.T10K TO PBKACH THK GOSPKL.

" Although the afTairs of the Ccnti-al
School have necessarily consmncd nuich of
my time, which I do not regard as ill spent,
vet, as my chief design in coming to India
was to preach the Gospel to the heathen, I
have held them as second in importance

when comi>ared with this latter object.
Many, doubtless, are the opportunities of
enforcing the truths of the Christian religion
upon the senior youths instructed in our
Mission schools, and I believe the blcasing
of God is attending such lubours. Thi» is
partially seen in the undeniable fact that no
Hindoo lad having passed through the usuiil
course of instruction in such schools leaves
them a Hindoo. Though not a Christian,
generally speaking, I may without exaggera-
tion ^ay he is rarely or never a lliuduo.
Hence has risen up a nondescript class uf
educated natives whusc religion has assumed
no clciinite character, who detest the national
religion und admire the Christian religion.
I was about remarking that, highly as I
estimate iliis mitar.s of cuTvlng uui tiic
Mission wiih which (lod und tin* Chmvli
have intrusted me, I do nut pirsunally
regard it as my chief Vi)eaiiun. Undi-r tho
intlueiicc of these sentiments I deemed it
necessary to ubtain u knowledge uf the t\^o
Indian l;iiiguages spoken here as .-ixL-dily as
possible, in order directly, as an auilja^^ador
of the Cross, to open my niuuih to the
people and proclaim lu them tiieglad tiding.t
of tiieir salvation. Accordingly, — And here
with devout hnmiiily 1 would aekno\> ledge
the goodness of God in the assist auce uhieli
he granted me, — 1 was enabled to preach,
or rather (to use a more correct woid) lo
read my llr.>t sermon to the couj^^regation uf
the Mission church in the ni.Hith of June of
the last year. Once Ihivinj; comuieneed, I
soon found that the pressure, though geiitly
iinposi'.d, from without, was as slronv; .\» tlic
pressurij from within, ^o that my own eh-i-
tion to preach was strengthened by that uf
other.*. All my engagements, however, were
sHspcndcil for a period of six weeks during
the rainy s.^ason, when I was attacked first
by fever, then by dy>cniery. That s<:a':on
througliout this part of India w.ts unusually
sickly and the mortality frightful, as will he
evident when I tell you that one tenth part

440

MISSIONABY MAGAUNE

of the Gun^iMia popuUtion in Benares died
in a fortnight. These cases were mostly
from cholera, and inchided some of the
highest men in the Station. Through the
mercj of God I was gradually restored to
health, when I resumed my duties hoth iu
the school and in the cliurch.

" My studies hitherto had been restrictc<l
to the Urdoo tongue, the language of the
MusBulmani ; I now commenced the Hindi,
the language of the Hindoos, a knowledge
of which, as you are aware, is absoluti-ly
necessary in order to hold converse with the
inhabitants residing in the TiUagcs.

A MISSIONAaV TOL'R.

" Having learnt that Mr. Mather, of Mir-
Kapore, and Mr. Smith, of the Church Mis-
sion, Dciiares, contemplated visiting in the
winter slmsou a large numbiT of villages to
the south towards Centritl India, with the
consent of my brethren of the District Com-
mittee I joined them in that undertaking.
My chief motive in taking this step >vas to
gain a ready and available acipiaintancc with
the language of the people, a^ spoken in the
countr}', with its forms and idioms, nnd to
accustom the car in hearing:, so that the
mind might grasp continuous sentences and
understand without difficulty wImI a >pcuker
sairl. I'nited with this was the strong
desire to perceive what Mib^iunary life,
strictly su called, really was, uiid a1>o tu
ascertain with some approach to compioie-
nesb the modes of life and thou^lit of the
natives, tlie moral effect which iilolatry
wrought ufion them, and tlie omdition of
superstition and debasement in which they
were actually placed. Moreover, I wished
eagerly, beyond what I can express, to be
side bv side with those who were continualiv

preaching the Gospel of salvation and eternal
life to the poor Hindoo, whose heart was ■
stranger to the one and was ignorant of the
other.

** Early in the month of December we ael
out on our journey. Our route lay to the
bouth-west. We traversed several native
states, amongst which I may mention the
independent states of Hews, Chatterpoie,
and Puimah. We had interviews with meny
of the r^ahs and principal men of these
countries, some of wliich were of a very
pleasing character. At the populous cities
of Jubbulpur and Saugor, both in the Com-
juiny's territories, we remained several daya.
Throughout the whole of this large tract of
country, the iKipulation of which must
amount to some millions of inhabitants, we
met with no Missionary. At Jubbulpur was
a small establishment designed for a Mission,
and to which, since our return, a Catechist
sent out by the Church Mi^ionary Society
froni England, has gone. So that we tra-
versed seven hundred miles without finding
a single Missionary established in this im-
portant ticld. The iieople are willing to
hear, nay, in not a few cases, we founil
them an&iims to hear of those precious
tiuthb which the Missionaries expounded.

THE MISSION UECRUITKD.

" Mr. Kennedy, bis wife and family, have
arrived safely in Benares, and are quite well.
This is a valuable addition to the Mission,
and one much needed. The labours of this
Mission are, as you well know, various
and multitudinous, so that the staff* of Mis-
sionaries, though increased, will find abund-
ant labour to occupy them. I trust that the
Lord will mercifully preserve to us onr
present measure of strength and energy.*

POLYNESIA.
RAKOTONGA.

THE BBINDS FLICKED OIT OF THE FIRE.

The triumphs of the Gospel have never boeu more signally manifeated
than in the holy lives and happy dcatlis of many of tbo native converts on
this Island, who, under the influence of Christian teaching, have been
raised from the lowest barbarism to share iu the light and privileges of
God's redeemed children.

The liev. C. Pitman, under date bth April, 1853, records tlie interesting

F0& JITLY, 1854.

441

of two individuals who had recently departed in the faith — the one
a aged and established Christian, and the other a young disciple lately
rought to the knowledge of the truth : —

BATB or A!f AGED MEMBER AND DEACON
OF THE CB17BCH.

** Amongst the number who recently de-
■rtcd in the faith was our reipccted brother
[aiaara. one of the two deacons chosen at
te formation of a Christian church in this
law. May, 1833— « man esteemed and
ired by us all. A few extracts from my
mmal will show you the state of his mind
iben snmrooned by his Master.

"*AI1 the afternoon till dark with the
ick. Spent an hour with our aged brother,
cscon Kaisara, who has been some months
oofioed to his house. Like my other visits
bis has been truly refreshing. In reference
D the future there is no hesitation. His
yc and heart are fixed upon the true and
irm Ibandation, Christ Jesus. He is in the
iltitude of expectation, waiting the coming
if his Lord. We talked together of days
■it o f brethren who had preceded us,
■d the prospects before us. Whilst talking
■ the joys of paradise he seemed to renew
us strength, and longed for the time when
ke should *' mount up as with the wings of
Eagles." Whilst thus leading this venerable
■int "through the valley/' he pulled from
Boder his pillow an axe without a handle,
nd said, " Teacher, when you fint came to
tUs island, you gave me that axe ; with it
I hewed down trees for (he first house of
God erected in this place, for school-houses,
sad for yonr dwelling-house. When wc
baflt oar new stone school-house, it was
ai^loyed in that work ; so also in the build*
lag of the stone chapel at Titikaveka ; then
hid aside. When wc built our stone chapel
here, after the hurricane, and subsequently
the sew school-house at Matavcra, I drew
it out of concealment to be employed in the
work of God. There it is ; look at it." I
fid 86^ and should not have thought from
it» appearance that it had been used for so
work. I expressed my surprise at the
care he liad taken of such an article,
ictvned it, saying, " One work, per-
remains to be accomplished by it — ^to
crtdown wood for a coffin." " Yes," said
hit with much cheerfulneu, " and what then

shall be done with it ? " " Hand it down/'
I replied, " to one of your family to whom
you are disposed to give it." lie replaced
it from whence he took it, and said, " So
will I do." A few days previously he had
made his will, but not having showed me
this remarkable axe, given more than twenty-
five years ago, it was not among the items.

" ' A messenger to say that Kaisara was
apparently drawing near to his eud. W^ent
directly to see hiro, and found him exceed-
ingly weak, scarcely able to speak. ** Well»
brother," I said, " how is it now on the
borders of Jordan ? " " My ship,'* he re-
plied, "is moored; the anchor is within
the vail ; all is well, there will be no ship-
wreck ; all is calm." Calm indeed it was.
Not a TufAc appeared on the surface of his
soul; not a doubt of safety expressed.
Christ's promises his support, and waiting to
enter the haven of rest. Wc recounted
together the labours of past years, and talked
of the amazing love of (iod to the sons of
Rarotonga. It was a soul-checriug visit to
one just entering the invisible state. " What
shall I say to the church after your dis-
missal?" ' "Tell them,'* he replied, "to
hold fast their confidence to the end— that
faith in Christ is absolutely necessary to
salvation," and quoted, as strength would
allow and his quivering lips repeat, John
iii. 3G. "This may, perhaps, be our last
meeting below." "Well," said he, "ere
tong we shall meet again in the far brighter
world above, to dwell for ever with the Jjord,
there to ' see the King in his beauty,' and
that land (pointing to the heavens) which is
afar off." Praved with him, and left his
humble cottage.

"'Just as I was going to the out-station,
was sent for to sec our dying friend. Quite
sensible, but hardly able to speak. Replies
to questions truly satisfactoiy. His medita-
tions wholly on Christ ; there his affections
centre. * * * * " You will soon leave us ?"
" Yes, the chariot is at the door; the body
is the clog which keeps back my spirit, but
soon the thread will lie cut, then shall I
fly away beyond restraints." " Have you

i«

MI9frOXARY MAOAeiN£

any fear in the prospect of separation?"
** None at all." " What is the leason of this
tranquillity of mind as dMth approaclips?"
"Christ is ininr. To him I havr niinmittcd
my soul ; why shoiilil I fear:" "Is your
trust entirely on Chriint ?" " On Christ alone
1 trust for salvation ; he i<« t)ie trn^ fmnila-
tion — the way — the door.'* A* 1 prayed
with liim and suppliralrd the Hivino prr»-
senee witli hi* soul thrnnirli th** valloy, he
res|)ondcd to it with niurh finniioii. I then
took niv leave. Next d.iv liis son cinio to
sav that he was near draih. T went. VwUc

srnrr«:ly perreptibh- ; hreaihins: «'horr. " How
is it \\ilh you ?" I askrd. lie rrplird,
••With Christ i< mv soul." " Entin-lv ?"
'•Yi'S. entirely." "No fnr?" •■ Ni»!ii^ at
all." •' This i"» thr liour of our ^-prirntioii."
Tnahh' to sp''ak, hut a sigiiifioani sipuM'/e of
the lianil. .-Vfter awhile ho ntnir to and
opened his rye*. I >ai<l, •• You will. ! trn>t.
soon ho with Christ." •'Yrs. T ^Isali."
•• Tn-morrow." I said. *'\> th.- 5!a'i'»ath."
lie replied, '• I shall he in h»\ivon." " How
creat the love of (iod in not liMxinir ^ou in
the ijnoranep of lirathmiiMn I'* K using his
eyes upwards, he said, ••(ireat! i;r<»nt 1 '*
With his son-inlaw and datitrlitpr I flien
ronM'rM'il on thr* ditfi-riMiri* l;fT\\rr!i \]tr
death (»f a sain: and >iM!>rr. al! of wiiii-h ho
heard and unrler>t(M>d, a> a reply In* niad^
fully rvinci'd. I Irft liitn to go to dinner,
Imt VTi* I erniM rniurn hiN .spirit hail llrd. to
hi* witli llini \\ln> h.'.d n-d'-friird lii;M ^^ith
hi* prcci'Mi'i Mooil.

•' ' TIr.is «:i«Ml Kai^ara. tv^r i-f ihc lirvt
nirtnlicr" «'f th.- rhur«.'li in Ni^atniiral:!, ;;nd
ttne cif tho llr>t drai'niis. .V lmumI lUiiu : a
I'OJi^isfiMil f<»llnw«T of Clirl'! ; Imtfi a
heathen, died a Cliri»tiin.

" • .\t our ne\t ciiunh prayrr-nioetin^ on**
of th*» memhrrs. alhidin'.r to hi"* <leaih in hi<
prayer, said, ** llnw often have wc heard his
voiif? exhorting ns to flee from wrath and
lay liold on ("hri^t as nnr Savinnr, as he
perambulated onr di>tricts when wp were
livitig without Cod : Inif no'.v we shall hear
his voice no more." Thi> is tniP. For
twenty years paNf, in eonij>any with hi<
brother deae<»ns and others, has he vi>ited
almost every family throughout the districts,
atfectionately putreaiing the different clashes
of whom tlipy are coniposed to an ahandim-

mcnt of what is evil, and to " seek the Lord
whilst he was to be found." Of the good
effects of these visits wc have had frequent
proofs from the testimony of not a few
admitted into the ehfireh. Hia work is now
fiiii>hi!d on earth — his Master has called
him honip.*

DK.VTII or A YOfNO CniEV.

••In mv pommuniealion to Ton, Xor,,
IS.'il. mention was made of the remarkable
change produced in the heart of a young
chief, from a conversation with Maretu,
on one of these visits *. our departed brother,
Kaisira, was also present. Th.it young man
in January last was called aw.iy by death.
From the above period, till the time of his
d'*ri»asc. he gave full proof that the change
was real. Up "ubseipiPutly joined my Bible
cla"*!. and evinced a great desire to under-
stand the fiindamputal truths, and he cn-
riebed with the blessings of the Gospel.
Mv visits to him dnrini? his short illness
wvYf} fretpicnt, and I found liitn in a pleasing
frai'ie of mind in reference tfi the future.
One of our lay native preachers, who resides
near hi^ dwelling, and was often with him, in-
fornj'il njc. that so eager was he for religions
conver'-a^inn. ami >!ich delight did he take in
it. that be would n«il talk on anv other
subject. If allusion was made to bis lands,
be >aid he htd done with all these
tbines. lie wa< a^kejl, if leaving bis posses-
si"::*. iVi'-iitN, wile. \c.. did not cause any
painful sensations ? • Not in the least,' was
bis riMt^v. • for he bad buis; since Imd his

km ^

f!iin«l weaned fnvu earth.' ' Arc yon under
no fe.iiful u;»prebensious of doiith ?' • None
a( ;ill.' ' ll.iw i?. it that you seem so lost to
the tbingi of Ibis world ?* ' Because they arc
nit fhnf on which my snid can re|T*isc. Ever
vjno'^ my lie.irf w.js convinced of the ^vil
nilure »»f sin, anil I perceived the reality of
Scripture truMi<>, .and that Christ alone is the
true foundution of a sinner's trust, my desire
for >al\.iti«Mi has wbidly rested there; there
alone have my thoughss been tixetl, and
noMiiug on earth he>ijles is worth possessing.
1 wish to he with Jesus. 1 do not waver.
My heart is fixed upon Christ. Earth and
all ii eontuins arc iusignituant in comparison
w ith the prospects heyoml.' In tliis fratnc of
mind be continued till the last, and nothing
else yielded him delight. IIp trhe teacher) was

FOE JULYj 185 k

443

Uh him till a few hours of hU death. Soon
Icr he last saw him, his friends told him
tat he suddenly sat up, and mustering all
le atiCBgth he possessed, sftng one of our
rams fiith a loud voice, and then prayed
ith much energy, which exercise quite
.hansted him, and, sinking down, he spoke
It little after. 11 is spirit took her flight.
id aped her way to that Saviour whom he
Ted.

** Thus died one of the oldest and one of
c youngest of our members. Both of

them, ' brands plucked out of the fire.' To
the free and sovereign grace of God in
Christ they ascribed silvation, and through
the infinite merits of the Redeemer have, 1
trust, entered through the same ' gate into
the city ' as their believing brethren in more
liighly favoured Christian countries. Many
more instances might be recorded, but the
above are sufficient to call forth united thanks .
givings to the God of all grace, who still
condescends to smile upon our feeble efforts
to advance Messiah's empire.'

ARRIVALS IN ENGLAND.

Ser. J. M. Lechlor and family, from India, April 1.

'. Joieph Gill, and Mrs. Gill, from South Africa, same date.

\ W. C. Milne and family, from Cliina, April 4.
Her. W. Ins^Iia and family, from South Africa, May 11 .
Mr. T. Artope and family, from India, Bame date.

ARRIVALS ABROAD.

Mn. Mullens, Wife of Rev. J. Mullens, accompanied by her bisters, the
EiawB LacToix, at Calcutta, Jauuary 27.
Ber. James Kennedy and family, at Benares, February 2 1.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

The thsBlu of the Directors are rcsiNfCtfulIy

rM«Bt«d to the lollowin^. riz. : —

wBcr. I>r. Legge, llong-KoiiK- To Ladies at
Hall, per Mr. U. A. Taiip-For a liox of
U*Ad Articles.

^ Ber. MesfnL Stronach. Amoy. A few
FTiendiiin Kdinbargh.per Mi^n L'. M. Smith,
—For % Box of Cscf ui and Fancy Articles,
Tilne £30.

'« Rer. \r. CIark«on. Mahiknntha. To the
I^die* of the Uer. J. Flower*:* cougregatlou,
BBeele»-FoT a R<>x of Usef\il Articlei.. To
Ike 8iockwell Young Ladled* Alissionary
Varkiog .ifsoclatioa— For a I'arcel of
Clothing.

W Brr. B. C. Mather. Mirzapore. The nuiiiln
9tUm 1Vat«on'« E!ttabli»hnient>UxIjrfdgu >
for a Uox of Fancy Articlen. valnu « 10 l(Hi.

WlcT. M. A. Sheering. Slirz.ipnre. To the
fwaaiittee of ihe Briti>h and Forei;;n School
Soriety-For a Ca£c of rrcliool .Materials,

H» Itr. £. Verier, CmUlipah. To Friends
al ilcdibnl— For a Box of I'sefUl Articles.
T« Friends at Islington— For a Parcel of
UieM Articles. To the Female Missionary
Wcrfctaig Association, Surrey Chai>el— For
a Can cT Uscfiil Articles.

m Isv. O. and Mrs. Hall, Madras. To Ladies
UPark Chapel, Camden Town -For a Box
•r Oienil and Fancy Articles, value £35.
li Hoant Zion Chanel Sunday School,
MKAeld-For a Box of Clothing, fte.

nr&s. Stwell, Bangalore. To Ladies at Pad-
JNHop Chapei. per Mins Stratten-ForTwo
■nti of Useflil and Fancy Article*!!, value

For Mm. Sargent's Tamil .School. Uangiilore.
To Fricnis at Kingshind, pvr Mrs. Aveling
—For a Box of Usvflil and fancy articleti,
value i;32.

For Mr*. Ciimpbcll. Mysore. To the I'.nisloy
AsHOclation for Female Education In India —
For a Uox of Useful Articles.

For the Schools at Madras* uuitcr the care of "Mta .
1'orter and Miss Drew. Tu LadieH at Tavi-
stock, per Key. K. .Straker— For a ilux of
Clothing and Useful Articles. To the Oke-
huniiiton Ladies' Working Society— For a
i^ox of Useful Article:*.

For Mn*. Lewis. Santha|)Ooram. To Mr«. (lib-
son, Cheadle— For a llox of Useful Articles.
To Mrs. lliU and a few Frienda at Worc«;s-
ter-Fora Box of Useful uud Ornumentui
Articles, Clothing. &c.

For Key. .T. and Mrs. Abbi«. Pareychaley. To
Mrs. Wra. Hall ami the Voung Ladies'
"Working Party of Princes Street Charel,
Norwich— For a Box of ITseful Articl''!".
Clothing, &o. value £30. Mrs. Bleakly-
For Ditto, value £& \it/. To the Missionary
Working Association. Surrey Chapt-l- For
A Case of Clothing and Useful Articles. To
3Ii^M Bcratton and Friends, at Pcmlmry
Grove Chapel, Hackney -For a Box of Use-
ful Articles, value I'ti.

For Bev. F. Baylis, Xeyoor. To the Committee
of the Brliish and I^'orclgn School Society—
For a Box of Seliool Materinl.<<, value jC5.

For Itev. It. BIrt. Peelton. To Friends at New-
ton-le- Willows, per Kev. T. Davles- For a
Box of CUithing. To the Stepney 3Iissiou-
ary Working Society and the .Tuvvnilc Mis-
sionary Working Society- For a Case of

441^

MISSIONARY MAGAZINE FOR JULY, 18S4.

( lot hinfc and Uvrful Articlef . To the •luve-
nilf Mhnionnry Working rarty, Uy<le-For
a Ititx iif (Motliliiff Aiid I'wftil Artieim.

For Kcv. \V. AhIuoii, Kuraiiiui. To FricndB lit
Ai(litoii-uii(IiT*l^n<>. ami i>l«4*irlii>n* - Fur a
Valuable Itox orClothiiig. and other VifvtiiX
Articles.

Fur KcT. i:. 11. Taylor, rraildock. To the
Working Mii»«ionar]r Sicifly, <'u.«lU' tJatc
( haiH-l. Shrrw\<bury Fur a likix of Ctuthiiig.

For Kov. i:. .MiitTit. Lntlakw. To Mi«.s Itraith-
wRitf. Kenilal-- For a Hox of Cluthini;, he.
To Ladk-s' Working Sucicty. Mr:«. rorlliHrk.
Ilri;!htoti. ami to thf Sunday Schoul .Inxv-
nili* SiH'ii-ty, ih^t >Iij*.- liiwiii--Fur a I'arccl
of (iarinrnt<«, .vi*.

For Uvv. J. Uiaii. Kat llWvr. I'j a Friend in
Iw«>n(l<in For a l*urcfl of Ireful Articl*\4.

For Mr". K:»V"»<t. Knafp* Iln|«' 1" tin* J^uron
SlrtH't ('fia|4'l Ladirit' Working l*arlyMhe.«-
liT For a i'arcol of ('lafhinp. Sch<M«l Ma*
tiTiiiN. .'tf

For lli'v. W. riiomi > Ml, Cnyv Town. To Mi^<
licid, IVikhaiii Uy> -For a Parrvl oi Ilook.".
To th«> .liiwnih* \Viirkiii;» r.iriy. I'.irk t'ha-
l>i-l, C'iUMilin li»\Mi l-«jrn Uox I'f nothing
(ir llu" < hiMnii i«f t)u' >r!in«.l- To -Mi*!*
lir:iitliw.iitf.KiiiiI:il Fnisi l»nx I'f Clothing.

lor Ki'V. h li.-irliii..'. l.-liiti To ihi' .IinrniU*
Workioir r.irly -innlny .•^«Ii«m»1. «iM <ira>fl
Pit. Ilufknvv I or :i liox of ( hili|rtin'.<«
hr ami ?»r!nHiI MiitiruiN

F.»r l{«'V. .1. .lonr.'. >:iiiio.i. To Mi*-* Vim-', nn«l
lhi-\<>ung l,:!'Iu- of .^Ii-* riiri>»lii'-« l>t;i!»-
lioliuit'iit. r:o)oi.linry '^•iuurr I or a Box "(
t'lotliin;; nii<I 1 •ii fii'l \rtirlr«.

l'»»r l»o\ S. ^l (P'liili. >.iu)i>:i. To tin- i oni-
uiittri' lit' tii<- Itriti-li an<l Kofi itfu Si-IumiI
Nifii'tv Fur :i I'mx <'f .S-Jmh*! M:i!i'rinl>.
\ aim- '(..'»

For l{i-v. \V. \V . (iill. Maii'jfuia To a Friinil.
]»r Mr>. Lin-y. IJlarklii nlli II'»a«l F«»r iwu
rK»\o> ol r.ovliil .\rtk-!« -.

For Kev. Wllliim IIHIrer. Jamalei. To

("ommittev of the Bntiah and Ponl|pi8c

Siiciet J- For a Hex of School Materlala.

For Ker. W. J. Gardner, Jamaica. To .

Sibree, Hull- For a BoxofWeaiiflf An

and Sdiool Bfaterlalt. To the Ooaira

of the British and Foreign Bible Sodi

For a Box of .School ^latcriali. value £'

For Ker. A . .1 annen. Berbico. To the Oonm

of the British and Forei|m .School 8odf

For a (Srant of Mii\».

To tlic Kev. Ur. Archer and Friends, Ozii

I'nltiMl PreHbyterian (.'hureh, for a Comma

Service for the Native Church at Tanana

)l Rdairaj'car.

To A. /. Sherjiton. for a Bale of I*rinta
Calicoeii: to the Children of the Infant ffcho
BliMinifif^iVf, near Nottingham, for a TarM
Clothing, &'■.; to an Oruhan, Kington, f
I'urm*. ice., for Trinee Kaaama, Madagaaeai
yin. Powell. Southampton Street, Camben
for a Parcel of Bookn.

To Mr. lA'arli, Siuthamnton ; to Mm. ¥
linni, Bay^water ; to Mr. W. Bennett, Rath
Mn« J. K. Burton: to Miii« Itotton. Newb
to Mr. . I. Drinkald: to Mn>. William*; to
lleniirtt. Twertv Hay;*, Bath : to Mr. «
W<tk<i. Kotherhithei to.l. Paul. Km., Uidgei
to Mr. .1. WiNon : lo T. T. Omierod. K-**!., I
h'lii.f; to K. Kanivtt, l-Ni]., Bimiingham
Mr<«. Mann. lloUovay: and to Mr. J. Vo
Chutliaiii, lor V(»Iurae!< and Xnml>cr« of
Kvnn;;elionl .ind other MngRzinen. fce., jec.

Mr<*. K. It. Taylor gratifully aeknowledgei
rt'C'-ipt fit the ii'iiler-nuMitioni.-il nrticlcii fur
lii-nili'u Chapil, i'railoi'k: .V B»'ll, fn>m
Ci>n- and Friemtii. nt Caniln'rwell ; a Con
uion *»ir\ir«- ami Piilpit BiMe, iVuui Fri«
IKT Mr. WilNhrre. ni ( 'helmiiford : TwoC
of I >elul \rticl«"< ami B«><.»kfi. frimi Mn
South, t'atnl'i-rwell ; and a IVix of rueful j
elf, fi^iin Ki-v. <i. T. .Johujon and Frl(
llaipemlen.

MISSIONARY CONTRIBUTIONS.

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THE

EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE,

AND

ilSlt!5!5tonats (SDl^tomcUf

FOB AUGUST, 1864.

CONTENTS.
POBTBAIT OF THB BXV. VT. TODXAV.

VTLLEXAKIAIflSX.— HO. I.

A VOBLB EXAMPLE.

THE CSE AND PRACTICE OT FAITH.

LETTER FROM THE HE7. EDWARD WILUAMl, D.D.

THE POWER or FAITH.

THE AWFUL SPIRIT OF FOPBRT.

XETIEW OF MEUOI0U8 PUBLICATIOXS.

OBITUART.

Hi>MB CIIROirxCLB.

OBVBRAL CBROmCLE.

KIBBIOHART CHBOMICLX.

A Portrait qf the Rev. J. W. RfOHARDSON
Kill apj^ear in September.

PrcAti of thii Woik an devoted to the BeneAt of WUowi of

Sraagelioil Xiaiften.

No. 880.— NEW SERIES.

LONDON !
WARD AND CO., PATERNOSTER ROW.
IBBUBOb: w. oliphant and son. abebdeen: g. and b. KXKa.

GZJUMiOW: B. JACKSON. DUBLIN: J. BOBEBTBON.

SIXPENCE.

IMF, FAIFTBRf, FATEmBOenE-mom

TO CORBBSPONDIim.

Coiamunirathni hive been received durlnff the pMt month from th* Rrr. Dn. Harder. M'CMt, Me flMtaat,
Brown. Ilfiidertoti. St •w(>U. and lUrns: ani fro'n the Rev. MeMre. Glfde, Kennedy. APon. Mnnncrinff, llaal,
Lvnii. C4nip'i"n. Mu'n*nerv. Smith. Straiten. Cuoper, Dinney, St<iii«htoa, Mather. Warden, J«ala, Maekeuli^
Wilton. Witl.a n%. Kv4nt. Jam •■. Uill. Catton. Chiter. Barflit, and Glvn.

AUo. from sir John B ck^rtun Willlims; RlwaMSwalne; Mri. KIdd; Mr. Tasp: CharlM Ratd; J. Hezthl
•Bd Senei. B W. C ; L. H. ; T. G. : R S ; W. W.; B. M.; T. W.; I.. L.; and M. S.

** A Fr.en«r* is bv far to > eaMfaine in suppAeinic that w can nop the lnlqult«at propoaal of •penlof thn CtyiM
VliUre on ihe L >rd'« Djv. Nuthliiff can do this but a wide-ipread natural demoustratioa. That mifht ytl
eurerrii.

N.n • -Th' IMifor htgt to acknowledge the receiptor Twj Pomndt, tiom Jamee Blteett, to aid la ■oadlaff TM
Mlaiiiuiiaties tu China.

BmuATra.
In our nntice of the Rer. George Clajton'i Teittmonlal, read, for CkmnMitr, Coadcle^ran.

Mir.cniTi.inNw No 1 444

A Si'h'.f i:\.iii.. > 419

Thr I «i- a I'S I'r «••» e ••• K.i Hi ,. 4S2

Letic fi-i:i ti.i H-\ l.>'.w.i;«l Wuhamt, 1>.D 456

ji nff t *'^f'r I f I I'll ••«••« * •••*•••••••■»••••••••■•■ 'vu

The Awful Sjiit.t uf r..i».> 457

Kl-.V IKW OF HKi.K.loi S IM'HI.Il'ATlONS.

Bro«n\ fl ^'iM) • f ?•••• r» •; .um*i-i:i o« CliriJitianltj

A'li •!).' t'lf ii«.iih II vpiif i.'.f Ki'.'drm tiion 4.^^

Br.tit-i«.» t" * M«'>n«» r- «»l J •»vji*i Ji«lin (iuniey i'*'.*

Gllfi.i'iii'o (ir titfi i>i« ii\f>y 4<il

Lai'i '« — I'le I'.iStic 4CI

BiinSri i;i*'» KiTi\ 11: ic:it.>>ii 4<»'i

Titf Kn^iih Hn.c 4i'2

Stal!vbr4«k'« A|>«K:le l*aul anil Mt runm 4

J^ek ■ l'A<>tural Mrin«>rMi» i-f ihc laie liev. Wiituni

The Ceiiienary Servi-vn ff Ilris'ol TatHrrnacle 463

Mewinan H4l.'« Christian I'h lo»op!ier TriunipiiniK

WvVl &#«%ali •«••«••■«•■••■••••«•• ••••••••>••■•«•««•••••••••••• «*fT

fBBB'iV V \ on* • 4Vn •■•••• ■•■•••••«••••••••»•••••■••••••••■■•••• «0w

Conder'i Ordfr for the Soletnnizailon of MatrU
mony ^ 464

TBS QOAaTlLIBS—

The BritUb Qutrter'y Review. No. XXX IX... 4(S4

The Journal orSacriri) Literature iCS

The BntUh unii Foreign Kt Angelical Revciew.
No. IX 465

01IIT17ARY.

Mr. Wlillam Irving. Sen., of Kingston-upon-Hull 4^5
Ihe Key. Maitlscw Ji;u:a ...■■••... ...>■•.•■•.••••...* 466

HOMK CHRONICLE.

A Hnne for Stud ntc 467

Error tn our Mi nii>ir of the Iter. Tliuiiiai Sirattcn 4(i7
Openlnir oi the New Ct apel. Wntnor. I^le of VVigMt 467
Alarming Hciiurt oi a belect Commitree of the
liuuse of Cuinmuni 46S

CONTENTS.

Cheshunt rollege ...

••• • • e •• • ••• ooe ae* ■•• eon ••• ooo ••• ••• ••• «

Hymn wrongly attributed to Jamee Moatffomety,

*«^f|« •••••■•••••••■■••• ••• •••••• ••9 ••e •••••• aae •• «««oow«aeoeaooo ^W

The ^fiseion Ho'ne for the Sons uf Mi»eionai|i*a ... dM
llarkney Theological Seminary and Society for the

IVo.iairatKin of t'le Goipel ., .«...-..• 4li

C)ra->ge Street Chapel ....m. 471

l-'le«*twf)ot, LancMhire itl

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lOLLENARIANISM.
No. I.

TirsBE hava been frequent periods
when the miiidi of loven of God's
word have been drawn to the study of
fffopheey. The ispeet of affigtin around
then, ,« wttU. ■• the intimations of
Scr^iliMp-lym-eeeBied to intimate that
gnat sliflyigM iraiECf impending, and the
dflBi% 9» aiA^nl to ns, of seeing into
the flril9n^-htti led: them to study the
jW^Hiiiliiwirtil irith the hope of gain-
iqg^MtfMNmstiun there. We are
aoCI ifcHMMe'who would condemn this
aafUMSuL' It hat been planted in us
fir'-viir/piupdsea by the Creator him-
sdL - Ihafaa ia mndi in those records,
wUA Incfe been bequeathed to us by
nea wlio imte *' as they were moved
by the Holy Qhosty" which is evidently
intended to meet this disposition. Why
are predictions regarding the future
given us if not to be studied ? Did not
I>amel seek to " understand by books
the number of the years ?" Were there
not " prophets who inquired and
searched diligently, what and what
manner of time the Spirit of Christ,
which was in them, did signify ?" And
in the Apocalypse, which contains a
prophetic history of the churcli onward
to ihe end of time, is not a blessing
pronounced on " him that rcadcth, and
them that hear the words of the pro-
phecy, and keep those things that are ;
written therein?"
TOL. xxzn.

We freely admit, however, the neces-
sity of sobriety and caution in con-
nexion with such subjects. We know
that many have been led astray by
them, and that the wildest speculations
and the most extravagant assumptions
havo been given to the world as valid
interpretations of the predictions of in-
spired men. Events have been foretold
on the strength of supposed Scripture
intimations of them which have never
occurred. Times have been specified at
which stupendous and world-awaken-
ing movements were to take place, but
these times have passed quietly away,
and left matters moving on as before.
We have just seen a nation, which,
according to some of our modem inter-
preters of prophecy, 1 was to conquer
the whole of Biirope, ignominiously
defeated and' driven back by one of the
feeblest of those powers she was to
overwhelm. In the present state of
affairs on the continent moreover, in
the political alliances and murderous
conflicts now taking place, we have
events which no student of prophecy,
so far as we know, has had sagacity
enough to foresee and foretell. The
course which public events is taking, at
least for the present, is certainly not
what interpreters of prophecy have
looked for.

These fAots demonstrate the necos'

446

laiXKMARIANItM, — NO. I.

■ity of caution, and should give a check
to that spirit of rash confidence and
prwan^ytuoQS dogmatiam, whiek is but
loo often manifested In connexion with
prophetical interpretation. At the same
time the opposite extreme should be
avoided. We think those are equally
in error, who, because of the ridiculous
fiulnres of some, and the diiteing or
even contradictory interpretations of
others, denounce such studies alto-
gether, or at least decline themselves
to engage in them. We fear that this
e£f<M!t has been produced on the minds
of not a few of our brethren in the
ministry. But what is the conse-
quence? They thus not only Beglect
^e study of a most important portion
of the Divine word, bat they also lose
much of their influence over the minds
of those who are interested in such
aabjects. They deprive themselves of
the opportunity of restraining them
from error, and leading them to the
adoption of sound views. In these days,
when stupendous changes are occurring
in some nations, and are evidently im-
pending in others; when society is
breaking loose from the foundations it
has hitherto rested on, that it may
settle itself on some new basis ; when
even statesmen find their old experience
to fail them in the conducting of public
affairs, and look with fear on the things
that are coming on the earth; and
when, moreover, so many books and
pamphlets on prophetical subjects are
issuing from the press, and getting into
such extensive circulation, — in such
times, it is impossible to restrain the
minds of men from looking into the
future. The tendency in multitudes of
instances is irresistible. It is bat wise
then to meet this tendency, and endea-
vour to guide it aright. Those who
decline this obvious duty, need not
wonder should they have the mortifica-
tion of seeingsome whom they might have
guided aright, perverted and led astray.
We have ourselves seen but too many
instances in which this has occurred.

We have been led to these observa-
tionafrom having been brought much

into contact lately with Millenarianism.
This ancient error is springing up with
remaiUble loxoriaaeo at the p t a w m t
time, and is insinuating itself into por-
tions of God's vineyard where we
should hardly have expected to find it.
We call it an ancient error. It ap-
peared in the apostolic church. It
prevailed exlasaively during the martyr
era in post-apostolic times. It sprung
up again in the days of the Reforma-
tion. It disfigured the times of the
Commonwealth. And now again it is
diffusing itself widely in various sec-
tions of the Christian world. There are
multitudes who hold it tenaciously, and
over whom it exerts a most potent
influence. It gives an unhealthy tinge
to the whole of their theology, invests
them with a peculiar atmosphere,
and, in too many cases, leads them to
withdraw from fellowship with those of
their brethren whose views on these
subjects do not coincide with their own.
Many of them seem hardly aUe to
regard that as Christianity which is
not also Millenarianism.

Besides, they are untiring in their
efforts to propagate it. It is their one
subject, introduced by them on all occa-
sions, and urged with a confidence and
dogmatism which often impose on the
uninitiated. Persons of warm and
sanguine temperament, in whom the
faculty of imagination predominates,
who have got a dash of the romantic,
are very apt, if they have not studied
the subject, to be led to the adoption of
these views. We have been surprised
at instances that have come under our
own observation, in which Christians of
long standing and considerable intel-
ligence, but who have not previously
directed their thoughts to the point,
have been quite shaken in their pre-
vious convictions by the reading of
some Millenarian book, or by conver-
sation with some Millenarian friend.
We have generally succeeded, howeverg
in staggering them in their new belief^
by pointing out its inconsistency with
many of the most important statements
of the word of God.

Mn.T.HNAIWmiBlI '^HO. T.

447

Millenarianiiin hat worked its wmy
rtrj eztenfliTely amoDg the evangelical
party in the chureh of England. Few
disKnting miniaters, we believe, have
adopted these y tews, but it is well known
that thej are maintained by a large
number of the evangelical clergy of the
Establishment We think this may be
accounted for in some measure by
the erroneous views they entertain
regarding the nature of Christ's king-
dom. Our Saviour has himself assured
as that His ''kingdom is not of this
world," and is not therefore to bo
maintained by worldly policy. ''If
my kingdom were of this world,^ Ho
says, '* then would my servants fight,
but now is my kingdom not from
hence." They have accustomed them-
advvfl, however, to regard the alliance
of Oirist's kingdom with the civil power
as essential to its welfare, and even in
many cases to its existence. But in these
daya, when God is so visibly shaking the
nations, civil establishments of Chris-
tianity, among other things, are giving
evidence of instability. Thetf certainly
do not seem to be among " the things
that cannot be shaken, and which are,
therefore, to remain ;'' but among those
which shall be found wanting in the
iaj of trial, and shall therefore pass
awmy, and be found no more. In these
days there are many indications of
this approaching change. In the high
flaccs of our own country, the trumpet
oC warning on this subject is sounding
and more frequently. They
see the crisis coming on.
We find one of the most eloquent of the
IGUenarian writers of the present day,
a ■dnister of the twin Establishment
rf Scotland, expressing himself thus :
*I stated my belief that the established
ifendbea of the empire will share in
ftc tremendous crash; and whether you
nd ihem as good or denounce them
rfSf their doom is sealed — their
ivtriction is at hand."* Now it is
lot wonderful, that those who regard
ftt alliance of the church with the

* Dr. Comming's Apocalyptic Sketches,
p. 462.

state as essential to the dinreh's
prosperity, should be the more easily
led to imagine, that the dissolution
of present alliances will be succeeded
by one of a more imposing and stable
kind, in the personal coming* of Christ
himself to reign visibly over all the
earth. The views which we ourselves
entertain regarding the nature of
Christ's kingdom, would have an
^ priori influence on us of precisely
an opposite kind. For if Christ^s
kingdom be not of this world, we should
expect to see a time when this featnro
of it will be fully manifested, and
when it will rule, not by the aid of the
sword, but by the energy of truth alone.

AVe intend to devote a few pages,
in some of our following numbers, to
an examination of the Millenarian
hypothesis. We think the error a
mischievous one, and we are desirous of
doing something toward the lessening
of its influence, and the diminishing
of the number of its adherents. We
shall take this course with perfect good
feeling toward those from whom we
differ. For many of them we entertain
the highest esteem. There are not a
few of them whom we know iKjrsonally,
and with whom we have passed many
happy hours of Christian fellowship,
which we shall not easily forget. We
are bound, however, by a solemn regard
to truth to do what we can toward the
destruction of error. We hope the
pages we may devote to this subject
may be read in the same spirit in
which it is our desire to write them
— the spirit of humble dependence
on Divine teaching, and of earnest
desiit) to receive as truth only what
has the sanction of the word of God.

The doctrine which wo intend thus
to bring to the test of Scripture, may
be expressed as follows: THE personal
coming of cnuist, instead of taking
place at tue end of the world,
will introduce tue millennium.
Christ will then bring with him

HIS saints in their GLORIFIED B0DIE8,
THOSE OF THEM WHO ABE DEAD BEING
RAISED, AND THOSE WHO ARE LIVWG

448

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BBINQ CHANOBD. Hb WILL BBION
WITH TBEM ON THE BABTH FOR A
THOUSAND TSABA. ThB CENTRE OF
His KINGDOM WILL BE JERUSALEM,

THB Jewish people being conyebted
TO Chbistianitt, and restored to

THEIR OWN land. ChRIST WILL

then sit literally on *<the throne
OF Datid," and from thence swat

THE sceptre of IIIS DOMINION OYER
THE WHOLE WORLD. ThE GLORIFIED
CHURCH WILL SHARE WITH HlM IN
ITS GOYERNMENT, WHILE THE JEWISH
PEOPLE WILL OCCUPY A PLACE OF
DISTINGUISHED HONOUR.

There exists of course among Mille-
narians, considerable diversity of opin-
ion. We are well aware that all of them
would not subscribe to this statement,
but we think they would generally.
It should be mentioned, however, that
the well-known writer we have already
quoted from, has given forth views
which certainly do not coincide with
it According to him, when, on Christ's
coming at the commencement of the
thousand years, his people have been
caught up to meet him in the air,
the dead being raised, and the living
changed; then '*the fire which rolls
and heaves in the innermost recesses
of the earth, shall burst forth at a
thousand orifices; the gases that com-
pose our atmosphere shall iguite ; and
' the heavens and the earth shall melt
as if witli fervent heat :' Christ's people
in the air — the people that ore not
Christ's on the earth — the living pun-
ished on it, the dead buried beneath it.
Such is the solemn finale, and when
this has taken place, this purified earth
shall be the residence of the saints of
God."* Thus, according to this writer,
the existence of the race of man in its
present stage of development comes
to a close at the commencement of the
thousand years! The purified earth
will be tenanted during this period
only by saints in their glorified
bodies. He disposes of the difficulty
arising from the wicked being mentioned

* Dr. Cumming's Apocalyptic Sketches,
1st Series, p. 482.

again after the WUenninm in the
following way: **! suppose that the
enemies that come frx>m the four comers
of the earth are just * the rest of the
dead,' raised at the close of the Millen-
nium, and then and there (in their
resurrection bodies) with all their vices
unextirpated, . . . they shall mako one
last, dying, and desperate attack upon
the saints of Qod (in their resurrection
bodies) that dwell in the New Jemsalcm,
and who there magnify and worship the
Lamb."* We make no comment, at
least for the present, on this most
extraordinary passage. It is but one
specimen of the monstrous interpreta-
tions of Scripture to which Millc-
narians are necessitated to have re-
course.

Another well-known and able writer
of this school, in a work recently
published, takes a very different view.
According to him, at Christ's coming
'* a fiery baptism of the earth's surface,
resembling in some measure the flood
of Noah, is to issue in new heavens
and a new eai'th, wherein dwelloth
righteousness." t The chuich is then
completed, but the human race, which
escapes through this "fiery baptism,"
instead of coming to an end, is to be
continued and propagated on tlic earth
for ever! The Jewish temple is to be
rebuilt, and animal sacrifices restored
as "sacraments of spiritual things!"
" If men through the Millennium," it
is asked, " eat the flesh of slain animals,
whether is it a nobler state, that there
should be a trade of butchers, or
Levites and priests, by whom every
death, for the food of man, is made a
holy service, and a renewed memorial \
of tlio crucified and glorified Son of
God ?" p. 328. In proof of the endUse
continuance and propagation on the
earth of the race of man, among other ^
passages from the Old Testament, we
have the original command to man to ^
" be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish .

♦ Dr. Cumming's Apocalyptic Sketches, *

Ist Series, p. 484. ^

t Outlines of Unfulfilled Prophecy, i

By the Rev. T. R. Birks, M.A., p. 256. ^

▲ NOBLE EXAMPLK.

449

the etiith!" We have one passage,
and htU one, in proof of this, quoted from
the New Testament It will be found
in Eph. iiL 21, whieh is thus rendered :
— *• • To Him be glory in the church by
Christ Jesus unto all the generations
of the ages of ages.' There is here,
unless we force the words from their
natoral meaning, a distinct assertion
of sncoessiTe generations of men in the
world to come!"* p. 352.

We know that many Millenarians
womld entirely dissent from sentiments
like these. The fieust, however, that
able and kamed men who hold the
Mni<tnarian hypothesiB are led to the
adoption of them, should surely make
them pause and suspect some error.
But it is not our intention to examine
at length the sentiments of any par*
tieolar writer on this subject. This
we«ld require more space than we can
affvd to occupy. We propose rather to
ende avour, in a brief series of papers, to
Aofw that the leading features of the
Idlenarian scheme are inconsistent
many of the clearest declarations of

the word of God, as well as with some
of the cardinal doctrines of Christianity.
We think this should be sufficient to set
it aside.

In closing this paper we just add
that, on some of the points referred
to, we have no controversy with
Millenarians. It Li with us, as well
as with them, an acknowledged and
fundamental principle that Christ shall
come again. The question is, will
His coming introduce the Millennium,
or will it take place at the consum-
mation of all things P It is also an ad-
mitted point with us, that a Millennium
of blessedness is awaiting the church.
The question is, will Christ reign
personally on earth during this period ?
We believe also in the resurrection of
the dead. The question is, are there to
be tuH) resurrections, and is there to be
an interval of a thousand years between
them? So with reference to the
conversion of the Jews and their
restoration to their own land. But
our views on these and other points
will bo unfolded as we proceed.

A NOBLE EXAMPLE.
2 Crboit. XXXI. 20, 21.

Hezexiah stands out upon the page
of ■eripture history as a model man of
his times. Failings he certainly had;
m ibm fulness of his success and pros-
pn^ his heart was lifted up— the last
i^ of noble minds — but after-
he humbled himself for the pride
heart. We do not read that he
any vices ; virtues he unques-
irassessed; and although the
of his ikther, and of the people
whom he was called to reign, were
to their exercise, yet he
displayed them. It may be well
of what he did, in what spirit
and what was the result.
..J» He was a reformer, and the times
wiad ofie. His father had 'shut up
li ttmpkdf and built the altars of

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idolatry all over the land, and the
people worshipped upon every high hill
and under every green tree. His better
son knew that to restore the public or-
dinances of God's house would be the
most e£fectual means for bringing back
the people, and he commenced his reign
by opening the doors of the house of
the Lord. It was a necessary prelim-
inary to all reformation. But as the
work of a reformer embraces destruc-
tion, as well as reconstruction and sup-
plement, the good king set about the
legal purification of the sanctuary and
the apparatus of the ritual. The altar
of idolatry was removed, the house
purged from its dust and dirt, and the
consecrated utensils burnished. This was
a step in the right direction, and it had

460

▲ KOBUB ISABFLS.

a good effiwt — "the people njoieedL*'
SliUl BUMsh renuuned to be deae, for
thie pe<qple-— tiio cheeea of the l^Ioet
High, the objects of an unparalleled
pfovidenee, diifftribatuig ooioog them
Uwtporol good and temporal evil, aooor-
ding aa they obeyed or fonook the God
of their fiithen — ^had lived for many
yean in general neglect of the Divine
inotitataoiia. The feeti vale were in abey-
anee. Folitieal achism had done mneh
in bringing this about; but thia most
not operate aa a preventive in God*a
aerviee; measengera are eonaeqnently
aant tbronghont larael and Judah to
xvoiiad the tribes of their d«ty, and to
invite diem to an united celebration of
the most saggestive of their comouaio-
imtieaia, the passover. Jodah obeys with
''one heart/' but Israel givc8 only a
partial responae; still tho gathering
ia great, the rejoicing too is great, and
many who came nnolean, *' according to
the purification of the sanctuary," went
home cleansed and happy. Then the
mighty power of sympathy is felt, and
zeai for the tempk and service of the
Most High awakes; throughout the land
the images arc broken, the groves of
Baalim felled, the high places and the
altars levelled. The spirit of reforma-
tion is abroad.

One thing remained to be done that
the good might not be transient, and
Hezekiah did not neglect it. The priest-
hood had fallen into disrepute, and its
members hod forgotten the sanctity
and dignity of their offices. The king
therefore encouraged them to respect
and purify themselves, he appointed the
ooarses of their seo'iee, and provided
for their maiiitenaoce, '' that they might
be encouraged in the law of the Lord.**

AVo have now seen what Hezekiah
did, and may ask ourselves whether we
cannot efiect any improvement in our
religious rdations. Leaving the reader
to his own reflections, we aflbctionately
suggest a few tilings to ministers and
their people. Would it not be very
beneficial if the portions of Scripture
publicly read were accompanied by a
running eonunentary? Is it not im-

to ramemter dmt the jMseorirfs
ia tm Tateable aa the ^eakerahip?
Again; is not want of punctuality in
attending the hoim of worship diaro-
ipcctiul to God and man? Conld not
f»ii4«^Mt men and Christian women
attend the prayer moctuiga more fre-
qnently than they do? And is it not a
duty Car ev«ry church to aee that it bo
not owing to any negleet or want of
generosity on their part, if the minister
be not ^eneovraged in the law of the
Laid?"

II. In what spirit did Hezekiah act ?
He acted thoughtfully, afibctionately,
and reaolutely, — three things whidi
most be oombinod in every religioaa
movement*

1. There is such a thing as zeal with-
out knowledge, the heart being mora
active than the head. This is raah
and tends to fimaticism, whieh alwaya
thwarts any good motive out of whieh
it may have sprung. The disdplea of
our Lord were carried away by it once,
when they would have commanded fire
to come down from heaven, and oonsume
the Samaritans, and at another time he
bid them expect that the same kind of
spirit would be showed towards them ;
"the time cometh when whosoever
killeth vou will think that he doeth
God service." Paul was once ** exceed-
ing mad" against the Christians. Even
when misapplied zeal has not gone to
these extremes, its consequences have
been very lamentable. Unhappily
Church history' is crowded with in-
stances. One grand epoch of the Chria-
tiau world, however, was ushered in by
better auspices. Luther took Lis stand
upon common sense, and learning, and
Scripture, and thereby set in motiaa '
those grand energies of the mighty Re- <
formation whose happy fruits we now ^
enjoy.

Under difierent circumstances, the '
Jewish king acted in a similar manner.
The law and the ritual had been plainly .]
recorded and sufficiently sanctioned, and <
he consulted them. He might have ^
been an iimovator; he was content to ^
be a reformer. ^' To the law and to i.

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^1^ h> Mb ainlkatioB. " Iba goad
iMdMnta mii7 aw dMt inpttadi
b bvt to aaA Oad, Um LMd God o(
ItoAtbat^ Oo^ ha WaotelaaMad
■Mdfof to tto pwiAwtign of tha
mawtmmrj.'

It to Mni|wMtMMMytiMtl»at to wko
ia to rrfcfw aOnen coat to fint ra-
toned liunaelf, and in botkaapaeto lora
■ tto moat powetfiil agent that can be
" ' the Chriatian

wbc poaaeaaea it a more efibctnal
llwn that which mental abilitiea
tiaac contoi it ia tbe gieateat, the
ablest, the nuwt God-like of all the
^rwn wtoA man tha monl mrU.
Ito Refbnafttian naadad a Malaacthna
m vcU as a Lnther. Lew ma Qie moat
piaioaat aad tto Mgat wianiuf; fe»-
tot «f -ttoMndwUchmainQuirt

What he

"with all

F'hsWMMakadra&ctcd in

■ttar. Tto thing waa dfht,

wh to to aa, to tmiAw^ ttot it

I to iimt, and ha waa not a man

•"^",

faia da w of ampiwa. Owaar raflaota far
ko8» spoa tto baaka of Ito Babiaan
beftve he doe* the deed which praelaiaa
Urn the eoMttf of Boma'a gororoiMnt
tot tto nomaat after hw dMiaion hia
■taed ia in tto nnt. It nwkea netal
har«Mt ita a b aeaaa mafcaa mwal cowarda.
laittor gaea to Wocma defying death and
tto powera of hril, while Eraamna by hia
wcrdaaadaationatalla hia frienda, "Let
othen aapira tomartjrdorai aafitraw,!
da not Hiink mjself worthy of aneh an
honaor i I bar that if any diatnibanoa
wan to ariaa. I ahonU imitate Petn it
htaUL" Howinapiriugia theHght<f

of rigU aetioB, in qtto af tto D
of fiinda and tto <^pcMidaa of mendaa
B^M tto flrmneM and coafidaoae of
Faal in tto pnapeet of daageti whi(&
to 01^ not to KToid, and tto pnaensa
ft Mala wUeh to coald not noMve. It
It a nUiinT and f^riiiinp tJuBs fiv a
nan to adTanee boUlj ia the path of
duty, hedged thoogb it be with ditt-
enltiaa, atnwed with dangera, and ter-
Btinating peifai^w in death ilaelf, not
fiir tto fjdC of popnlar applanae w tto
mead of Iwroian, but for the lake «C
right and of God; Knd, aurveyiiig the
hatard, to be able to sof, aa Paul did to
the EpheBian eldera, "None of theee
things move me." Hia power wae de-
riTod from Chriatfa example. And aa
Cbrialumitj' waa eatabliahed by the
reeolntion and activity of ita diaciplea,
ao maat it to maintained and adTanoed.
We are mbjaats of a great Sing and
Conqoenr, and ahall we not diMiiplin*
onnaltaa P He bee a great enemy, ud
■hell we not to loyal ? Satan'a itnmg-
holds afe not to to carried by a NDgle
aaaamlt i • mine moat to iprung bore, a
breach made there, a acaliog ladder
planted yonder, an unbnih laid in that
plaee, a bray made in that directum,
and every aoldier at bia poat acting
bmvely. Tbia i« a warbi« in which no
oambatant will to unrewarded, for Ito
lowatt BoUiar in tto laaka aa well aa
the gaaesals will reeuve a wreath of
tietery. Itoo tot a Mai. dkeetad by

452

THB USB AHD mkOtUm OV FlIIH.

wisdom, spread tfaroogh Christ's drarch,
and all its powers and institations be
brought into earnest, persevering, and
hopeful action.

in. The result of Hesekiah's more-
ment might be imagined, although it
had not been written. He did it with
all his heart *' and prospered." He pros-
pered in his piety as a man, and in
his actions as a reformer. Wisdom,
love, and energy, acting in harmony,
nerer had any other result. It is the
result of a fixed law. Is not character
a result — a result of the combined in-
fluence of our thoughts, emotions, and
actions? No man ever did good to
others without thereby doing good to
himself. €kK>d thoughts, great purposes,
loving feelings and resolute actiTity, are
the elements out of which the noblest
characters are made. ''If a man love
me, he will keep my words; and my
Father will loye him, and we will come
unto him and make our abode with him."
God dwells in such a character, and it
prospers.

It is equally true that example has
more weight than precept. Hence the
king prospered as a reformer. His zeal,
and love, and humiliation, were infec-

tioaB. Hofw betniiMt Im^w 8olaBin too,
is sympathy ! It may bkss or eurse^
elemte or degrade, inspre joy or iii>
Tolvemrrow. It is inevitabk. Butkl
us not finiget thai the object fnr wUsk
Ood has endowed ns with tiib powor
of influencing our feUow-creatnres ii
not to make titem worse by our ezampkb
but to benefit them. What exan^
can be better in itsdf than ** the qpiiit
of power, and of knne, and of a soond
mind," which b the true Ghiistiiii
spirit^ and what else can regenerate the
world? Nothing.

Hezddah pro^eredt and tiiis should
encourage all who resolve to do like-
wise. We are not living under the
same juncture of afibirs; similar cneuii-
stanoes even may not present themsehas
in our own denomination ; but wiU the
reader deliberately think that there is
nothing in his own character which
admits of reformation, or that tbeamount
and quality of his influence in the
church and in the world does not admit
of improvement ? If not, then these in-
cidents in Hesekiah's life speak with an
appealing voice.

THE USE AND PRACTICE OF FAITH. BY THE REV.

MATTHEW LAWRENCE. 1057.

There is a class of writers to whom
we confess partiality, as well as to
Owen, and Baxter, and Howe, and
other such gigantic spirits, whether
Conformists or Nonconformists.

The parties we refer to, though not
equal to those whose names have been
mentioned, were, nevertheless, active
labourers in the gospel vineyard, ex-
cellent Protestants, and sound divines.
Like their greater contemporaries, they
vrere remarkable for attachment to
tho Bible. They intentionally proved
everything fixmi Holy Scripture. And
the doctrines, reasons, and uses they
dedaeed (torn ihf same piure 8CRnea«

were so illustrated ^d applied, as to
resemble "^the candle of the Lord"
searching the conscience. What skil-
ful anatomists are in surgery, they were
in theology } and if their probings were
deep, they tended to health. ML their
** remains," indeed, are distingmshed
by knowledge, by practical views of
the lively oracles, and by such warm,
masculine piety as, in spite of mack
that was inelegant, to meet the best
emotions of devout readers.

An instance presents itself in the
'« valuable" book (so tho late Mr. Biek-
ersteth calls it in his ** Christian Stu-
^ dentT) now before us.

BT 1HB BEV. MATIHSW LAWBENOE.

455

Of its antliar little is known; bat
As ivvaeud paston who, after Yob
indi, introdiioed it to the world, re-
fi M M it bim as of worthj estimation'*
at Ipswich, where he sncoeeded that
cdebratcd preacher, the Rer. Samuel
Ward. "B7 his doetrine, and Uwng
this doetrine of fiuth,** he obtained,
Ihij aaj, " a good report, and was of
integritj. "Eia lifb and dispo-
was made np of a meek and
^pMt spirit; a melting heart towards
Gsd, and a healing, dosing spirit to-
brethren, thoogh in some things
iting."
Tram the same authority we also
that modesty and constant la-
hindered Mr. Lawrence's own
with the desire of many
and others, fbr the publica-
of ''the piece" thus acmdited,
heliired.

» book is only a specimen of ordi-

aunistrations; a coarse of ser-

accctding to the Huhion of the

ags^ npon one text. There is added,

% as an " Appendix," a discourse

^sa Ban. xiL 2, *' concerning the con-

sarting of others to the fidth." An

too, is giTcn by way of

fUl of the kindliest fSeeling,

■itfae best posflible desires for those

slo had been auditors. And, instead

rfbeing detrimental to what goes be-

In^ hka that whioh Sir James Stephen

a sequel to his noble essays,

followed, harmonises with,

ids the whole.

on *' The Use and Prao-

el Fiaith,* is firanded upon Hab.

his soul which is lifted

'upright in him; but the just

iy JUf faUh.'' And the faith

Is thus defined: —

a beUering the gospel,
t a gracioaa habit infused
by the Spirit of Ood,
rests o r rolls itself uxK>n
way of promise, for all things
to life and godliness, for
and its own sslyation," —

taa

Ihronghout the volume this import-
ant definition is fully discossed. It is
traced in its bearings upon the expe-
rience of believers ; in justification and
sanctification ; in joy and sorrow; in
the conflict between the flesh and the
Spirit ; in death likewise ; and also as it
'' respects eternal life." Much help is
afforded fat self-examinatiou. And the
unspeakable importance of religion as
a personal concern, as the life of Ood
in the soul, is shown in connexion with
the inspired word, divine influence, and
the Sariour's deity and grace. Nor was
the work done supinely, or with philo-
sophic coldness, but with great unction;
with the serious vivacity which is indi<
cated in the following extract : —

*' Ood loves active and lively servants,
as he is a Uring Ood. As the Ood of
spirits he loves to be serred in the spirit,
not only as opposed to fedseness and dis-
simulation, but as it is opposed to sloth
and negligence. Ood would never have
the fire to go out upon his altar ; to sig-
nify there should be heat in all our spi-
ritual sacrifices of prayer, of preaching,
of hearing, of meditation and practice.
In all these we must live by fiiith the life
of spiritual ferrour."— pp. 179, 180.

It was by an earnest inculcation of
the truth that Mr. Lawrence, and those
of his brethren that were like-minded,
ftilfiUed their ministry. They had not
only to feed the church of God, and
rouse the careless to seek ^vation, but
to confront flagrant errors, and coun-
teract, especially, the doings of that
weak and misguided man, Archbishop
Laud, amidst difficulties and cruelty,
indeed, of which we can have no ade-
quate conception. Every reader of his-
tory is familiar with the sad story, and
with the intolerance and insolence
which were combined against the doc-
trines of the Reformation, and against
liberty. Nor ought it to be forgotten
how, by those means, and the fooleries
of the prelate just named (designated
fitly enough by Macaulay ** a ridiculons
old bigot") Popery^ made inroads both
upon the Church Establishment and

49i

Itinlagw of Britiah Prataatuita. It
mu^ ia aawfttbrof doabt tiwt b^
tba iiutmMateli^ of tlw TnMnuM
A* gull 11^ anbtla powor of Rmm ii
•gaiiiMaiBgKtthaMmBolgMt Xlurc
w tfau inpartut difibraooe, hownw,
betwMa tba tnentMath and Biiw
MntoriM, that bow, thioogh tba
^ Odd, then ia ao Star Cbaaabwi te-
•idea whkh, heaTaoij liflit kaa aorc
widely qmadt the P«pM7 ia waakaoad,
and t^ thsBderlwlla of platting eetU^
aiMtioa ara aaheeded. Aa tbaaa tUngt
v» kept in Tiav, the MIt
vill have weight ^~

""Riey lliat mnild hold cloH to tbt
troth, mnit be irell-gTOiindeil in Qit
knowledge of it. A little ertoi in tlu-
fcnadatiott nakaa ■ gnat enor befen
fan dome to tlte top of Ae b^ildirg.
And who we they that an lad vide into
•• «HUir tmi gnat emn in tkaae da^a,
b«t aocfa H wna seTW Trnll laHililaailt
8e that bowei^r aan

ffpMafi

we akenld teach i*rm • wbiek be th» Biat
friadpleaof the oracle of Pod.' Beb.r.
U. Thwe are wx» M >d e aprey to AtheJela
■adPapiata. Whenaouuiiiii J«Buttic«l
■eduoer aball cotae with aome etriouiarble
pretence of Scriptore — some flourish of
anthoiitf from the anpienU — glorioua
tlQ«i of npoatolical Bucctasion and anti-
quity— -rolontarr kunjiUtr of fiuting and
paanee, fte., not spuing die body—
Mgited Toiraeles (lllieaa. ii. 8)— lUlter-
iog and hatjfnAtt (Rom. xtL 18)—
■sd a Roman fcnitnde tn nfibrjng for
thetr canaa— I »ay, when sedndnf per-
■aaa «han eoMe In bH thia daviinNeiut*.
how AaU a atUy snataUc aoni, tiiat was
nvrec grminded in flie knowledge of Ae
h of rdlgioii, wtthatand tixae
ir Ote Hke, bomoaeraedncent
How eaiay tn igmrttBt penont drawn
t« any novel opintsD* Aj a thSA is
Monar coaaHed than a nan ef parta, ao
■««b aa are chQdten Htd neviee* in the
doctrim of tfitb, win ewily be ' toned
te and fro wilh«mry wfnd of doditee.' "

thw pw wu tad fW maai. religiaaa in-
atmaliatt— Mtiy BiMe treJBiagl The
hiataa to n to Aiaiag will, it ia hoped,
besHkad. Oar fontUlian ^wuidad
ia Outt Moaaaary dittyi eod the nnlts
van aiiawanU* ia ftoparitim n it
«M ■Headed to.

Fhni, wboae Bmoty is ao Ueaaad
ia hia writiDga, ahowed what a deep
iMfwaria a he had of the impertsuae of
the aal^eM, by cxpoOBding the Amok-
bly'a Cateohiam "ta bia bcaren on
LordWaya at Daitnooth." It waa ia
ie88,"tha fiMt year of Ubarty," aOat
a long eeaton of reetraint aDd paraa-
Bsdoa. Thoae diaoowaea ware latwag
the iaet which Ml from hie iipa.

Bat t» latani to lb. lAwimoe. Tha
fbUowiag aeleelioaa an oiade alMsM 4t

" nsnilly in propoition to the aetiof
of the life of jiutificatioa, will be the
Uangtliof thelileafaanctifiGalian. For
faith woila by lOFe. The vMre iaitlL th»
mote loTC." — p. 22.

" It is not taUtiiDg of heaven, but walk*
ing in the way, taking held upon Christ,
that must bring a man tluther." — p. 160,
" It is the primer vock of faith to lay
bold upoo the powei ef Had, as well u
upon the Onth and meicj of Ood." —
p. £00.

Destly belored.' aaiUi Feler, • I be-
leccb you, at piljiraa and strangen, ab-
stain from fleshly Inatt which fight against
thaaonl: agsinstthegraoeof it i against
the peace of it ; against the very life of
it — (be apirlMal and eternal life of the
L'"— p. 691.

As nhustera ahouM Fpend time be.
Guaband in pnying as w^ as in Btudying,

iftioaid people alao in praying for the .
miiuater, as well at in hearing of him.
B*fi)Tt IhoH goat to the eongregaiion, lift
up thy beart to Ood in this or the like
1SI : Lord, let thy powerful hand
pt aloag with the minister this day."—
p. £29.

" To live by faith is to act our faith In
■ praiaiaea, and to go to them upon aU
Msieai^ te « man gees to hie treamny
r the supply of all hia wants." — p. Ml.

BT THB amw, MiSCBBW iJLWBBNCE.

After a fair ezhaustioii of the general
Bobjeet, iUaitratiiig what Dr. Ohalmaim
noticed* aa " a good old phrase," namely,
"acting fidth," ve lutTe ''motiTes*
pointad out £ar the iacre^ of fiuth.
And ^mcaaa'' an recommended ako.
From the latter we aelect the followiag,
beoaaae the conneel is at reaaoDable
aewaait waa then. With it '' the ex-
hortatiTe part of the applicatioa rtlai'
MM fe o a r a i A wt** condndei*

"Mr up iSbe manifold mtperiemem of
GedTs geodnen mdfeithftilBess to us for
dm tima that fe past. For Uiis is a tpe-
sisl mmm. to atrengthen onr Mth for the
time to eoiM. Fomer ezptrisneee may
and ought to build us up in Idtare coofl-
dsacea. If Ood hath delhrnrad %a the
paaty and doth daUicrfor die pre-
Lt» we am booad the nuin finnly to be*
have that he wiU yet deUter for that
«yah ia t» eome. (2 Cor. i. 9, 10.) Fbr
vhm God ftittla with hia hand what he
ipaaks with hia numth (1 Kings Tiii. \S),
meh a proridenee being a finrther seal of
hii promise, ought to confirm our fsith.
Ftorwhy^ We know Gk>d is still the aame
6od,aad changed not. The corenant is
the saaae ereriaating oorenant. The Me*
iialorof the oorenaat is the aame — 'Jesus
Christ yesterday, to-day, and lor erer.'
Why should not oar faith be the same
iho, and more abundant ? If a Christian
wy say, Ood hath deUrered, and doth
Mivm^ and will yet daliTer — ^why may
]» not alao aay, I have tmstad in tiiia
Ood, and do truat in him, and I will
tmst in him for the time to eeam? Come
▼hat can come, I am resolved to trust in
Idm : * Though he slay me, yet wiU I
tnutinhim.' (Job ziii. 15.) IhairecTcr
found him a faithful Master to me, and
why should not I continue a faithful ser-
Tsnt to him? Sm word reports him to
W a Ciltiilul God* and hia works also do

• Life of Ber. Dr. Chahnen, vol. ii.
p. 448. 8to. 1850.

speak the same. I know this, may a gra-
cious soul say, by my own experience,
and, therefore, 'they that know thy
naoM will put their trust in thee, for thou.
Lord, hast narer failed them that seek
thee.' (Ps. ix. 10.) Be sure, therefore,
to keep a catalogue of God's merciful
proTidences in answer to thy prayers.
This was David's cordial in a fainting fit:
'I remember the years that are past.*
(Ps. Ixxvii. 5, and cxliii. 5.) It was that
which encouraged him against the Philis-
tine, when he remembered how God had
taken his part against the lion and the
bear. ' The Lord that delivered me out
of the paw of the lion and out of the paw
of the bear, he will deliver me out of the
hand of thia Philistine.' 1 Sam. xTii. 37.
*' And it LB that which may exceedingly
strengthen the faith of a poor creature
when it is able to say, I prayed to God at
such a time, and he heard me graciously.
I was in a soul-strait, and he spoke peace
to my soul. I had such an enemy rose
against me, and he changed his heart that
he would not hurt me; or he withered
his hand that he could not hurt mc. I
was in doubt, and ho made my way
plain before me. I was in a woUil per-
plexity, and he said to my heart — ' Fear
not.' Tea, I never sought him in sin-
cerity but he was ever found of me in
mercy. And, therefore, if I should
now begin to distrust this God after all
thia experience, ha may justly say to me,
as one fSuthful firiend says to onother,
when he begins to grow jealous or suspi-
cious, What, will you not take my word?
Did I ever fail you ? "Was I ever false to
you? What iiiiquity hast thou or thy
fathers found in me, that thou shouldcst
now begin to suspect me ? O, may God
say to an experienced Christian, of all
men in the world thou hast the least
cause to stagger at the promise. If thou
doubtest of the word, yet at the least
thou shouldcst believe for the work's
sake. John xiv. 11."— pp. 581, 582.

450

m FOWSEOV WiXHL

LETTER FROM THE REV. EDWARD WIIUAH8, DJ).

(Totks

rf liU ETAVttBuou. ICaaazimx.)

Ik tlie Supplement to the Erangelietl
Mtgexiiie fer 1852, yoa did me tlie
DiTOor to iniert the ** Plane for Mf-
ealtore," which were frimed hj the
greet end good man whoee name ie
mentioned ahore.

I now enclote one of his letten. It
was addreesed to his wife's sister, m j
Tenerated mother-in-law. The thoughts
it soggeets are always seasonable, and
if yon can afford it a place in jonr
Talned pages, it may prore a blessing to
many.

John Biccebton Wiluams.

WtflK — — —

JRotherham, Dee, 8, 1797.

Dear Sisteb, — Such is the aspect of
the times, and snch the prospect which
the public papers exhibit, that I con-
clude a friendly line or two will not be
unacceptable to yon, though the Source
of our consolation is erer nigh to each
believer.

I know not when my own feelings
relative to the state of public affidrs
have been more tried than at present ;
and yet one small part of the sacred
Word is more than a counterbalance to
it all I mean the 46th Psalm — God
it our rtfuge, &c. In this refuge, then,
let us by faith abide. Yes, the Lord God
is a atm and shield: and Jesus is a covert
from the storm, from whatever quarter
it blow. There is a river, the streams

irtoMf Shan naln glad tiw cHj
God» thovgli ■orroaidod witti mamik
Let it be our ooDoen to look alion
■eeond eanssa to tha Qreat Fiist Obmi

The real mm / tenm of a DifiaePr
Tidance, wise and good, aa will i
powerAily is a fisst prine^ple of oi
religion. The s y ec ^i of it aia gfe
tiooablj all eveatnas, and all tiit
aottoos. And its paeidiar dmgm »«
refer to thegkvy of the Snprame Bait
involTiag too the bappineas of c0 h
rsalfriendk

Last Lord's-day I preached fio
these words, 8 Chnm. XTL 9 : ''Fbrti
eyes of the Lord run to and t
throughout the whole earth, to sho
himself strong in the behalf of thei
whose heart is perfect towards him
O that the sentiment implied in thai
may be deeply impressed on all oi
hearts!

As my dearest friend is to oea^
the opposite page, I must conclude wil
every good and affectionate wish an
remembrance to yourself Mr. Robin
and family.

Ever yours, in best bonds,

Edwd. WiLZXiJia.

P.S. When you have an opportunit
present my love to Mrs. Baylcy, wit
the testimony of whose aflfeetion I ai
gratified, and whose prayers I sha
always value.

rrt

TKE POWER OF FAITH.

If we are to believe vulgar decla-
mation, and the sayings of people of
the world, faith can be the portion
only of weak minds and diseased
imaginations. On the contrary, it is
in the highest degree the peculiar gift
of noble spirits, and the source of
whatever in the world bears the im-
press of greatness. There is a courage
of the intellect like the courage of the

soul, and thoroughly to believe
strange truth supposes a power whio
all do not possess. How difficult is i
to believe in the midst of a crow*
which does not believe! Here is th
noblest exercise of faith; here it
grandeur shines forth. This faith ii
contested tratlis is one of the cssentii
attributes of all those men who hav
been great in '' the order of

THB AWFUL SPIBIT OF POPBBT.

457

Wbat ifl it that gives such Bublimity
in oar imaginatioiu to the great names
of Gtlileo, Bacon, and Newton? We
admire them for not having doubted ; for
hxnng preserred thdr fidtii in the midst
of universal dissent; and for having
lieroically dispensed with the adherence
of their contemporaries. Faith is the
Knirce of everything which bears a
duffscter of dignity and force. Vnlgar
loali wish to see, to touch, to grasp :
others have the eye of faith, and they
sre great It is always by having
&ith in others, in themselves, in duty,
or in the Divinity, that men have done
great things. In grand exigencies, the
faTourable chance has always been for
bim who hoped against hope ; and the
grettness of individuals or of nations

may be measured precisely by the
greatness of their faith. Wherever man
has given to the future the vividness
of the present, and to the representations
of his own mind the power of realify,
wherever man believes in others, in
himself, or in God, he is strong. What
power had the lost Brutus from the
moment when he abandoned his faith ?
From the time of his melancholy
vision, produced by a decrease of that
faith, it might have been predicted that
his own destiny and that of the republic
were ended. He felt it himself ; it was
with a presentiment of defeat that he
fought at Philippi. And such a
presentiment always realizes itself.

ViNET.

THE AWFUL SPIRIT OF POPERY.

At a meeting held at Hastings, a
fcw weeks ago, the chairman, the Rev.
Ut. Vores, stated that he held in his
hud an English translation of a letter
lately written by a Roman Catholic fe-
male in Germany to her son, who was
laiding at Hastings. The young man
va% it appeared, in a consumption;
hft had been constantly visited by
Kr. Vores, and had taken the sacra-
sent of the Lord's Supper from his

Hie dying son wrote to his mother
Boat tenderly and affectionately, ac-
qoainting her with the change which
kid taken place in his soul, and desir-
ing that the same salvation might be
txtended to her.

On the 4th of January, in the pre-
nat year, the mother wrote this reply :
8oD, your letter, which has filled
with horror and anxiety, has re-
nnanswered until now; and if
I ftllowed my own vrishes I should
it unnoticed, since it is of so
a nature.'' She then proceeds
iilbllows :— ** Who has been the devil-
Vk iaatnunent at work to deceive your

youthful mind? Damnation is their
portion ; the holy mother, Mary, curses
them and you. Yes ! and could I have
known that a child of mine could ever
have acted such a port as you have, by
forsaking the only church by which you
can be saved, I would have taken a
knife, and have destroyed thee with my
own hand at thy birth ! Yes ! I should
then have done the church a holy ser-
vico. I would sooner have sunk into
the grave myself, than have given birth
to such an apostate. I damn the mo-
ment that I conceived thee, and the
breasts that gave thee suck. If it were
not for the holy Mary, I must sink un-
der this overwhelming sorrow. Blessed
Virgin ! she comforts me — she encamps
round about me — she is never absent
from my side.

<* Mi/ adorable priest is all in all to me,
now that you have brought everlasting
shame and disgrace upon me and my
family, who, from their former position
in life, and their liigh attainments in
the holy church, formed no mean object
of respect and esteem. I£ you wil-
fully remain as you are, there is no

468

RBTBWOf

otvrlMtisnijr

<■ Until jmoL mioitiiM tiiete doM*
4lflnnM§ BoCiOBiy cwl nM no loi^w
aoth«i I iMmr not tlie bumi mod

■hOQH JQQ 9TCT aT9 tO FOtVTDy tJNtV ii

boQM vndv joaroBoepttentl rooi.

• •kiklir Ite-

«c

iUbteto of lUUgfottf 9iAUntfoM(»

Hmtomt ov m pAOPAOAtiojr or Cbbut-
lAjnrr axovo nu Hbatbbn tnrcB tbb
Rbfokmatioit. By lA* iZte. Whuam
Bmoirx, M.D. T^iri Ediii&n, brought
dotcm ic tha preaeni time. In 3 toU. 8to.

yrilliam BlAckwood ft Sou.
That there should be such a hiitoiy
to write of the spread of ChriatiamtY,
since the Keformation of the seventeenth
century, is matter of derout wonder and
thankfulness ; and that the execution of
the talk should have fallen into the
hands of one ao able, bj hii industry
and patience, no less than bj his skill,
integrity, and devout spirit, to do it
justice, is matter of just congratulation
to all the earnest promoters of Protestant
missions. We say Protestant missions,
for Dr. Brown does not profess, for good
reasons, to write the history of Popish
missions. "That history," our author
observes, '* would not be without interest
nor without instruction: vet it is well
that the fact should be known, that
there would often be no possibility of
distinguishing between truth and false-
hood in the narrations of the missionaries.
This is a heavy charge, and ought not
to be made except on adequate grounds.
It is, however, not only alleged by Pro-
testant writers, but is supported by
Catholic authorities of so high an order,
that even members of the church of
Rome can scarcely question the fact.
•It seems,' says M. Cerri, secretary to
the congregation tie Propaganda Fide, in
a report which he gave of the state of the
Bouan Catholic religion throughout the
irorld to Pope Innocent XI., in the latter
part of the aeventoenth century, 'It

irami to be the coaslnf QfCakni of ask
the members of tlw eongngMtloov tihii
UiiUentUi b to be ptw to ikm n h H mm ^
UtUn amd aolieUatiotu t1»P* eome ttom
the misaiooarics. Hence it Ii, that tite
umal answer of the congregation oooiiili
onif in asking fiirther informatioti^ wiiieb
often pnnee of no km,* " ftc. ftc.

A history of Popidi miasioniv mittoa
with strict truthfulness, and as the reanlt
of a thorough invertigation of the modea
of operation pursued by Romish miaakm*
ariea» and the actual results realised bj
them, would show how Ux this apostato
church has deviated firom the primitivo
model, and how slender is the difibreiico
between the religion of pegana end that
of Rome. The few honoured names
which rank in the list of Githolie agents
would do but little to irradiate the gloom
connected with a groaily paganized
Christianity.

It LB much to the honour of Dr. William
Brown that, in the two earUer editions
of the work before us, he was the first
to supply a succinct and connected
narrative of the various efforts made bj
the churches of the Reformation to
diffuse the light of heavenly truth. Hii
work, therefore, has, of necessity, become
one of standard reference ; and althongh
several Missionary institutions haTe, of
late years, supplied an outline of their
own history, it is but fair to Dr. Brown to
say that his labours entitle him to the
profound gratitude of the Christian
world. The present edition, which has
undergone a careful revision, and which
carries down the history of missions to
the present times, is, beyond all com-

wmwmm 09 wmummm vawLjasanmB.

At frapagatisB of tk* Ftotettaut fldth
ilwiieh oor Imfoage eaa boMt

Dr. Browm km mny of tlio boot
fMKtki of a Ikithliil Ustwisa. He k
iff« led awajr by piMimi, nui ntror
kvildcnd by enlkwiaitie iMiai i bat
khooB dOigoiitly to aecmmiilaile bk &eti,
fraopi thai with qviotakillMui ocomcj r ,
md ittsB bk JudgnuBit with eonteioiii
fifBityaad indepondaieo. IfsttUMOWo
tmtioa bio catH*Hirimii» wobarennnly
ti tad fuilt with tbe prenUteo on which
Aty nt tended. In its pvoeent im-
fmcd wditimi, hk **Hiitory of the
ftopefttion of CbiiitiMUt j among tho
jftlion* will heacof of w i d be regaided,
If all eoMjpotont jndgee, as a work of

ntlio evlisloet of

lb tkoit wko havo not had tho oppor-
taity of makfag thoouelTes acquainted
«Ui the laboun of Dr. Brown, it may
li wvD Jnst to pr eee n t a eketeh of the
iiBM which ho hai pnitned.

Iko fizvt Tolnme^ in ■eren ehapten,
kMH the propagation of Christianity by
mSwtts; raaSwiDM; thbDvtch ; ths
iMLO-AmBicaif s ; tbb Bamb; the
taiSD Bnsminir ; and tbb Mxtxoiiist
¥miwiii Socibtt.

Ike aoeond Tolnmc, in fourteen chap*
iBS^proeeoda to detail the labours of tbb
Iftmvr MnaioBABT Socibtt ; thb Lob-
Mb MiaaioiiAmT Socibtt; tbb Cbubcb
XanoiiABT Socibtt ; tbb Socibtt fon

hVAOATIBO TBB GoSPBL IB FOBBOB

fsani TKB GbbbbaXp Baftist MissioB-
An Suc ta rT ; tbb Soottisb If issiobabt

Glasoow Musiobabt

; TBB Gbbbbal Assbmblt or

mCBvafiBorScoTLABn; tbbGbbbbal

CT ov TBB Fbbb Cbubcb or

; TBB Ubitbd Pbssbttbbian

; THB Gbbbbax. Assbmblt or thb

Cbvbgh IB Ibslabd ; thb

MnsioBABT Socibtt ; tbb

MiaaiOBABT Socibtt; and tbb

fmnnoiBiiiiiiTTiiwiisiif iiMiiiinMi

n» liUid tohunoy in six chapters, en-

il.vitli ff«at intesesi-into the labours

^.'•m Amxbxosjt Boabd fob Fobbmb

; no AjcBEiCAB Bavtut

Vbmh;

MamoBisT Misbiobabt Socibtt;
Ahbbmub Bpisoopax. Boabd of Mtssiobs;

TBB AHBBICJB PBBaBTTBBIAB BOABD OF

MnsiDBa; and then coneludes with sonse
Tory importsnt obbbbai* statbhbbtb,
and an Affbxdix exhibiting auny
TaluaUe psrtieulsrs omitted in the bmvs
general details of the work.

We are most thankful to And that a
third edition of this Tory able work has
been called for, and that the Tonorable
author has been spared to put a last ftidsh
upon tho labours of hii earlier yesrs.
He has made a noble contribution to the
most momontous imdertaking of the age,
—the propagation of *' the glorious gospel
of the blessed God." It is impossibls
that such an elaborated and animating
detail of tho labours of Tsrious branches
of the Christian church, to spread abroad
the religion of the croes, should not be
hdpfiil to the cause of Missioiis. It wiU
not only warn the sge against the inii«
tskes and miscarriages of earlier efforts ;
but by tho oomprehensiTe Tiew which it
supplies of the undertsking considered ss
a whole, in all its multiplied benefits and
results, it will tend to impress all the
sincere adTOcates of the Missionary enter*
prise with the yitality and unriralled
sublimity of tho work in which they sre
engaged.

If the flippant writer who, in the
month of May, in a leading article in the
Times newspaper, disgraced himself and
the age by an attack on Missions, which
indicated an almost fiendish malice,
would take the trouble of glancing at
Dr. Brown's three Tolumes, it would
assuredly mitigate his ignorsnce, snd, by
possibility, ameliorate and soften his
heart, and make him ashamed of the
temerity and dishonesty which guided
his erring pen.

Mbboibs of Josbph John Gobrbt ; with

S§Uctiont fntm hit Journal and Corr§t'

potidenet. Edited by Josxpr Bbtax

Braitbwaitb. 2 Tols. 8to.

Fletcher * Alexander, Norwich ; sad
W. * F. O. Caih, sod ThomM Hslch«rd, LeodoB.

The interesting subject of these me-
moirs produced a considorablo impwisiwi
on his age. His connectioii with the

460

mSflBW OV BXUttMNm POBUCUaOMU

8odit]r ^f Friends, modftted w U wm
with a pn-«miimtly eatfaolio tpirity nui
■a msrnmt loireof trwigelical truth, drew
to w a r de him a large measiire of pul^
ligerd; and, with hit fine tale&te, gende-
mmolj bearing, and high etanding in
Bodetj, rendered him one of the moet
prominent charactera o£ the relig&one
world in hie day.

To one who delights to contemplate
the identity and harmony of the spiritual
UISb, amidst all the dirersified phssee of
the professing world, the biography of
Joseph JohnQumey will be an inter^ting
stady. Tho abstract theology of his
denomination, as advocated by Fox, and
Bsrday, and Penn, was proliessedly and
in sincerity held by him ; and yet, as A#
states and defends it, it is found in dose
alliance with sll the essential realities of our
common Christianity. As we look from
cmr stand-point at Quakerism, as deline-
ated by some of its great authorities, we
find it next to impossible to reconcile it
with the all-penrading teaching of in-
spired men ; but as Joseph John Gumey
beheld it, he saw nothing in it to hinder
his thorough and heartfelt reception of
those deeply evangelical views which
Baxter, and Owen, and Howe, and
Chalmers held to be the life-blood of the
church. Such a fact as this does not in
the least dispose us to look vdth fayour
on the peculiarities of Quakerism ; but
it teacher us to look above mere systems
and creeds, and to hail with brotherly
love all who regard confidingly the atone-
ment and righteousness '*of Ood our
Saviour," and who exhibit in their life
and conduct the fruits of the Spirit.

It may, however, be questioned without
any breach of this charitable spirit,
whether the revival of evangelical
Christianity in the Society of Friends,
towards which Joseph John Gurney
made so large a contribution, has tended
to consolidate the interests of Quakerism
organically viewed. It is a fact which
cannot be denied, that many of that ven-
erable body who entered iuto the revival
of the last quarter of a century quitted
their early religious convictions, and
professed themselves Episcopalians, Inde-
pendents, or Baptists. We must bo

paffdoBid, if iPt ■UPSii it M ov
ooATiotiQnt that Qaakarins can neiv
booomethatype or nodslof awold-wiAi
ChristiaBity. Shoold the whdia bod^ of
Qnakflfs, in Aauriea and Onat Biitri^
beoomaas dacidadly anmgilieal in thair
Tftswa as Joseph Jolm Oainey» vt anspeet
that itwiUprove the harbinger of tfieenttoi
disrapthm of the denomination. IVas^-
indeed, Mr.Gumejthdd £ut hia Jntegrily

as a member of the Society of Frianda ; h«t
while he was straggling to show tke
consisteney of hia own fiewa with thn
word of God, the spirit of enlarged aenL
and piety which he evoked led many to
ffifukf^ the denomination to which ke
adhsted; — and it may be fiiiriy deal-
derated, whether hii ownreligious aympn
thies were not shared more generally witk
the pervading evangelicalism of the age
than with the mass of his own community*

We say aU this with the most profraad
respect and veneration for the memoffj
of Joseph John Gumey. We had the
honour of a partial acquaintance widi
him; we admired him as one of the fineat
types of Christian manhood; we read
with deep attention his works ; the spirit
of his Catholicism and philsnthropy we
longed to catch ; in many respects we
regarded him as an able and faa ia s rf
theologian; — his temper of self- watch-
fulness, humility, snd close communion
with God, we could not but reverence
and seek to imitate ; — but, as we watched
his course, and especially as we haTO
read his memoirs, we have felt a con-
viction stealing over our minds, that
Quakerism such as his will seek for itself a
wider sphere than Mrill ever be conceded
by the Society of Friends, as it haa
existed in tho past, or than can be shown
to be compstible with the doctrinal or
ecclesiastical views of the denomination.

We do honour, however, to the man
who followed out his convictions, as Mr.
Gumey unquestionably did. His journal
with whatever of human infirmity
attaches to it, is a precious document. It
exhibits the life of one who held intimate
converse with God, and who closefy
watched the development of his own
religious life. It makes us acquainted
with a Christian who daily straggled to

wnrnm 09 MOMiwi MBucuffioirt.

411

mmitfm^i waA wlio iitf« lui&taltd ^
kr «Ub aay babit ivKloK h* be11«v«d
l»Wpv4«dieUd to tli« ChriftUn life, or
WHiiij! to the TCqaSromentt of Oodl
mC ItpreMntttoiumoiror-attraotiTe
«oU of ChiistUn oetivitj,— -a fine
tm^ of tko nieo bdanoing of piiTate
#tfOCim and pviblie cAyrt.

Wt h&to Totd thMO Tolumat with oqual
MIglit and pioflt. We ahoold pity the
OhiMan who did not find in them much
to ariwwlate him in the aenriee of his
Laid»«iwh to call forth hia aympathy for
a werid lying in ain and miaery, and
■Mh to Buhe him a better man and a
haabler Omatian.
lb. Qwnay'a prirate life and domeatic
were exqniaitely loTely. It
eao food to oontemplato aneh a man
it Ua owB family. •« Piety at home " U
exUbiled in ita moet attraetite
Whatever the memoira of thia
wmk good man may elfect in pro*
the intereata of Quaheriam, one
k aure, they will tend to advance
imtorcata of **pure and undefiled

»»

The biographer haa performed hia
admirably, both in what he haa
end in what he haa withheld,
▼e thank him moat aincerely for the rich
ho haa ftimiahed to enlightened
apiiitnal Chriatiana of all denomi*
•ad rentnre to hope that the
of Joeeph John Oumey will
daaaio.

1. Turn Gbavd DnooTBBT; or, IA«
ofOod. ^y <A« ilfv. Qbobob

^t. niB Biblb: iU Oiun§$$ of Mmd

md Ommtma of Dm^. By tko JUo,

lariD IiAuro, H.A., F.B.8.

Varndtm: BlMkader iKd Ct.

afo two amall lK)oka on great

and are the firat and aecond of a

aeriea intended for thoae to

great book ia a great evil, and

not time or inclination to read

of acholaatio or aoientiflo

Mr. OilflUan'a book can acaroaly

mh to hia fame aa a writer ; it par-

laqpri J of hia peenliar exedleneiaa

Zht anllfeet ia haaidM in

als ehapttfa. The Paternal ftdatton aad
Character Outlined. — Ko Diaeovery of
God'a Paternal Character in Kature.«»
Ko DiaeoTory of the Father in Man, In
hia Science, Philosophy, History, Heart,
or in any of his Religions. — ^The Scrips
tore Bboovery of the Father. — Objections
Answered. — Conelxisions Drawn. In the
course of the second, third, and fourth
chaptera eapecially, there ia very much
which is atrikingly expressed, and ealcu*
lated to show us how absolutely we are
indebted to Scripture for some of the
most generally admitted viewa of Qod.
The remarks in chapter six, under the
second and sixth heads of inference, are
recommended to the adherenta of " pro*
greas in ita common acceptation," and to
those who encourage the ** dream of uni*
Tersal restoration."

Mr. Laing's book is one which haa been
careftilly planned, and spiritedly executed.
We like it better than its predecessor.
With a aobemees, clearness, and energy,
such aa the Christian student should
bring to a work like this, Mr. Laing haa
accomplished his part well. The Tolumo
includes eight chapters, headed, — Intro-
ductory Chapter. — The Pentateuch.—
History. — Poetry. — Prophecy. — Qospel
History.— The Acts and Writings of the
Apostles. — Conclusion. The main prin-
ciple of this work is ** to show that the
Bible carries with it the evidence of ita
own reality, and thus of its perfect au-
thority in all that relates either to doc-
trine or to duty." The mode in which
the author argues for this principle haa
led to somewhat unfavourable remarks
from a certain quarter. We confeaa,
however, that we see nothing objection-
able in the general arguments by which
the author establishes his proposition, that
" the idea of the Bible Li the mode of re-
demption which Qod saw needAil for the
evil which had entered the world by sin,"
p. 21. Doubtless the testimony of Jesua
is the very sum and substance of the Bible,
and it cannot be shown that he who poa*
sesses the book which contains this testi-
mony in his own tongue, needs human
authority to give it either confirmation
or explanation. Myriada without any
huMaa intanraotion of any Uakd. Vw^ia

Iwtik MffindlMlkfftd, Bor daniKB doabC
that the word of God's grace *'!• able to
bvlld m op, and giTO ot ml iaheritanoe
•noBg thoti that tio nnetiliod." Of
eooiBO boman lnornfng is aoedliil to ex-
plain a thiftufaiiil ♦^^wg" ooutained Imeiiiy
Imt tlieae ♦^^^'g" aie <»■*«*■■ —^ tf fit^f ^ and
Incidental. The Bible is xeceiTed aa Qod'a
book bj those who h&Te not studied ex-
ternal eyjdencea, and yet know nothing
of ehnieh anthoiitj. The Ibot is, that to
be made wiae unto aahratioD, we need not
the sign*msnnal of '* the chnroh," Ibr.we
hate the autogrq^ of HeoTsn to attist it ;
nor do we need to stad J argnmenta te an-
thentieity, gennineneas, kc., beca o s e ** the
word of Ood is quick (liring) and power-
ful," and thus brings its own demonstra-
tion. Thank Ood, the Bible is complete
in itself withoat man's supplements. All
tiie scribes and lawyers under heoTen can
add nothing to the authority or clear-
ness of design which belong to the great
charter of our redemption. In saying
this, howerer, we do not repudiate ex-
ternal eridences — nor does Mr. Laing —
nor do we attach small importance to the
many means which hsTe been dcTised by
man, and appointed by Ood for the ex-
position of his word.

Those who desire to understand Mr.
Laing*8 excellent treatise will find ei^Ateen*
p^nee well spent in procuring it.

Early Eoucatiok. By W. H. Baik-

BlUDOB, F.R.C.S.

London: Blackader tad Co. 1854.

On all accounts this must be regarded
as a masterly production. It is, we hesi-
tate not to say, one of the best books of
its class which has for a long time ap-
peared. It was in substance delivered in
four lectures, at the Collegiate Institution,
Liyerpool, in October last, and is now
printed by request. To heads of families
or of schools we think it will be found a
real treasure, owing to the great variety
of topics which are treated of, and the
many valuable suggestions which are
made. Although not a large work, and
published at half-a-crown, it contains an
amoimt of matter which some would have
spun out to five or six times the length.
We regard this as a strong recommenda-

t&m oC «h« boQkt €qpMidl|r to Ihoao iritih
whom timo ^ «a olieet Yetanonc dw
andtitnda oC flwttws th»B briflflj tMtodf
tho audMNT Buiivaiwidi wa MM andn

his 'vohoBa n
Bddom haen wo Ibimd to
happy a oonb&natifla of tfaa *« MfOs AM.**
The ptoteaional —^^ scaeatlAB aklll of
the author again ipfmx^ and wo Ml ten
while wo an being diraolod s» to te

M intsQoet, heart, and entiio baini»3PM
aio reoesTing aneh inatmetifla Mtludlte
profitable to oundvea. Tlien la wnA
that ia Btriking in thia boKQtiM litdowotkr
bat we can only quote the laat wacda :-«-
«Tour child's soul is to be divoetod to
heaven. This is its home. To this «ff«a
reaaon pointa, aa the blessed aayliua finm
debaaing pollution. Sin drags downtibo
soul, and enchains it to the earth ; Iw^
purified by the Divine influence
your humble endeavours, it shall
heavenward, and beoome a partaker of
immortal Buss." We need not say haw
cordially we recommend thia volunie.

Tbb Eholisk Bibuu Porf 2, Egodm amd

London: Blaekader sad Co.

Tbb first psrt of this elaborate attempt
to supply the deficiency which is fidt by
ordinary readers of Scripture, hM been
slready favourably noticed by ua. Tho
introductions to the seversl books, tlia
arrang^ement into paragraphs, the marginal
references (some of them printed at
length), and the short notes also printed
in the margin, all conduce to make this ^
undertaking worthy of notice by thooo ^
who desire to peruse the word of God "
with pleasure and understanding. Tho
second part fully sustaina the promise of '^
the first, firom which, however, it diifera ^
in the omission of an appendix, contain* *
ing additional notes, which it was in* ^
tended should sccompany each part. Tho '
reasons for this omission are stated in aa
advertisement. We can only commend ^
this work to our readers, with the expreo* ^i
sion of our earnest desire that so laodablo >;
an enterprise may meet with all the on-^ ^
couragement which it deserves. 11m v^^

09 Kxueiotm POfiLroitroKg.

4«9

Hfpi Mi » w may add, ii baautiMlj
lij WaHon and IfitehdL

ftiV w cf ^ «mI LUtraiure, Vol. I.

jMBMNUbttftCO.

Ir it fttm no nanow Tiews that wa are
titwidy cantioiia in reocmmiending the
aav piiiodicala of the day. Man j of
Wider promiaing tiUea, are satn-
with wrong or looae yiewa of
and are to be regarded aa
on the fitcratore of our
Happily, many of them sport
little day, and then amk into the
eWvkmtbeydeoerre; hat others prolong
dbcir esistenee ibr a more lengthened
period, and work fca evil in many a
yovdrfbl eirde. Great is the responai-
MBty reating on the periodical press. It
is iBgely ferming the tastaa of our
eaaatry in rdigion and morals. If it
W hcaUiyy it prorea a great blessing ;
lat if otherwise, it spreads moral plagne
■id peatjlence all aronnd.

Il haa been our ordinary caution, on
Ae solijeet of periodical literature, that
hsa led us to defer so long any notice of
We are now thoroughly
that it is in safe hands; and,
a eareftil perusal of the first volume,
we legard it as eminently well conducted,
-fcH of life and spirit, and thoroughly
Bsandin the &ith.
It is, moreoter, a Tery happy eflbrt to
the true relationships which exist
Beligion, Science, and Litera-
In the Tolume will be found some
papers from the pen of Dr.
Hamilton, to whom current report
the editorship of the work.

Akmtlb Paul Axm his Times. By
AaJZyftrsct, Prine^ of the Ladies
Clapion^ and anUhor of ** The
Guides" *' The Insect
fr. 8to, p. 348.
WndsndCo.

&ir acuthor of this Tolume has
her title to the position she
by this most interesting sketch
his times. The indiyidual
write such a book is well qua^
to te the principal of a Ladies

College; and we cannot but congratulate
those who sre tmder her enlightened care.
The work is diTided into three parts >-^
1. The Preparatorff Period, in which we
harePaul's Early History— his Conversion
^the Season of Seclusion— and Peter's
opening Mission of the Gentiles. 2. The
Missionary Period. 3. The Coneludvng
Period.

The book is very ably written, and
deserres a wide circulation, which we
doubt not it will obtain.

PaSTOBAL MsiCORIALS OF THB LATE RsT.

William Gbsoobt, of Eope Chapei,

CKfUm. Edited by the Mev. John Jack,

of Castle Green Chapel, Bristol. 8to,

pp. 304.

John Snow.

Mb. Gbboobt was a man of no mean
powers, and laboured with devoted ear-
nestnees in the cause of his Divine Msster.
Those who sat under his ministry greatly
ei^oyed it, and scarcely ever wandered
to otiier folds. He bestowed much pains
on his pulpit compositions, and was very
fervent in the delivery of them. The
early removal of such a devoted servant
of Christ was a great public loss, and was
deeply and tenderly felt in a wide circle
of attached friends. He has left a widow
to mourn her sad bereavement.

The biographical sketch, by Mr. Jack,
is brief, but much to the point, and very
realizing; and the twenty-two Sermons
which follow will well sustain the reputa-
tion of the deceased, as a good theologian,
and an able ezpo\mder of the Word of
God. Mr. Jack has judiciously executed
his task as editor; and in all respects
shown his Christian sympathy for the
family of his deceased brother.

Thb Centbkabt Skrvicbs op Bbistol
Tabxbnaole, held November 25^A, 1853,
containing a Sermon by the Rev. J. A.
Jambs, and Addresses by the Revs. G.
Smith, Hbnbt Qoicx, J. Glakville,
and Dr. Bbaumont. 8vov.pp. 168.
Partridge, Oakey, 9s Co.

This memorial is greatly calculated to
do extensive good in the churches, by
reviving the spirit of apostolic zeal and
dcTotedness. Mr. Jamea'a Sennoix Sa t^

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464

EiTuw or Eiuiftioot POBUOAnom.

coatiauou* borit of conMCfttad appeal,
from tht firat aantenca to the lait; and
the other Addretaca, by gifted brethron,
are all dirt'cti'd to the aame grand object
— *the revival of pure and undefiled reli-
gion.

ThB ChKUTIAN PlIlLOSOPUBll TuiUMPH-
ISG OVER I) UNTIL .1 Sanation of fA«
Closing ikentM of tk§ IJff of ih« fate
Ffi/Ztam (tordoH, i/. D., F.L.S,, of Kiitjf*
tton-upon-HulL By Newman Hall,
B.A. Xinotconth Thousand.
Londun : Snow.

SiMVLTANEoutLV with Mr.Hall'a accept-
ance of the pantorate in Surrey chapel,
the nineteenth thousand of his invaluable
memoir of Dr. Gordon has made its
appearance. And am his position as a
metropolitan minister cannot fail to
aecuro a Rtill wider circulation of bin
writings, we seize the opportunity of
commending this volume afresh to our
readers, and especially to the congregation
oTcr which he is about to preside, a» one
of the moat beautiful and instructive
pieces of biography whii'h has appeared
for manv vcam. It i.t, iiidei-d, one of the

ft • * '

most triuntphant te^tiimonies that Iwis
ever been pre??ented In ilic world, of the
power of the ^lt^pel to au))due ])rijuiiice!4,
overeoni'.^ tondeneies to scepticiNm, and
mould anew a mind {gifted, acoompUshed,
and seh-reiiant, clothiii}; it with iho
meekne!>s of humility, and inspiring it
with the calm trust an>.l undying hopes
that f^prin^ only from the fuitli wliich is
" th^? substance of thini;^ hoped for, the
evidence of things not hcen."

The volume must have produced an
incalculable amount of good— it must
have shone as a light from heaven on
many troubled spirits, conducting them
to God and to peace. "We hope and
trust that by its still augmented diffusion
its happy cifects may be increased a thou-
saud-fold.

Tdume. It abonnda with %fmk\ prin-
ci])le.4, which ar« skilfully developed,

and eloquently enforced. It is peculiarly
adapted to the spirit of the times ; and
hhould be in the hands of every one
who would feel and understand aright
the moral characteristics and tremendous
consequences of war, or appreciate th*
pre-eminent adaptedness of Christianity
to sweep away all the elementa and
exciting causes of national conflict, and
unite all kindreds, tribes, and peoplcft
in amity and goodwill.

War is emphatically denounced aa a
gigantic evil ; peace is pleaded for aa the
offspring of Christianity, and the nnnt
of civilization ; but there is no attempt
to mitigate the iniquity of the Czar, aa
the disturber of the peace of the world,
or to amplify some hypocritical instances
of courtesy or charity into an atonement
for liis despotism and atrocity as tht
spoiler of Christian missions, and the
implacable foe of freedom, progress, and
reli'^ion. The volume contains a just
and comprehensive view of the conflict
un which wo have entered, together with
an exposure of the evils of wai*, and a
beautiful exposition of the principles of
peace.

An OuiiKK FUR THE SOLEMNIZATION OV

Mathimonv ; together with an Order for

the Jhtrial ofth: I had. By the Jicv. £.

11. Co.xDEii, M.A., Foole. 2<. Gc/.
Joi.n Snuw.

Tnosr. of our brethren in the ministry,

who do not prefer their own forms for

marriage and the burial of the dead, will

iind Mr. Condcr's singularly appropriate.

We have made trial of it, and have foimd

it very impres^iv^.■.

TuF. C()Ntra«5T: II ur and Chrittianity.
Mutiini F.i'iU and thvir lienudy. The '<
Good i>oluier and his lieuard. By JaSiIES
William Maksif., D.D., LL.D.

Loadun : W. k F. O. Cash.

Tuis is an exceedingly Toluable little

TUE QUARTERLIES.
The Buitisu Qiahtkult Rsview. Ao.
XXXI X, Jidy I, 1834. 8vo.
J.ivK»i>n ar.d W^lfoid.

Wk welcome, with great delight, the
thirfy-hinth number of the British
Quarterly, with ull the si;;ns of health
and vig>>iir uttaching to it. No better
number has made its appearance in the
admirable scries. The papers on *'The
Plurality of Worlds," <<Thc Qeneais of

406

/' "Fwtnttt or rkcnch CWebri.
," ''TIm War— «nd what it to eome of
it." an artidea of great power* full of
nfimaadoii, well thought out, and splen*
diilj written. But there is one Eaaay that
kaa aflbrded us extraordinary delight in
ite pensHd : it is the one entitled-' CIHf.
fi saify o r trhai next f " We regard it as
ta able an ezpoaure of the new school of
Ctiaiaii spiritualists, that we could wish
la aae it fcrthwith printed separately, in
n ihaap form, and dreulated in the length

hrtadth of the land. It is the best
of the truths in oppositidi to the

sAod, which has seen the light,
it laail in a brief lbnn«

TM» XoVBKAL 07 SAoaio I«ITSE4TUmS.
Jfsv 9mim. MtUM 6y Oe /tee. H.
Btnastaa, LL.I)., Ph.D^ MemUrofthe
Bsfml Sti cktff of LiitnUurw. No. XII.

BteekadOT ft C:

Tka ia an excellent number of this

^riaaMe Quarterly. Wi» wonder that

At aditar, in reviewing the controTcrsy

• the Chinese translations of the word

•*€ht^" orarlookad Dr. Legge's warh«
in our humble judgment the most leaned
production to which the controrersy has
girentMrth.

Thb BairisH axd Pobsiost Etanoxuoaii
Ranaw. No, IX. Jwim, 1854.
Johnstoue Se Hunter.

LiKB its predecessors, this is a Tery
able number of ** The British and Foreign
Evangelical Review." The article en-
litled ** Recent Commentaries on the
Song of Solomon," is a powerfully dis-
criminating critique, remarkably good in
its theology, 'ilie ** Gallery of the Chief
Living Theologians of the Universities
of Oermany," will supply much valuable
information to English readers, and is
very faithful to the truth. •* Beecher'i
Great Conflict," is one of the ablest de-
fences of CalviniBtic doctrine that has
inmed fh>m the press in modem 'times.
It is absolutely appalling to think of the
infatuation of Dr. Edward Beecher's
*' Great Conflict." ** The Preaching of
the Age," ahould be read prayerfully by
the rising ministry of all denominations.

^(tnarp.

wnjiAM nviKO, SEN., or Knro-

STO]r*¥POX-BVLL.

B kaly life and peaceful death of
CHiaflit Chriatian were a cheering
of the truth, which declares
path of the just to be as a shining
shiaing more and more unto tlio
day/' His course wss maiked
fgwth in grace and holiness.

Inring early devoted hims&li to
of God, and from that time,
IUb death, which took place Decem-
r1llh» 1868, at the advanced age of
iMBp he "laboured to follow the
yi^." During the last thirty-three
■f lua lilb^ Mr. Irving wss a deacon
i Street Chapel, Hull, and f^-
l lua duties in that office with
■aaSy aflbetion, and zeal. He was
a man of prayer, and to his

love of thia privilege may be traced the
spirituality of his walk and conversation,
the comprehensiveness and clearness of
his faith in the glorious truths of the
goftpel of Christ, and the rich treasure of
«' joy and peace in believing" which he
experienced. His petitions at the throne
of grace, whether in hia family — in public
"-at the bed-side of the sufiercr— or in
the houses of the poor, where he was
a welcome and frequent visitor, were
always characterized by holy fervour —
deep humility, and touching tenderness.
Feeling the preciousncss of the love of
Christ to Ms own soul, it was his delight
to recommend him to others. The
benevolence of his heart was large, and
to every oSjcct of Christian philanthropy
lie was ready to lend his aid.
As a roan of business, Mr. Irving was

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nueh xeipeetad te hii good judgment,
Btri^ integritj, and bonoimble oooduct.
Tlio estimation, it might be said tiia
attachment, in which he waa held hj his
workmen, was eridenoed bj their re-
maining with him for tctj long periods
of time, and some of them from twentj
to forty Tears.

The closing scenes of Mr. Irring's
li& were fell of instruction snd oomtet
to his sorrowing £unil j, and they desire
to record thus puUicfy their grateftil
sense of the goodness of Qod manifested
to his serrant— and to magnify the riches
of BiTine grace aa seen in him.

During the illness which preceded his
death, the truths of the gospel afbrded
him rich support and cons ol a t ion. The
lots of God in Christ Jesus was so fully
realised by Mm— that no cloud oyer-
shadoinced his mind — ^no doubt was per-
mitted to distress him—but his £uth
became increasingly desr and strong aa
the prospect of haring it changed to
sight drew nearer, until without a sigh
or a struggle his happy spirit took its
flight to be for erer with the Lord.

By Mr. Irring's removal, the church
of Christ mourns the loss of a faithful
ttcrrant, and his family that of an
affectionate and tender parent. <* Mark
the perfect man, and behold the upright ;
for the end of that man is peace."

THB BET. MATTHEW JBVUL. t

Anothkr of those impressiye inti-
mations of the uncertainty of life and
tlie importance of diligence in the fulfil-
ment of our spiritual obligations, has
been presented by the sudden death of
the Rer. Matthew Jeula, of Winchmore
Hill* near Edmonton.

On Lord's day, the 7th May, Mr.
Jeula preached twice to his people,
administering to his church after the
morning service the ordinance of the
Lord's Supper. His text in the morning
was taken from John zviii. 11, ''The
cup which my Pather hath given me,
shall I not drink it?" and in the evening
ftom Fsahn cxiz. 54, «*Thy statutes

have bean my songs fat lbs lumss of ny
nilnimasEeu" ss if anttfhwi t in y the iiaiii>
ftd aeparat&on his Heavenly Father was
about to requiiVb and eheriahing with
gratitude the pleasing recoUsctioa fliat
his highest dfllii^ had been finmd In this
study, appUoation, and ministry of tiia
word of Ood«

Aa aooB aa the departed zcnehfld his
home at Edmontcn, utbK the e fw iing
aerrice, he oomplained of soma aMi^
degiee of indli^positloii, and psopoaad
retiring to rest esrlier than usaal: bedld
ao, and waking between one and two
o'dock in the morning, aaid to hia wifisb
that " he had had some sweet sleeps and
was better." He went to sleep again,
but between five and six o'clock Mrs.
Jeula's attentiQa was srrested by his loud
breathing, which ahe feared waa the
indication of aerious illness by the
slteration produced in the colour and
cast of his countenance, and the ab-
sence of sll consciousness. In a short
time her apprehensions were fully realised
—a fit of i^plezy had wrought the hXal
change; and in about nine hours from
his last api>eal to his congregation, he
was called to testify the sincerity and
truthfulness of that appeal in the presence
of his Master and his Lord; thus receiving,
in slmost immediate connexion with the
termination of his work, a peaceful
introduction to the possession of his
reward.

After passing the usual term of study
at Hoxton Academy, he commenced his
ministrations at Spalding, in Lincoln-
shire, in the year 1820, and doaed them
in the fifty-seventh year of hia age, at
Winchmore Hill, as above stated.

His interment took place on the
Saturday following his death, at Abney
Park Cemetery, the Bev. J. de Kewer
Williams, of Tottenham, officiating at
the grave. On Lord's day, the 2l8t
May, Mr. Williams preached a fimeral
sermon at his own chapel ; and the Rev.
Clement Dukes, of Dalston, performed
a similar service at the chapel at Winch-
more Hill, on the same day.

HOMS OHBONIOLB.

4(J7

l^omt €f)ronit\t.

A HOXB TOR SnTDENTS.

Wb daem it a priTilege to be able to
•tate to our friends in the ProTincesY that
Mn. Fletcher, the widow of the late
Ber. Joseph Fletcher, D.D., of Stepney,
neores under her roof, at No. 1 1, Regent's
Bui Terrace, Gloucester Gate, a limited
BBmber of young gentlemen, who may be
m ittSBdanoe at UniTersity College, or
oUienrisecalled to reside in the metropolis
in a ■eason. To those parents who are
anzioas to find for their Sons a truly
eo nfa rtahle home, in which they will
tajoj good society, and be watched over
with maternal care, we can, from personal
knowledge, conscientiously recommend
Mn. Fleteher's well-regulated establish-
Best. Under her watchful and friendly
eye, ParentSy at a distance, may feel that
^eir children are safe and happy. As
flie aootnnmodation afforded is superior,
die tenns of course are in proportion.

IftBOX Z2V OUB MSMOm OF THB BVY.
THOMAS STBATTBN.

It grieTes us exceedingly to find that,
by a misprint of a Hngle letter, in our
Memoir of the Rct. Thomas Stratten, an
iimH e ssi on is made entirely opposed to
truth. The passage occurs in the aecand
e&humn of the ^rst page of the memoir.
We request our readers to substitute
"flOb" for **HeUt:' It is but an act
of ample justice to the memory of our
dneaaed friend to affirm, that lus youth*
U days were uniyersally considered to
be pure and blameless ; though, prior to
his oo&Tersion, he did not feel, as he
did, the high claims of the
Sabbath.

eggHm o or the kew chapsl, temtkob,

ISLB OF WIGHT.

Tkx Editor feels a more than ordinary
in this rising cause, having been
of God to give the first impulse
led to the introduction of Congre-
to this beautiful and health-
Tillage. The church and con*

gregation under the Pastoral care of the
Rer. William Warden, took its rise from
a sermon preached on the sea-beach, by
the Editor, which was blessed to the con-
version of a Lady and Gentleman, —
Husband and Wife, — who had been
living to themselves up to that eventful
evening. The Lady has since died in the
joy and triumph of faith ; but the Hus-
band lives to prove the reality of that
change which passed upon him, when it
pleased God <'to reveal his Son in him."
— ^The first little chapel was raised, with
equal zeal and promptitude, by the co-
operation of Ministers in the island, and
by friends at a distance. And the call
of the Rev. W. Warden to be Pastor has
proved itself to be an event upon which
God has graciously smiled. With much
prudence and assiduity he has persevered
for many years in the faithful discharge
of the duties of his sacred trust ; — his
labours have been blessed to the good of
souls ; he has comforted multitudes of
afflicted and sorrowful spirits, who have
resorted to the village in quest of health ;
and it has long been felt desirable that
a more commodious and attractive sanc-
tuary shoidd be reared for him, to give
greater scope to his truly enlightened and
pious ministry.

Divine Providence, by a train of pecu-
liar events, which we cannot now detail,
but which have been very remarkable,
has now realized, and more than realized,
the desire of his heart. One generous —
devoted Friend was sent by affliction to
Yentnor ; and that visit was the link in
the chain of causes which led to the
erection of the new and beautiful sanc-
tuary, which IB an ornament to one of
the most lovely marine villages in Eng-
land.

May we, with more than ordinary
earnestness, beseech our friends in town
and co\mtry, to favour us with their
presence and assistance on occasion of the
opening of the New Chapel. The event
irill tdLO place on Wednesday, 2nd of

4«B

Ang^Qtt, when the Rer. John Angell
Jtmet, of Birmingham, Mr. Warden's
Ibrmer Paitor, will preach, in tha monv*
lag, at HtOf-paH EUv^m o*cldek; and the
Be?. J. Moriion,D.D.. LL.D., of London,
te tka arfninf. at Bmff^fmH Sim m'thtk.

AtUMom »«po«T or a. etuicT omoiirniB
or TBI Movai or ooiiMoira.

BmiT real friend of moralitjTt who
toaka to the Word of Ood aa hia mle of
j m dg m a nt i will ha ahoekad and grierad
Wjnnd tup r aea io i i , on latding the Report
aCihe Selael Comaitlae of the Honae of
Gamwona, appointed to examine into the
tfHWi nnder which PnhUe-hoiiaea» Oof-
llM-honaea» and other places of pnhlio
«Atartainment, are now regulated. In the
•draaced stage of pnhUe opinion on these
q«astiooa, we should hare imagined that
they would hare heen able to suggest
aottie changes beneficial to the interests
of morality. Wc cannot, howsTcr, ace
that such is the case. As far as the
Piiblic*houses are ooneemed, the reform
f fopoaad ia Inatgniacant. They are to be
Open /r9m ene to two, and fr»m §%i H
ntvia* According to this recommendation,
they will just be open in the erening at
the time ^hich will tempt masses of the
people fh>m attending any place of wor*
ahip. Why not haye shut them all day,
t mtpt /r^m ens to tkreof

But, then, under pretence of rendering
the Public-house less attractiTe, the Com-
mittee proceed to lay open their new
oode of Sunday morals. The National
OaUery, the British and Geological
Huseums, the Exhibitions at Marlborough
and Gh>re Houses, and, abore all, the
Crystal Palace, are to be opened to the
publio at 2 o'clock on the Sabbath. This
ia pretty well for a first move in the
Continental direction. And then, 8ir
Joseph Paxton, as the special advocato of
the Crystal Palace^ assures the public
that ita Sunday viiitors ** would be too
tired by their exertions in going round it
to have any inducement to go to the
Public-house to drink.'* Can any one
who haa studied human nature for five
miamtaa ia his life beUave this? But
thia ia Hie g»eal ttgvMMnt by whiah the
^inkkif p«VU( are to be bnnight «Ter to

Sir Joaeph'a lisfwa. It »«j da widi adft
headaaadhaxd heaita; hut it wili b«?»
little waight with xeflactifa and nligiowi

men.

We aay, earneatly, let aU patiiotie and
Christian mam c— bina Id ■■let, by
aonatitntlonali

Tbb Blghty-aix^ Ajukfrnnrnj «f Wl
important laititntloa waahaM aft Umi^
day, tha t9th of Jmt. Tbo
was beautiadiy lliia» ftnd tiw
waa Tsry mimaroiiB* Tha moeafaig o»»
Tice eommmmad at daten o*elaak» wkift
the chapd and the largo t«nt» ithUb^ m
nsuali had been erected by tha aldo Of th»
building, were filled in erery patti TlM
reading of the liturgieal aarrlea lUKVlnf
terminated, Mr. F. Sodan and Xr^ J. X.
Freneh, the two aenior atndantB» dal^
Tcred brief but excellent diaeonraaai Mk
Tho soerMf nlofMn •/ Admm fe aMaMM
and ChriH th$ 9$eotul Admm{ altar iiihMk
tha annual sermon wsa preaohad by tkO
ReT. B. 8. Hollis, from Col. IL 8t Ha
ware lest any man tpoU you tkrouykpkSh^
eophy. At the olose of the serTiaa» tito
company walked for a short time in the
delightful grounds attached to the CoUego.
and then sat down to a handaome cold
collation, served in a spaciooa marquoa^
the Tenerablo Earl of Roden preeidingw
When the cloth had bean rettoTcd, thO
Rot. J. Sherman read the report^ fxtmk
which we were glad to learn that thft
College was in a highly proaptrona Odn*
dition. From the abstract of the Tio4»
surer's account, it appeared that tha ra*
ceipta for the year amounted to dl71f
12«. M., and the expenditure to dlS17 M
5d, At the conclusion of tha report, Ifir*
Aldorman ChalUa intimated that it hid
been arranged by the Gosomittee fbr tlM
Chairman to addreas the retiring sta«
dents. The Earl of Roden then pro«
ceeded to offer some valuable counsel and
exhortation to Messrs. Soden, French,
and Insul, and concluded by cordially
shaking hands with them in the name af
the aaaembly, a proceeding of whieh tlM
eatiio company eriaoed their hairty Wff^
pfoyal. ...

.•c

jRna cnmoMisLS*

4«l

Tbm CBaanMn tfatn ad dr iw ad tht miet-
inf in a mdet tiiital>l« mam«r, cm the
importance of the InaUttition wfaoee an-
aitanafy they had met to oeUbrate, and
stated how much he Mt permnulfy in-
debted to liady Hnntingdon't denomina-
tiea« aa It waa in one of her chapels at
Chellanliam he first heard tf At inUh m$ it
k •» Jtsm preached hj the Her. Q.
Otifioik; and the eermon^ under the
bksiing of Ood, had bean the means of
dhowing him the falue of that goepel
wfaiA traa worth all the world besides.
The tMbla Ohafroiaa oonoluded by ex*
pnasint his eameat dealra that the Insti-
tadon might aontinue to flonrish, and its
froit abound. The meeting was ad«>
ihiBisa by the RoTa. Dr. Kedford» Br.
Aithir, /oha Jonea, B, 8* Mollis, George
Joaes, Thomaa Dodd, Br* Stowell, and
0. WUkinaon* and Dr. 8troad, Mr. Tod-
hvatfti and B. Ball, Eaq., M.l^ A rote
of thinha to the noble President, which
WM unanimously adopted* and appropri-
Italy acknowledged, closed the proceed*
iigi of the day.

We aan only eatpresa our earnest wish
thtt muah of the Diyine IkTOur may rest
th die CiMnndttae) Tutors, and Students
(f CkHkMnt C9tkf; so that it may be**
toBweren an increasing blessiDg to the
ehirehes of our land.

irm waoiroLT Armniirnin to iaiob
M otrrooMBET, xsa.

Iff the article for /uly, entlUed « The
Character slid Poetic Genius of James
Montgomery," our correspondent has
fikUea Into an errof» which we cannot
bat rsgrtt. fift saya, p. 8f4— "His In-
vocation to the Holy Spirit is one of the
iasst Hymna in the language. What
Ma axcaed, in teademeas and beauty,
these stanzas?*' Now, we find that Dr.
Andrew Reed li the undoubted author
•f this HymiK three verses of which were
quoted. It willbefoundin" T^JJymit*
Bsel," p. 171» and inserted there as ori«
gfauL It waa firsit used, in M8S., by Dr.
Bead, in 1M9, <m oocaaion of his preach*
iag Iha Miaalanary Sermoii at Leeds, and
lift yabliahad whan that sermon was
Hirtad* yfmm^ aAsioua to ooivaot any
8Mi<nfs»ili» i| IIW ai tpeedily aa ^-

sibla, last it should be parpatuated, aa
has ofttti been the esse.

tHB MlSSIOir BOMB, FOB TttU SONS OV
MISSI0KAB1B8,

June 1S<A, 1854.

Mt dbar SiRi^My fellow-secretary
has written to me requesting that I will
at once send you a short account of the
''Home and School for the Sons and
Orphans of Missionaries," for publication
in the Et angelical Maoazikb. I really
cannot do thi$ ; but, half belicTing what
we have often been told, ris. ** That any
good Institudononly requires to be known*
to secure it aU the support we need," I
gladly forward a few particulars, which
you will greatly oblige us by menttoning
the first opportunity.

The Mission Home was established
nearly three years ago, and is open to
the Sons and Orphans of all Christian
Missionaries labouring in foreign landa.
Already 49 boys are enjoying the advan-
tages of a good education, and the com*
forts of home, in the houses provided for
them, (Nos. 1 and 2, Momington Cres^
cent, Hampstead Road,) but now both
are quite full ; and although many appli<*
cations have been received, and many more
are expected, no lad can be admitted till
vacancies occur. In order to save a
heavy rental, and that the Institution
may do far more good, it is proposed
that a special effort be made this year
to raise a sufficient sum to purchase or
erect suitable premises on freehold land,
to accommodate 100 children. To ac«
complish this object about £6000 will
be required. The committee are very
anxious to keep clear of the difficultiea
of debt, and therefore earnestly desire
that the necessary amount be gathered
before any outlay be made. If but half
the people who. read your magasine
would kindly contribute, and strive to
interest their friends in this Institution,
how greatly would the work be helped
forward !

The Homo is not an object of local
interest simply* Missionaries go out
from the ehurohM aa thalY rcqprasentativae^
to fulfil Christ's conunandt <' Go into all.

4T0

the woMt and pmdi tba gotpcl to
CfHj cnfttiiFO* T1i€y ]uito» tiisranwt^
no time to eduetto their bojt, nor are
thflie eehoole at hand in which thej
might be trained* Unhealth j rlimatea,
fTi4 4li0 mem nnfinrovralde <*^fl^ ff^ c< a of
heathen wocahip and cuatoma, compel
them to part with their aona at an earl j
age ; and a great relief it ia to man j an
anzioiia parent to know that hia children,
wlio are aa orphana, are kindl j watched
orer by thoae who lore them for their

That the aohodl ia highly appreciated
by MiiaionaTiea, may be aeen by the fol-
lowing extract from a letter, by onewhoae
children are not in the achool: — ** Weaee
tiie goodneaa and pity of our HeoTenly
Fatiier in moTing you, and others to aeek
the object you hate in Tiew. It is more
than giiing a cup of cold water to the
weary and thirsty traTeller. It ia open-
ing a perennial fountain of relief to those
whom Gk>d has made to feel aonow and
care. Fragrant, to ua in distant lands,
are tiie names of those who feel pity for,
and show kindness to our children ; and
we can but desire for them the richest
and choicest fayours that the Ood of all
grace can beatow."

Another writes : — " You cannot think
how much I, with my dear wife, feel en-
couraged by the arrangements our kind
friends hare made in the ' Home' for our
sons, who cannot poasibly remain here
to advantage, either intellectually or mo-
rally."

Many of the youths hope to return to
their parents when their school-days are
oyer, and become useful helpers in their
Mission work. Two lads who left the
Home last year, are now both members
of their father's church in New Zealaad ;
and another, who will shortly sail for
the Cape, has already declared himself a
Christian, and is looking forward with
much pleasure to the time when he shall
take part in his father's labours in South
Africa,

May our Institution indeed proye a
nursery for the Missionary field! In
many lands prayers are daily offered for
the lada in our Miaaion Home; and ahall
aot thaae be anawnwd ?

A fewweeka ainee a
in LoBdoa OB behalf of the Inati
wUoh many JCasionariea and I
(ranefn, Hamburgh, Frankfort*
and other oontinental towna, mo
ooBtribiited. About £Z60 were i
the bnUding frmd, which, togel
other aoma collected and promi
amount to about iSliMM). It ia
that during the third week in 8e
aimnltaneoua Basaara be held
towna in England ; and through 1
neaa of local committeea, wetms
plan, aome £60 contributiona
raiaed in districta where, but
asaistanoe, the Institution might
heard of.

Now we make an earnest sp
peal to indivithiait, /amiiiet, tch
ehwreket for help. When the '.
once establiahed in freehold pr«
is hoped ^he steady annual anbi
will suffice for the wants of tht
Aid is required, not for a decUni
tution, but for one which is hes
rigorous, and which, from its
prosperity, demands enlarged
Shall the work be giyen up ? o
sufficient sum be gathered this
erect a lasting monument, which
looked upon with gratitude by Mi
parenta and children for many
tions? May He who said, **J
lambs," incline the hearts of i
care for His serrants* children,
encourage the committee of the
and School for the Sons and Or
Missionaries !"

Yours, dear Sir, respectfc
Elizjlbbth Pbbx., E

HACXmiT THSOLOOICAL SBMINA
SOCIBTT P0& THB PaOPiLOATION
OOSPBL.

Thb Fifty-first Annual Meetin
aboye Society was held at tl:
Tabernacle, Old Street Road, on 1
June 27th, 1854. J. G. SUpelto
Treasurer, in the chair. The I
Woodhouse offered prayer, after
Mr. W. Roberts, one of the s
deliyered an address on the '*
Abraham's faith," to which hi
awarded the ** Homes' Jubilee

HOU OHBOHIOLB.

The B«T. J. B. Biclkudi, the
, tben read the nport, and the
ma addiCMed hy the Ber.
J. Adey, £. Mannmng, J.
f. Tfto^un, T. I'lmpeon, J.
L Sanndcn, and J. WmtKm.
, W. Tjrier cIoMd the nwetijig

church anemblinf in Fiih Streat Chisel,
Hull, We congratnliLte the flock of ow
beloTid fiiaad, Mr. Stntten, upon
theiT speedy md haimoniou* olection of
•o worthy ta occupy th«
place of their late nreied putoi.

It interesting and impressiTS
'a* held on Tuesday erening,
t of June, to recogniie the
.t of the Rev. Edward Jukei
of the chnich and congregation
ig in this place of wonhip.
r. A. J. Uonis, deliTcied an
athebUowing theme, — "Smi-
luahtf Ih4 rtnilt o/ipteial dnoliat,
nmditian of tmiiunt mt^fubiatt."
, Dr. MoriMn oStored the deug-
rayer, and aflfec^onately com-
hepastorand church tothe blesa-
UoetHighi aftei which, the Bev.
rieon addressed the church on the
ehnich members to their pastor,
bUow memben, and to the world
and the Rev. Samuel Martin
olenn appeal to the consciences
who were undecided and
led. The Bct. Junes Smith,

on., snd J. E. Ashby »I*o took
IB serrice, which was concluded
fcr by the Ber. Edvraid Jukes.

A nuanranra intoreat hsa existed in
this place mora than a eentnry. For

ime yean paat It baa, howerer, beoi in
declining condition, and the pastoral
office was vacant from the ISth of Fehm-
ary,18fi3,totheTthofHay,lBS4. Aftai
lus unsuccessful eflbrts to obtain the
pririlegea of a settled ministry, a unani*
mous invitation was given by the people
the Ker. J. V. James, late of Aahfbrd,
in the county of Xent. The inntation
was accepted, and Hi. James entend
upon the duties of his office on the d^
mentioned. The state of Terling,
and its neighbonibood, in a leligioua
aapeet, pieaent much to regret. But it ii
some considation to the friends of religion
in this locality, to remember that the
&ithfal preaching of the gospel ia one of
the most effbctosl means of pnniwtiDg
temperance, of sbengthening the wdl-
disposed, and of tumiog sinners from the
error of their waya. The feeling which
prevails in the neighbourhood, with re-
gard to this sirangsment, is satisfactory,
and the prospect of beneficial results ia
encouraging.

Uv. Henry lings, late of Ac-
has accepted a unanimous invi-
dw pastorate of the Independent
it Fleetwood, and entered upon
la daring the month of July.

tar. D. B. Mackenzie, late of
lif I«ncashire, has received and
IB invitation from the church in
Mfltnesa-shire.to be their pastor.

■■ aiun CKAru., bcll.

mr Mr- Bowman, of Chelmafind,

gg^a,imanunouacaU&um the

SSAI, — mU.M% MBITtHO.

Or Tusaday, 13th inst., a puUic tea
laeting was ,hald in the sdux^-nxmi
connected with the Congregational Chapel,
commemorate the opening of the
IMWMitf place of worship, and to c^brato
the completion of the fiftieth year. After
tea, B«v. J. Knight, of Deal, opened the
meeting with prayer. The Bev. B. If.
Craig, the pastor, who presided, enforced,
in his opening remarks, the piindplea of
primitive piety and nonconformity. Mr.
Brown, (a doioon of t^ church,) read an
inlenating historical pfoi, containing
many valnabb &ots, from which it
appMnd that » ohuRh aftn tlM i^aatalia

491

hoim uMmniuni*

ttoM tru aoAitlMtid In the ywr 1681,
wbA hit eootlniiid eter ilnc#, and thit
hMMid of iTowtag ftcUe through tge,
It hat incteitttd In numbert ind rigonr.
Muble feddretici wero dellTcted hj
Btn. H. CrettweU, of Ctntvrimry ; Br*
HUlier.of Sttidwichs D. Pledge,(Baptijit,)
of St. Peten ; and T. Waller, of Wing,
ham. The attendance was large, and
great intefetttratenelted. Hr.8teed(the
etalor deacon), concluded the meeting
With prayer. The pastor preaehed a
etnken imprOTing the interettlng occ«>
tion, en Sabhath erening 11th Inst., to
i lifge and atlenllYe congregation.

LTMnfOTOV, BAKTS.

Wi learn with considerable regret that
the Rer. DaTid Lloyd, of Lymlngton, has
been compelled, in consequence of a se*
lions alfeetion of the throat, to relinquish
hit pastoral charge, and to retire from the
miniitrj.

On Good Friday last a deeply inter-
eeting meeting was held in the beautifVil
ehapel which had been erected through
theDiWne Messing upon hit labours, when
the members of the church and congre*
getion, together with ministers of dif*
fcrent denominations, assembled to express
their high regard lor Mr. Lloyd's charae*
ter, and rery efficient senriccs, during the
eleten years he had been among them,
and their »ense of the loss they were about
to sustain in his resignation of office.

The Rev. T. Adkins, who was called
to preside, made on excellent speech, and
said, that his esteemed friend, whom they
had met to honour, had crowded the
labours of a lengthened life into a very
brief period; while his name and worth
were known and appreciated in a circle
wider than the town in which thov wero
met on that occasion. Mr. Hookey, the
senior deacon, in the name of the church
and congregation, presented Mr. Lloyd
with a handsome gold watch, and a purse
of aboTC £130. Mr. Lloyd, who was
deeply affected, acknowledged the pre-
eent in a most appropriate and touching
manner. The Ret. J. Fletcher, the Rct.
f.'Mntrd, tf. Tfee, "Esq., ahd others.

look pert In thi toghttd iii'nri<i<ii|l
of the oTenlng.

WhUewe deeffty iynpathte ^lidi
brother Oft ioeonnt of hit dbetloni
rendered it n ec e t i a ry Ibr him to .
himtelf ftom hit attnehed flodt, wntM^j
not bni eongratnlate hlin on bei&|
mitted to close his ministerial <
circomatanoea ao gratifying and
tory.

wrrnunMB.— AimrmnaAmT tmm f l Biip^

tItmONLa TO TMB BIT. W. O^MBU.

Tnn Fifteenth AnniTeoary of tti
opening of the Independent Cbi^Ml» Wr
theridge, was held on Wedneaday, tiU
14th June, when rery interesting andpvt* '
fttablo serrices were conducted by ^
ministerial brethren prcaent. Inthetf*
temoon the Ret. H. Madgin, of UTerlQ^
delivered an eloquent, impreaaive* an&
most i^pit^riate discourse to the chnxcli«
aa essentially misaionary in ita charaettt^
from Acts TiiL 6-8. At four o'dodl
about 150 of the friends partook tea in
the Britiah School-room, the plaoe haTin§
been richly decorated lor the occaaioa
with evergreens and flowers by the ladiet
of the congregation. After tea, a publie
meeting was held in the chapel. R.Waia»
Esq., of Tiverton, was called upon to
take the chair, and commenced the biiai«
ncss of the evening by some practical
remarks and earnest exhortations in re-
ference to Christian usefulness. Imme-
diately upon the chairman resuming hia
scat, Mr. Lake, the senior deacon, rose
and announced to the meeting that he
had a public duty to pe rf or m . He then
read an address allnding to the rmineat
usefulness and untiring energy of thnlv
esteemed pastor; at the aame time rc^
questing him to accept a purse of gold
containing £44, as a small token of the
esteem in which he is held by all amongst
whom he labours. Special reference wae
made to a ^*ork of great value which he
has lately published, \mder the title of
"Biblical Gleanings," for the benefit of
his people, but of general importance,
and which has been highly recommended
by competent authorities.

The other ikett vlhtded to kn of t)ie

M^maammm

nr. 0*NeiU commjn^ed hjy| Ur
Uthaidge fpd the (H^rrounding
Bcat|i«a 4»r)u;i8M pravailecl on
Since that tio^e hp h89 con"
igious aervices in twenty-four

ice»» scatt«e4 through eighteen
Some of his eUtione are luiie
!• distant ; to these he ht« moet
walked. He has had to en*
rery descxiptioi^ of weather;
tieat, rain and snow, h41 and
By the Divine blessing he has
^ged to erect several ohapels,
ginate several Sunday-schools
Xeatament churches. Two of
chea now enjoy the ministry of
Btpastors. Pay-sehools for boys
tia?« been built, ai^d are well
bj devout and persevering
AU the chapels and school-
free from debt. Many young
•f whom are now at different
epaiing for the ministry, have
from the Sunday-schools and
m this station. Upwards of
• been raised for the clause of
ions departments of Christian

000 copies of the word of God
distributed, or sold, and pe-

id tracts innumerable.
(H imperfect sketch of the la-
iniccess of this indefatigable
he Gospel ; but it beare ample
x> his eminent usefulness, and
iiriae blessing has largely ac*
his persevering efforts.
It Testimonial had beeu pre-

1 Bev. W. O'Neill, evidently
Hdi, expressed his thankfulness

who had given this prac-
of their esteem for him ;
n account of the feeling which
Ipd than the sum with which
peecnted him. He assured
^PQch M he had been able to
I ^if success, in great part,
Ipd ^ the ready co-operation,
especially that of mate-
Hm those whose kind sym-
ffijoyed and reciprocated.
tpUfinly and powerfully,
*'aeii|l hearers upon their
■ssuring them that he

was most of all.fiifei am jiibr their souls'
salvetion. AU vho vqrt pvMtiit letmed
to be deeply afeetedf

This intei^Ung servio# WM 9<mf lHd«i
by a chaste and elegant i^^aei^ from tht
Key. F. Madgm, and tiiinmm by ent o?
two other miniiters, The assevhly Hi*
parsed about a tvantr to tight o'cloch.

OBpiKATlQH «9ityi09m inpi^vupvy?

On Wednesday. Hv^k %2n^ )Ir. J<i\m
B. C^ow, having feeeived % vmfm^m
invitation from the diureh and eongi^r
gation to become their paitor* WM %Q^
lemnly set epart "hf the work of tho
ministry. A large number of viiniitevt
and friends from Xiondon and seighbiwv*
ing churchy were prviont, Tho ^y-
Wm. Taylor read pprtioni of Scriptural
and implored the PItino bleetii^g, Tlit
Rey* John Burnet deU?er#d lun eloquent
and eeriptural ^dre»i op the nature of e
Christian church, The Rev. H. S. 8ea«.
bom ash^ the usual questions, and re*
oeived the confession of faith from the
minister* One of the deacons th^n. on
behfdf of the church, stated the indiea«>
tione of Providence, vrhereby they werf .
led to make the choice now publicly ae*
knowledged, and this being put by Mr«
Seaborn to the church and congregation«
was ratified by a show of hands. Mr.
Seaborn then read a note frotn the R^Vt
Dr. Eender«on« who was prevented, from
personal effliction, taking pert in the
service. The Rev. Samuel Eldridge
offered up the ordination prayer. The
Rev. A. Fletcher, D.D , gave the charge*
The Revs. N. Ward, R. Porter, G. J.
Adeney, W. Collings, W. Perratt, and T.
N. Baker gave out suitable hymns, and
the Rev. W. C Yonge concluded the eer-*
vice with prayer. About 260 ministers
and friends afterwards partook of tea, He.
kindly provided by the ladies. In the
evening, the Rev. John Branch preached
to the people. The 'Rev. C. Brake and the
newly-ordained minister ofiered prayer^
closing the deeply intexeetiag and lolcinn
services of the day.

4T4

HOIQI OIIWXJOLI.

UBfOJIFOftT*

0« tiia eTening of Vthnurj 2ind« the
friendi of Princett-ttreet Chapel iuTited
their reeently-choteii pastor, the Bar.
f ■I»if>>ii Hampeon, to a pnblie tea-partj,
te the porpoae of welcoming him amoogit
them. The meeting was held in the large
haU of the Mechanics* Institate, and be-
tween 500 and 600 sat down to tea. The
taUea were sumptuously furnished by the
ladies of the co ng regation. After tea, M.
W. Jeflery, Bsq., was called to the chair.
He was ably supported by the Mayor of
Beronport, J. Qouter, Esq. The chair-
man commenced the business of the
evening by introducing the pastor to the
meeting, and expressing his warm sense
of gratification at presiding on such an
occasion. Mr. Weymouth, one of the dea-
cons of the church, followed, and, in an
interesting speech, gSTC a most cordial
welcome, for himself and for his brethren
deacons and members of the church, to
Mr. Hampson. The Revs. J. Pyer (Inde-
pendent), T. Horton, R. W. Overbury
(Baptists), of Deronport, J. Bsrfitt, and
E. Jones, of Plymouth, E. Strsker, of
Tavistock, expressed their cordial feelings
at the happy and unanimous settlement
of the church, and fraternally welcomed
the chosen minister. Mr. Hampson, after
a few remarks of appreciation of what he
had heard and seen on that occasion, and
also proposing thanks to the chairman
and the friends who had contributed to
the pleasures of the cyening, closed the
meeting with the Doxology and Benedic-
tion.

It is gratifying to record, as further
Lndicatiye of the affectionate cordiality
prcTailing at Princess-street, that the
ladies hare also presented to the pastor
handsome silk robes for the pulpit, to-
gether with the contents of a valuable
purse.

May the Divine favour rest upon the
services thus auspiciously begun !

WEST MIDDLESEX AS80CIATI0X.

Ox Thursday, April 6th, 1854, the
West Middlesex Association of Congre-
gational Ministers and Churches held its
Seventh Annual Meeting in Tottenham

Court-raad Chqpel, mhmn thete
numarons gathflriiigof braflirensiid dai^
gates tnm tfas Asioriated Chnrehta.

Tilt e ng agem e nt s of tiie day cwMMDcaJ
with doTotional exw ds a s , whidi
condueted by Messn. JohuMn, Gl
ning, Tonga, and Roberts, after whkkMb'
Porter, of Stainca, introdnced <ha nHait
appointed in consideration, tis. n»
MotU of FUmaHmf IA« rone •/
m OMT CAiirdUf , by a short paper,
he was afterwards requested to lefiM
extend, by adding soggestloiis thnnmoaft
during the conference, and sabniit to At
committee for consideration, and oltiflMit
circulation among the churehea*

A lengthened and deeply inffUftHig
conversation took place, in which MetHi.
Morford, Bskewell, Adeney, Walkv,
Roberts, Olendennbig, Wilkhsa, Ni
bury, Macbeth, and Richtt
part. The season was one of halknMd
enjoyment and much spiritual profit,
it is hoped that the circulation of tbt
per among the churches of the
tion will be the means of communieatfaig
a measure of the profit and pleasim tt-
them.

The meeting for the transaction of ihm
business of the Assodation took place aft
3 o'clock, W. Walker, Esq., the Treasurer,
in the chair; at which the report wtt
presented, the cash account read, the offi-
cers elected, several grants to interesting
and important stations made, and a plan
for the employment of Agents in the det*
titute parts of the country, in connexion
with the Homo Missionary Society,
considered, and referred to the
Meetings and the General Committee, Itar
the purpose of being submitted at iSbm
next half-yearly meeting of the Astoei*
ation.

A public meeting was held in tbe cha*
pel at 7 o'clock, when the TVeasurer, W*
Walker, Esq., presided, and addretttt
were delivered by Messrs. Glendenning^
Roberts, Ame, end Morley ; end after %
vote of thanks to the chaizman had been
passed, the benediction wss pronouneod,
and the engagements of this interesting
day were concluded. Truly it vras a tttt«
son to be remembered !

ROMS OHBOIIIOIJI.

475

CBOTDOV*

Ojt WedDMdaj, th« Ml April, a

of tlie ehmehand co ng regation
in tba Independent Chapel,
Chojdoo, waa lield on the occaaion of the
AM amurenary of the settlement of the
la? • JoMph Steer aa their pastor. The
aehool-room, which had been
and tastttfull J decorated hj
Aa yooBg people, was completelj flUed.
A dMefing aeeonnt was given of the
imparity with which God has blessed
Aa duach. Hie financial report was
riM UiFhly gratifying. About two years
riset titt coogregatioQ paid off tl\e balance
if ikm ***y«**^ debt, amounting to £650.
Akv aootha afterwards the chapel was
saidBafalj enlarged, by the erection of
ids gaUanea, a new roof^ ftc. At the

of the present year a pro-
made to meet thia ezpendi-
iBabf naunnltancona effort. Thia was
■■t cQvdially reaponded to, and, at the
■Hlfa^ the treasurer announced the
llHritaig Caet, that the whole sum, amount*
% %a X67i, had been subscribed. An
part of the erening's engage-
the preaentation of a testimo-
to tlia pastor, to which about 800
were attached, expressiTe of
regard unanimously en-
towards him. The Ber. Ed-
of London, haying
to the wish of the con-
to be the medium of its con-
delivered a most appropriate
fiall of sympathy and judicious
■aid then presented to Mr. Steer
I, endoaing the testimonial,
with a puzse containing the sum
r-three pounds, raised by the
eootributions of all classes in
Animating addresses
by other ministers and
Before the proceedings were
to n dose, the senior deacon
in fthm hands of their beloved mi-
vs Bible^ elegantly bound, for the
itf A» pulpit, the gift of the Building
■a a memorial of the termi-
thcir aervicea, which had
proaecutcd with un-
iy» and were now, through

God's bleesing, brought to a successful
issue.

opmxoif or thb ministbbs op bxlioion
nr VAX Diamir's land ok sxio&ATioir

TO THAT COLOHT.

[The following document may be relied
upon, as it is signed by forty-four Epis-
copalian clergymen, tl^rteen Presbyte-
rian ministers, seven Independent pastors,
five Wesleyan brethren, and one Baptist.]
'* It having been represented to us, the
undersigned, that the expression of our
opinion as to the prospects afforded to
Emigrants from the United Kingdom by
the colony of Tasmania, or Van Diemen's
Jjand, would tend to remove doubts in
that respect in the minds of persons
desirous to improve their condition by
emigrating, we hereby express our con-
viction that this colony presents very
great advantages to persons of the labour-
ing classes.

<* Tasmania contains a large body of
free settlers and other respectable inha-
bitants. Beligion and education are pro-
moted by the government and by the
public. A great scarcity of labour has
been occaaioned by the abolition of trans-
portation, and also by the greatly-aug-
mented demand for agricultural and other
produce to supply the sister colonicB ; and
thus Tasmania holds out to emigrants
the inducements of constant employment
and high wages in a fertile and compa-
ratively settled country, and in a climate
which its geographical position renders
superior to that of the other Australian
colonies.

*<For female domestic servants there
is an urgent and very extensive demand,
and large numbers of such persons may
obtain employment, at high wages, in
comfortable and reputable situations, with
the advantage of being received and pro-
tected by the government on arrival.

**We are enabled conscientiously to
recommend the emigration of mechanics,
labouring persons, and domestic servants
of both sexes to this colony ; and to ex-
press our sense of the very valuable in-
formation contained in a pamphlet printed
recently by order of the lieutenant-

r tiM fwpQM •( baiM 4if

tribatcd In tilt United Kipfdowi, in sf>
dfr to kfliwd •ntliAiiiio inTonnatioti with
regard to tha condhlon of the colonj, —
ttia Kicftt damwid for Ubou,— th« high
nt* of wigaa,— tha protMliiw aflwdcd to
ftnula oiiugmiti,— tnd thovinf |«tie-
nllf th» gmt ftnd ocTtkin adnatagM
y w iid to thoM who BMj ■Bigratc.

T lUVtCI Attn TBSTIMOIIIU.

A wmvioi of m »mi ioltnating nstur*
tooh plH* on Ttaidcy •rcning. tha 11th
IUTi U Littl* Dmd, QloncMtcnhir*,
thi occwion of it b«iag th* nawval of
tb« BoT. B. Jmkjn, of tha IndapwdMt
Ghkpel ia that pUco, t» th* puiorat*
at Wyeliffa Cbapal, Oninaa-ttraat, Brit-
toL Tlia Bar, cjnu Hudion, of M-
■«tt, vH uUkI to the ehw, and after
Opaniiif the ncatiiig by giTing out •
hjmn, reading an appropiiata portion of
Scripture, and offering prayer, nadeaoma
vary appuita tenuika on the nature of
the meeting, referring to the uaaMnaae
of Ur. Jenkyn in hie pen laboura, and
than pretented to Ui. Jenhyn, in the tkama
of the frieni^i and congregation, a pntae,
conlaiuiug twenty-flra aoTereigna. Ue
Goniidered the tcilimaniol of greater
T«lue, becaiue it wu a teeiioiony to the
moral worth and eicellenca of their late
putoi, u'ho, he wHi lure, had olio the
tnlimony of a good conicieace of having
&ilbfully laboured amongit them. Mr.
Jenkyn then ro«e and acknowledged the
receipt of it, and eaid, when he coniidered
that ti poiiiou of the amount had been
reitcd by the doimtianB of hu-d-earned
•hiiliuga, he could not but value it. He
referred to hia mimaterial career, more
eapecially for the thirteen yean which he
had been amongat them, and of the many
who had, through hii initrumentality,
been added to the Church of Chrial.
'With much feeling be preised upon all
preaent to remember the tiutlii he had
aet before them, and of the lesponeibiliiy
they were under of wholly j-ieldingthem'
telve* to the Lord. Meuiv. Kider, Dor-
nej, and Tindall, then addreaaed the
netting, and teitiBed to the laal and good
•Acttd by Mr, Jenkyn, and tha loa* (hat

wonldba •

Hania, tht ropnawtMi**

ehueh of WjralUh Otaydt O

BriatoL attaiMl to &■ ■

Proiidanaa

awmgat than is Biialoi, baUnlBi ttM 1

thaBawaphara v«dd oyMMBKvMl J

Md for iMfnlBeaa. Tim iiinilii «MK 1

than cloaad hy aingiag aad fn^v, MMf* jl

of tha eaagfegattM aaparattog iiMi t i» y ■ !

haerta. Tha mbUMvial «■« o«k« •*■*> i

of tha Bapdat anA Wealayan 4mmimf^ •

tlona In tka vfllagca aranl Ifada 9|i%- }_

aympaihlaawltktharegNtMlatlhaifr: J

man! of Hr. lankyn. Ha wm ^mr

iiaaful in tha BlUa, lllaalan«7, mnimf '

•ohM>1, and Tupannaa lodatlw af th^ '

loeaUty. It ia hoped thst aoM gtMtla*'

nun of Btmilar mind will ba ibeuad to U

hia vacated pUc«. Tha debt Mi Ik*

Ouinea-atreet Cliapal hai wnr, wa Ml

informed, been caneellad by the tflbalB tt

a benerolent IndiTidna), e

doing good. We may itnatk, h

that with obaracteriatia llberaUty im hit

not only ftacd the chapd from dabti bM'

haa alao tndowtd It wlA imiaHaeablt

Os Monday evening, April Srd, a Tery
intereellng meeting waa held in Zion
Chapel, Whiteuble. Abotd ninety aat

I down to tea. Afterwuda a public meet-
ing waa held In the chapel; th* Rev. 9.

I E. Toomer, of Wingham, In tha chair.
After the niual opening aerricea, tha
chairman made aome Tery appropriate oV

I aemilona bearing on the tubjeet. Ur.

' W. Knight then preaented the teaHnonU^

I conabting of an elegant and Talnahle alU

I ver teapot and milk-e

I "Hy dear Sir,

I " We are now MiemUed togethat

o give effect to a wiih long Mt, and ftttaK
^xpreaied, to ihow our eateetn and rcgaiA

I to you by aome other token tban that M
which we are ordinarily teeaatoiQcd.

I " Piwenta have in in agaa. and by aU

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477

dawM of mankind, been regarded as an
Beeeptable means of conTejing feelings
ind sentiments of esteem and respect.

** You haTe now spent nearly twenty

jwn of the prime of your life amongst

u, and it has been the priyilege of some

«l OS to attend during the whole of that

tine, and of others during a portion of

that period, upon 3rour public administra-

aons, and to enjoy the adTsntagcs of your

senrices ; and, whilst we are not

to flatter you, yet it is but the con-

Tieiion of our minds, that you hare in your

priraie, as well as in your public life, exem-

plifted the great truths you hsTc preached

to others. We feel that we have cause

tB be thankful that Christ and him cruci-

fitd is the sum and substance of your

■inistry now, as it was when you first

esse among us ; and that neither as a

nDing stone* or as a wandering star, have

yn unsettled or misguided us. In all

injects for the general good, whether

ipiritual or social, you have ever been

leady to give your advice and active as-

Mtance ; but especially to promote that

godliness which hath the promise of the

iife that now is, and of that which is to

come.

** The Toung people of our congregation
hare taken a warm and active interest in
this object ; and well they may, when they
f^B^cmbcT your unceasing care and attcn-
I to their best intcretits, and also to
children of our Sabbath-school. Per-
me, then, in the name of the deacons
c£ this church, and in the name of all the
■■BiribatoirB, to present to you this teapot
r, with the inscription, *Prc-
ted by the congregation and friends of
Rev. D. Harrison, as a testimonial of
for his unvrcaried exertions as a
pastor, and also for the universal
he has taken for the general wcl-
of the people.' And I present them,
that the inscription engraved
will, as a rainbow of promise,
you on your way, and assure
,w1m3I clouds may intervene, that still
Mwm an interest in the sympathies of
people, whilst our prayers shall be
to onr Heavenly Father for you
yoon, that they and we may here-
Iv be pre s e nted by you with exceeding
YOU xxxn.

joy, saying. Here am I, and the people
thou hast given me."

The Rev. D. Harrison then acknow-
lodged the testimonial in the following
feeling speech :—

" There are some moments in a man's
history which possess peculiar interest.
It may be a crisis on which his future
prosperity is suspended; all the future
hangs on the direction of a single tliought
in his mind. It may be a moment of
great responsibility, — other welfares than
his own are involved in his decisions.
In these cases an overwhelming anxiety
pervades the mind. But there are other
moments of interest which are oppressive
by the very weight of pleasure and grati-
fication, both of thought, of feeling, and
of memory. The past rushes into the
mind with its crowded images and im-
pressions, its sorrows and its joys, and
the combined cficct is an emotion of
power too great for utterance ; the grate-
ful influence of sympathies, circumstances,
and proridcnce, leave an impression on
the heart never to be forgotten. This is
my position this evening. I am sur-
rounded by beloved brethren, who, for a
period of eighteen years, have favoured
me with their valued sympathy and coun-
sel. And I have before me numeruus be-
loved friends, wlio have met to testify
their esteem for my imperfect character
and unworthy services, I assure you I
find it difficult to express the emotions
which agitate my mind. I thank you
most cordinlly and affectionately for the
verv handsome and costlv testimonial you
have this evening presented to me. I
shall preserve and value it, as the ex-
pression of your afiectinn and kindness,
and hand it to my children, to remind
them, when I am no more, that there
were some who regarded their father with
esteem, as a Christian and minister of
Christ. But it is not the money value of
the present, but the feeling of which it is
the expression, that constitutes its chief
recommendation. It is not the offspring
of a storm, nor a testimonial of party feel-
ing, nor is it a parting testimonial ; but I
receive it as the cordial and general ex-
pression of my people's esteem ; and I
have felt it to be a pleasing circumstance,

478

HOME CHBURIOLI.

that Miiie of the inhabiUnts of the town,
not of ounelTes, have, wuoHeUed^ joined
in the ezpresiion of kindness. To those
young friends who have taken the active
part in this matter, I would express my
deep obligation. One is not present, but
is not forgotten. To all who have taken
an interest in it, I would express the cor-
dial thanks of a warm, and I hope, not
ungrateful heart ; but especially would
I give thanks to Him, whom I have so un-
worthily served, and who has the hearts
of all people in his hands. Next to the
approbation of Qod, I value the approba-
tion of my people. I am conscious that
I have desired to promote your best inter-
ests, and, as far as my feeble talents and
influence could do so, the welfare of the
tO¥m, but I never expected a return so
grateful as this. This feeling is not at all
diminished by the fact, that just at this
time there are hopeful indications that
the Lord is at work among us, especially
among the young. Seventeen years ago, on
the 1st of January last, the Lord directed
my steps to Whitstable, as the elected pas-
tor of this church. Sometimes during
that period my heart has been depressed,
and I have thought my work here was
done. But the Lord has kept and sus-
tained me where he placed me ; and if it
be His will I hope to spend and be spent
among you. Great changes have sur-
rounded us since that period, but we are
all, throuf^h mercy, here to-day. ^Mlat
a mercy to have one's character and influ-
ence preserved through so many years, to
be made instrumental in saving souls, and
preparing them for heaven, and to be em-
ployed, with any measure of success, in
promoting God*8 glory. I feel that I
owe very much to the prayers of my
people ; and much as I value the costly
testimonial you have this evening pre-
sented, I value your prayers much more.
Oh, brethren, pray for us, that the word
of God may have free course and be glori-
fied !**

After taking a statistical review of the
past seventeen years, Mr. Ilarrison con-
tinued : " The present pastorate has been
sustained, through mercy, upwards of
seventeen years ; whether we may sustain
a similar relation for sei'enteen yean

longer, God only knows. We know aol
how many of us may be in eteniity belbn
we have passed through a aimilar period.
Are you prepared, dear friends ? If no^
will you begin to-night? Oh that God
would grant us hit testimonial this ercn-
ing, more valuable than thousands of gold
and silver, in the conversion of many of
you to the Lord Jesus Christ !

. *' Dear brethren, I now commend yon to
Ood, and the word of his grace, which Is
able to build you up, and to giro you aa
inheritance among them which are
tified through faith which is in
Jesus."

The meeting was addressed in an im*
pressive manner by the Revs. H. J. Book,
of Faversham ; T. Winkinson, Wesleyaa,
of WhiUtable ; H. CresweU, of Canter-

' bury ; and T. Waller, of Wingham. The

- meeting was well attended, and the inter-
est excited was of that character whieli

. justifies the hope that good will result
from it.

SUNDAY-SCHOOLS.

FINCHLET COMMON.

On Monday evening, March 13th, there
was an interesting meeting of the old
scholars of the Sunday-school in con-
nexion with the Independent Chap^
under the pastorate of the Rev. O. B.
Birch (who has just removed to a larger
sphere of labour in the metropolis). The
superintendent and teachers had long
discussed the desirableness of calling to-
gether those who had been formerly in
the school, for the purpose of testifying
their continued sympathy and interest in
the well-being of those who are now
grown to manhood's years, and scattered
around them in the various stations of
human life.

Accordingly, an invitation was sent to
all those whose names and addresses could
be obtained. The goodly number of sixty
cheerfully responded to the call, and after
a social cup of tea, several of them si>oke
of the beneficial effect of the scriptural
education imparted to them while in the
school, in guiding them through the
snares that beset youth, and into the
paths of peace.

HOKE CHBONICLE.

479

Suitable short addienes were given
ttoa hj the miniBter and teachers, and
the pvoeeedings of the erening passed
off most satisfactorily snd pleasingly.

It is intended that snch gatherings
Asll take place annoallj for the future.

The aboTe school, though situated on
the thinly-inhabited Finchley Common,
tfinmgh the derotcdncss and energy of
it! teachers contains some 160 scholars.

On the same evening, in the National
School-room, there was likewiBe a meet-
ing of interesting importance, and was
the result of the following : —

On a part of the common is a small

rural population, as rude and ignorant as

the peasantry of the most remote county,

though living within a few miles of the

Metropolis, and, till recently, but little

has been done for their civilization and

cdncation. Some three or four years ago,

m gentleman, in the neighbourhood, of the

BJDBie of Rew, collected a few of the lads

together in a cottage, on the Simday, for

instruction, writing, &c. Af-

seeing there was a desire to

improTe, he opened an evening school

daring the winter months, and a few lads

■nd Tonng men attended. This has gone

on increasing each year, and last autumn

gentleman made a successful effort in

some of the men to attend in a

room, many of whom are most

tf being unable to read or write,

but seTcral of them have acquired these

■is to m very fair extent, by continued

iyplirati**n during the past season; and

not a little application in men

hands are hard and homy, for,

mostly accustomed to handle the

or axe, they find it difficult to use

Tpwarda of sixty of these men and lads
attended these schools in the past
; and to these, on their breaking
an that evening, did Mr. Rew give a
; and to many of the lads who had
themselves by x>crscveranco
good conduct, he gave presents of
hoes, books, &c.

gentleman has been assisted in
iii good work by two or three teachers
tf fdblie schools living around, and by
of the district.

The gentry of the neighbourhood very
much wish Mr. Rew success in these efforts,
and the improvement of their neighbours ;
but their visits to the cottage are very few,
and very far between,

EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.

The British organization of this Alli-
ance celebrated its Anniversary at Free-
masons* HaU, by a public breakfast on
Wednesday morning. May 10th, and a
soir^ on Thursday evening, the 11th.
Sir Culling Eardlcy presided on the
former occasion, and M^jor Rowlandson
on the latter. Dr. Blackwood gave an
accoimt of his recent travels through a
large portion of England and Ireland,
Tvith the object of stirring up the different
localities in which the Alliance had any
members. The Rev. G. II, Davis, Tra-
velling Secretary to the Protestant Al-
liance, addressed the meeting on the
practicability of the two Alliances uniting
to effect certain objects. Dr. Stcane gave
an account of the conference at Homburg,
and the state of religious liberty in some
of the German states. The Rev. G.
Young addressed the meeting upon the
movement in Turkey. Count Zuylen de
Nyevelt, from Holland, stated that it was
his privilege to have been connected with
the Alliance for some years, and that he
could bear testimony to the good it had
effected. Mr. Deveria observed that he
had resided, for the last four years, in
England and Scotland, and was glad to
find the spirit of love so increasing. The
Hon. M. Gyllenskiveld spoke upon the
present aspect of Christianity in Sweden.
The Rev. W. Guest expressed the deep
interest with which he looked on the pro-
ceedings of the Alliance, and considered
that it was the natural tendency of spirit-
ual religion to produce a desire for union
among its possessors. The Rev. Dr.
Barth announced himself as one of the
first friends of tlie Alliance. The Rev.
N. McLeod said it always did his heart
good to attend such meetings. Sir Cul-
ing Eardley offered a few remarks in con-
clusion, after which the doxology was
sung, and the benediction pronounced.
The attendance was numerous, and the
entire proceedings were most interesting.

480

OEKERAL OHBOnCUB.

6fnfral Ct)ron(rIf«

LETTEB8 02f TBB COSCTIVBXT.
NO. I.

Mt dear Sir, —

In the early part of last year, one of
the deacons uf tlie church t«) which I have
the htinour ti> minister called upon me,
and Hpeakin^ in the name of hiit brother-
dcoconfi, Huid, — *' Wc have been thinking
that it might 1k> both plcai^ant and bene-
ficial to you to take a long run on the
Continent this summer; and if you should
think it right to devote three months to
such un excursion, we shall be happy to
take on ourselves the a<lditional rcsp<m-
aibilitics which vour absence will involve;

and have no duubt the congregation will
huv«> pleasure in furnishing the necessary
funds for suiiplyiiig the pulpit, and de-
fraying the e^pen^es of your journey."
I need scarcely say the proposal was
tempting, though not to be accepted with-
out serious thouglit ; for three mouths is
a long holiday, and too important u ])e-
riod of one's active life to be withdrawn
lightly from dircrt mini>teri.d service.
iSut nwinv rca^^ons combined to lead me
to think the oifir of my friends as judi-
cious as it was kind ; and it i>suod in a
very delight I'ul tour, during \\hi<.h I vi-
sited Delgium, Trance, c^pecially the west
and simth of that line countrv ; the north
of Itidy, inchuUug Florence and Venice ;
and returned home by Switzerland and
the Khinc. Looking over my journal
the otlur day, it occurred to me that I
might embody, in two or three letters,
f^omc views and impre>sions of the moral
and rvlitjious u>pccts of these countriei*,
which would be not unsuitable to the
pages, nor uninteresting to the readers of

the E V A N G ELI C A L M A O A Z I N E . I W ill writC

to A'ou therefore with freedom, of course
expecting that you will strike out any
passages from my communications which
offend your editorial judgment and taste.
My excursion, you will perceive, took
me somewhat by surprise, and wtw en-
tered on without such a prci)aratory course
of reading as enables a traveller to levy
the largest possible contributions of in-

formation and ei^oyment from the
through which h« passes. It has often
been said that the world is to a nan.
what the man b to the world ; and certain
it is that the treasures which a traTeller
brings a^-ay from other lands, as well as
the daily pleasure he rcceiTCS, will be in
proportion to the knowledge, sjrmpatliyi
and capacity for obser^-ing and judging
that he carries with him. The traTeUtt
cannot know too much, although his
knowledge may be too exclusLTely of one
kind, and be employed in a pedantic
manner. But the more he knows of geo-
logy, botany, and of b<ith ancient and
modem history— of the arts of painting
and architecture— of the moral and reli-
gious condition of the countries he visits
— the better for himself, if not always £(»
those who read the books he may write.
It was with regret, therefons that I found
j myself comm curing a continental touTg
, without having been able to read up and
I equip uiyself intellectually for my jouxnej'.
It was much easier to make certain
other necessary prcpiirations, and on the
13th of April I stiirteil, with my wife,
from London for Dover and Ostend; ar-
riving at the latter port in the early morn-
ing, and proceeding with as little dclaj*
OS possible, by the chemin-dc-fer, to
Bruges. AVcU may that district of Eu-
rope, tlirougli part of which our road
lay, flat and full of water as it is, be
called Le Pays Das — the Low Coun-
try — the Netherlands — especially when
contrasted with the glorious hills from
which the llhine descends. Every spot
of earth, however, is turned to the
best lu'coimt — every acre maintains its
three men. Boads and canals run in all
directions, and on air of diligence and
thrift is about the cottages and fcirm-
hoiLses. Belgium, as a whole, is in a
thriving and prosperous condition, and
enjoys a large amount of freedom under
political mstitutions not much unlike our
own. It is this circumstance, combined
with the fact that Belgium is a Roman
Catholic country — as thorougldy devoted

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481

to Rnmaniiim ■• Holland ia to Froteat-
Batism — and tliat out of a population of
■early four miHionw, not more than aome
thirty thouaand are Froteatantaj — that
pru Belgium a peculiar intereat to the
€f and heart of the Proteatant tra-

Half-an-hour brought ua to Brugea,
Ifaron^h the picturesque old streeta and
■qoarca of which we wandered with much
carioaity and delight. The chimes, ** the
iaaat in Europe/' played as sweetly for
w as they did for Longfellow, and seemed
t» iuTite ua to aaccnd the belfry ; but the
■nming, wet and misty, discouraged such
m effort. We proposed entering the
AuRhea, which, as ia customary in Ro-
nsn Catholic countries, were all open.
Their interior splendour impressed us
peatly, especially as contrasted with
tkeir external poverty and meanness of
qpearance. Congregations were asscm-
\kdf tapcra were burning, and Divine
HfTice was proceeding in some of them ;
Bd in one the funeral of some rich citizen
«ai celebrating with much pomp and
islcful chant. Everywhere pictures,
■mie of great beauty, met the eye, and
£fnified statues ; but the figures of the
Titgin, which are very numerous, struck
V as too doll-like to be impressive, or
ncite any devout feeling. One of the
fnndeat monuments in the church of
Sotre Dame, is the grand mausoleum of
Xiry of Burgundy. Whoever is ac-
liainted with her history, so full of
itic» and, alas ! tragic interest, will
near it, and feel also that the old,
kaif-descrtcd town itself acquires from
kra monumental sadness and glory.

Before breakfasting at Bruges, I under-

Wat an operation only too familiar with

la-hilf of our race, at least in these

Badiiu daya and northern parts, to which

Iihould scarcely have alluded, had it not

■pplied a pleasant and amusing illustra-

in of the Belgic sense of honour. The

Ange iat the operation was three sous,

■A I gave the barber — a young man

htfy married and commencing business

■« mall coin of rather more value, and

Mauled that it was uxmecessary to re-

k& the change. But thia my friend

by no means consent to ; he in-

sisted on my receiving what was my due,
and evidently felt that, although it was
no disgrace either to shave me, or be
paid for shaving, the honour of his pro-
fession would be tamiahed by his taking
a sous more than the accustomed fee. A
feeling to which I gave all honour aa I
quitted the shop of the rising artist, and
which I rejoiced to meet in another shape
a day or two after, when a young man,
certainly belonging to the lower class,
declined a franc which I had offered him
in return for some courteous service ho
had rendered.

We arrived at Ghent early enough in
the afternoon to attend the vespers at the
Beguinage of that city. This is one of
the few nunneries not suppressed by Jo-
seph II., the imperial radical of Austria,
or swept away by the torrent of the
French Revolution. The sisters, who
amount to more than six hundred, and
many of whom are persons of rank and
wealth, are bound by no vow, but may
quit the order whenever they please.
Within the boimds of the Beguinage,
which arc of great extent, and surrounded
by a wall and moat, they live in quaint-
looking little houses, each having the
name, not of its tenant, but of some
saint — Agatha, Catherine, or Theresa —
who is honoured as its protectress. Their
principal employment is that of nursing
the sick, to which they devote themselves
with unrequited tenderness, both in the Be-
guinage, or in the cottages of the poor, and
in the public hospitals. We found the sis-
terhood assembled in the chapel, all in black
robes and white veils, and only illumin-
ated by the wavering light of a few lamps.
There arc about six thousand of these
women in Belgium. I think it is Dr.
Sou they who, in his " Colloquies,*' raises
the question, whether an order of women
similar to the Beguines of Flanders and
the Scaurs de la Charite of France, miglit
not be formed with advantage in this
country, both for the purpose of affording
a retreat to women in all classes, but
especially the higher and middle, who are
friendless and without home ; and of sup-
plying with better attendance than tliey
now receive the sick poor in town and
country. It is a subject worthy of con-

48d

OEKBBAL CBBOKTCLB.

■idermtton ; and the attempt mi present Roman Catholie citj. Hei« fint we

making, both in Oermany and France, to ticed images of the Virgm and her CShild

rerive, in a modified form, the order of at the comen of the atreeta, with lamp!

Deaconesses, may assist us to see the way burning at night before them, and

to some judicious measure of the same the public fountains, as though ahe

kind. The Plymouth follies must not the source of light and living

frighten us. But I rejoice that already Calvarys also, and images of the crucilM

in our Sunday-school teachers, the col- SsTiour, may be seen here and thcie ia

lectors of the Bible Society, and our the walls, and representationa of piitg»>

Tisitors of the Kick, we posness not a few torial fires. The churches, aa eveiywhoa

who arc Boguincs without a Beguinage, in the Low Countries, are majestic and

and Sisters of Charity even though they splendid. The cathedral is uniTenaUy
are both mothers and wives. - celebrated as one of the moat beaudftil

As I only propose to touch on points of specimens of Gothic architecture. Tbm
moral and religious interest, I muRt not . steei)le, of extraordinary height and moat

trouble you with a description of Ghent, delicate workmanship, conmiands a vast

or dwell on its ancient giDrieit, or itn pre- panorama, grand from its extent, but not

sent, SH the Bclgic Manchester. I will of Alpine character. Within, the body

only say, thcreftire, that on visiting the of the church is some five hundred feet

extensive mills, I found between twelve in length, and half that breadth at the

and fourteen hundred people employed transepts. So many and lofty are the

there, ull working from half-past five pillars, that you seem to be entering a

in the morning till nine at night ; forest, through which four windowfi

and the young women, whose appear-
ance both in person and in dress much
resembled our own factory girls, earning
from six to eight francs a week. The

richly emblazoned, spread the *' dim reli-
gious light."

St. Jacques surpasses the cathedral in
its internal decorations of marble, painted

cottages of the poor, into two or three i gln88, cari'cd wood, and monumental
of which we looked, confermod the im- ' ncnlpturcs. The high altars are, aa
prrssion of cleunlinoiiiH and thrift which might be expected, the most imposing

the people themselves had made on us.
These seem well and appropriately clad,
wearing out of doors black cloth cloaks,
the hoods of which serve as bonnets when
necessarj', and low caps universally as
white ON snow, and with them long and
full lappets, forming an imposing head-
dress. The brown hair and eye, and firm
healthy flesh, remind one often of Kii-
bens' women. Everywhere his pictures
greet us, and the people are justly proud
of him.

Our first Sunday was spent at Antwerp,
which, although a place of considerable
trade and conmierce, and recovering some
part of its former prosperity, is yet only
the shadow of its ancient self. The esta-
blishment of the Inquisition here, in the
time of Philip II. of Spain, drove thou-
sands of its industrious inhabitants to
seek an asylum elsewhere, ond especially
in England, which is indebted for her
silk manufactures to Flemish refugees

parts of the churches, surrounded by pil-
lars and statues, and surmounted by
pictures ; but nowhere, to my knonr-
ledge, has Protestantism elaborated its
pulpits' with BO much care and skill as
Romanism has done in the Low Coun-
tries. What sermons proceed from sucli
pulpits I cannot say, but they ought to
be pre-eminently excellent. Pedestal,
double flights of stairs, and sounding
board all carved, sometimes fantasti-
cally, but alwa}'S exquisitely and
richly ornamented, rise to the height of
some thirty or forty feet, and fill the eye of
the ppectator. Symbolical devices are
often and happily employe<l. The pulpit
rises from a tree, which may be regarded
as the tree of knowledge, or perhajM of
life, and fruits and flowers arc wTcathed
round it. Jesus stands beneath one,
giving sight to the blind man ; Angela
listen, and with lifted hands bespeak at-
tention, near the stairs, to imother ; and

£rom Antwerp. The city is eminently a ' in a third, the scene in our Iiord*8 life, in

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483

irikich He bids Peter and his brother
Andrew follow him, and proixuses that
they shall become lishers of men, is
VTou^C out with great fidelity and
pover. Boats, nets, fish, the sea and the
■kits, are all there, and the attitudes of
dtf Master and his disciples are full of
freiing. At Brussels, the master-piece
of Von Bniggen represents on one side
Adsm and £ve driven out of Paradise
b? an angel ; while from the opposite
Beath glides round ; above the canopy
itaads the Virgin, holding the infant
Striour in her arms, and assisting her to
tfanist the extremity of the cross into the
Mzpent's head. The confessionals are in
the tame style with the pulpits. At the
mk, or rather with the certainty of
hOimff all I have written, I will close this
kncr with a noble passage from Vol. II.
of ^ Buskin's Shrines of Venice," on
pv^its and pulpit eloquence.

He has been describing a pulpit at
TcBice, "perfectly graceful but severe,
Bd almost cold in its simplicity, built
fai permanence and service, bo that no
■1^ member nor stone of it could be
9«ed«" and thus proceeds : —

"When the sermon is good we need not
■ach concern ourselves about the form
rf the pulpit. But sermons cannot
ilviys be good ; and I bclieye that
At temper in which the congregation set
Aanselves to listen may be in some degree
■odi&ed by their perception of fitness or
impressiveness or Tulgarity, in
(ition of the place appointed for
^ tpeak.er,^not to the same degree, but
■■nrhat in the same way, that they
■^be influenced by his own gestures
• cipression, irrespective of the sense
rf That he says. I believe, therefore,

■ tte first place, that pulpits ought
Km to be highly decorated ; the speaker

■ ipc to look mean or diminutive if the

fiipit is either on a very large scale or

OTcnd with splendid ornaments ; and if

fla interest of the sermon should flag

fta mind is instantly tempted to wander.
• • • « «

*B«t in the second place, whatever
■iBtnta we admit ought clearly to bo
f a ckaate, grare, and noble kind ; and
hitfiDiutore we employ, evidently made

more for the honouring of Ood's word,
than for the ease of the preacher. For
there are two ways of regarding a sermon,
either as a human composition, or a
Divine message. If we look upon it
entirely as the first, and require the
clergymen to finish it with their utmost
care and learning, for our better delight
whether of car or intellect, we shall
necessarily be led to expect much
formality and stateliness in its delivery,
and to think that all is not well if the
pulpit have not a golden fringe round it,
and a goodly cusliion in front of it, and
if the sermon be not fairly written in a
black book, to bo smoothed upon the
cushion in a majestic manner before
beginning ; all this we shall duly come
to expect ; but we shall at the same time
consider the treatise thus prepared as
something to which it is our duty to
listen without restlessness for half-an-
hour or three-quarters, but which, when
that duty has been decorously performed
we may dismiss from our minds in happ)
confidence of being provided with an-
other when next it shall be necessary. But
if once we begin to regard the preacher
whatever his faults, as a man sent with
a message to us, which it is a matter of
life or death whether we hear or refuse ;
if we look on him as set in charge over
many spirits in danger of ruin, and
having allowed to hini but an hour or two
in the seven days to speak to them ; if
we moke some endeavour to conceive
how precious these hours ought to be
to him, a small vantage on the side of
God, after his flock have been exposed
for six days together to the full weight
of the world's temptation, and he has
been forced to watch the thorn and the
thistle springing in their hearts, and to
see what wheat had been scattered there,
snatched from the wayside by this wild
bird or the other; and at last, when
breathless and exhausted with the week's
labour, they give him this interval of
imperfect and languid hearing, he has
not thirty minutes to get at the separate
hearts of a thousand men, to convince
them of all their weaknesses, to shame
them for oil their sins, to warn them
of all their dangers, to try, by this way

484 GKXERAL CHBOXXCLB.

and that, to stir tho hard fastcninpi of , Chainnan ginng out the 176th Hymiit
their doom, where the Master himself has and reading the Slst P>alm«
■tnod and knocked, yet none opened ; William Freeman, Eaq., one of the
and to call at the openings of their dark elders of the chnreh, oflSerod prayer,
streets, where Wisdom herself hath The Chainnan then said: — *' Mt dear
stretclied forth her hands, and no man friends, it is now my duty to present, in
regarded — thirty minutes to raise the your name, this testimonial to our ca-
dead in ; — let us hut once understand and teemed pastor. I hold in my hand, dear
feel this, and we i>hall lu<»k with changed !(ir, a silver salver, and upon it a purse
eyes uiMin that frippery of gay furniture nf gold, in which is contained the sum
about the pluce from which the mi^sMgc of £oOO. (Great applause.) Accept thiSt
of judgment munt be delivered, which dear sir, as the testimony of enduring
either breatlies upon the dry bones that affection to you as our friend and pastor."
they may live ; or, if ineffiTtual, remains Tho salver is seventy-seTcn ounces in
recorded in condemnation, perhaps against weight, beautifully engraved with the
the utterer and listener alike, but assur- following Inscription :—
ediy against one of them. Wc shall not ** PacsESTrEn,
so c:u«ily b«Mr with the silk and gold upon ** On the 23rd May, 1854, with a purse
the fleat of ju<lgnient, nor with ornament of gold, by tho church and congregation
of oratory in the mouth of the messenger ; of Surrey Chapel to the Kev. Jamea
wc sli all wish til at his wonls may be Sherman, on his retirement from his pas-
simple evrn >\hcn they are sweetest ; and toral charge, to express their high esteem
the place fnmi which he speaks, like a and affection for his person and ministry ;
marble rock in the desert, about which and to record their grateful sense of the
the people have gathered in their Yoluahlc seniccs he has rendered to the
"thirst.** cause of Christ, during a pastomte over
Believe me, them of nearly eighteen yeara."

Ever \'ours sincerelT, llie llev. James Sherman then came

Boni/oni, J. G — E. forward to address the assembly, and was

most warmly greeted. Our reverend bro-

TESTiMON'iAL TO THE RKV. JAMFS thcr delivered hhusclf in his usual happy

siir.nMAN. manner, in an admirable speech.
We are plad to learn that the church After singing a hymn, Mr. Putley, one
and con<?regation of Surrey Chapel have of the elders, addressed the met^tiu'^, fol-
presented their beloved minister with a lowed by Mr. Saunders and Mr. Ilussell.
fiuituble Testimonial on his retirement Apnlcy Pellatt, Esq., M.P., who most
from tlie pastornte, after nearly eighteen kindly came from the House of Commons
ycar^' labour amcmg them, during which for the purpose, next addressed the meet-
time his mii.ii»try has been romarkubly ing, followed by Mr. West and Mr. Simms.
owned and blessed by the great Head of The Chairman then, inmost affectionate
the Church. terms, took leave of the Rev. James Sher-
The presentation of this testimonial man on behalf of the church and congre-
took place on Tuesday evening. May gation, amid the tears of that crowded
23rd, in the large school-room adjoining assembly. The Rev. James Siierman re-
tlie chapel. We need scarcely soy the plied in most feeling and suitable terms.

The doxology having been sung, th9
Rev. James Shennaii closed the pro*
ceedings with prayer and the benediction.
We again say we rejoice in these pro-
ceedings ; to have done less would not
have been worthy of Surrey Chapel, and
all its time-honoured associations.

meeting was one of intense interest and
deep feeling, and the attendance very large.

George Downiing, Esq., the Treasurer
of Surrey Chapel, occupied the chair.
The warm utterances of his heart gave
tone to the meeting. The procee<lings of
that evening will never be forgotten by
those who were privileged to be present.

The proceedings commenced by the

iHtssianarp iVIaga^int

CHRONICLE.

180

XIM10XAXT MAGAZm

POLTXESIA.
VOTAOB OF THE JOHX WTLLTAMS.'

Sx'i'tv, f.r-t. a« fCimar-d-. r • f ir.e tjmVa. 4:.i fi:ioe. .ft
iifim*. Mur w..rthv fr^T.-i has c*^?*? tKar. '-.istiaed tr.o ori-ion I
qiialifiratioris for that rf^p':>njible c*.^. Bjr Li« akiJ is a :
1111 deviating; Christ ia:: c>ri5;«tenov, Ki« tr.onr-uz-'.T M:**:.>r.ai
\iii ftmiabl- n;aunc'r», he }:as alike seouneii the Lvr.dicr.oe
of the Directors, and endtfared hiir.telf to the Miifionar:
familie!«.

We fiM-l |il**asar« in giving the inbjoir.ed letter ftotn Cipt:
rpolii, Saiiioan Islanda, 7th January u!r.. containing a brief
t)if iiiciii*-rit<< of the ladt royage of tLe Jokm XfV/».3M«. an<i vi
ticiil.irh i:.\\Xr .'kttentiun to hifl intcrvsting notice of the vi^it t

Ayiinrif.

** l[a\in{( rrr«ifed oo boin| the Rer. A.

W. Murray aufi the Rev. J. P. SunderUad,

Mri. SuriftrrUnd and danfhtcr, wcleft Svd*

iiry liarlHiiir nn the 13th October, and. after

a fiw |iai«a^, arrired on the 22nd at the

ulanil of AHfitmmt one of ihe New Ifebri-

ilri ; aiiclinred in 8. W. Bajr, off tha Mission

•taiinn, whf rr the Rev. J. Geddie ia latjour-

iiiK ««>(1i much siirceti. God if, «e hflip\e,

riDWiitng hU lalKNin with hit bleiiing in a

n-iiiarkahle way. We landed hit tuppUet,

Hiih 30U0 enpiet of Mtrk'i Gospel, the fint

whalr oopjr that hu been printed In this

lanniuK*. After a Sabliath's lerTtees on

Ixwrd and on ihor^the Miiiionarics pretch-

iHff to tlia nttlTti and erew^on Mondaj

V4tb, iimk on lioard our Teachera aad their

«lv« and the natltM wa had left here on

our wajr to Rydney.

'^Tueaday 25th^Took ia the Bev. J.

GaMla and family | wdglwd anchor, aad

"M^ Mil out of 8. W. Bay { tailed rouad te

•h* Hav. Mr. Inglia'i italion to the north

•JJj ^ »h« Islandi fat than, aad weat in

wiifc two boaui laaded abort > r^. Metm.

VwL?^ ■iiB4«laad had goaa ronnd the

Kara wa fM»d tba people,

Md dOkbw, aU with laiiUag

^ to ahaka haadai aad they

A^yMMlbrtheship'iiiM.

IH tiabar to bond a chapd.

'^ dwaUag, hid ont with

■ •••* UlH«y, aad the

houae is lo aeas and dean i
credit to aayfaainr in Earo(
bai iook hack on twelve or th
aad thiak when, with Mr. X
iionary. we found the peopi
aad could not ia lafiety trust
them ; bat now thcec ia not >
DOC feel safe with; aU haU
gtadaeis. What has God d
pel for this people ! We got
l>ut not without some dangi
were hearilj laden, the sea '
the niffht becoming dark.

rOTUNA.

*'We had on hoarJ, iocli
die*s faaiily. fifiy-eicht pa$i
tail far the Island of /o/niu
rivad the next day, the 26th.
two Natirc Teachers and t
flnt fhiits of the Aneiteum
go to spread the Gospel they
We also landed fourteen n
firom Aneiteum. one a chief,
ing to this Island, but who I
on Aneiteum, and who an
Christianity. We ga%e thee
the hope, by this means , to !
on this Island, where one <
was killed some years ago.

FRAMANGA.

"Next ilav wc made sail
anchored in IHIlon'f Ray. ,
Teachers well. Thev had <
place of worship, l>esides d

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487

iiore vith ovr Missionaries and
e En§ranng]t and, with the chief
people, we held divine senrice.
re permitted to worship Jehovah
fet J and peace on the spot where
hack our helored Missionaries,
s and Mr. Harris, fell under the
savages, and myself with others
or our lives. We retnmed from ,
:o our boats, and found the chief
Ax. Williams on the beach. He
ission to go on board, which -we
b asking him why he killed our
he said,. that white men had
relatives, and he did not know
boot him. After landing two
d their wives, we weighed anchor
wand sailed for Elizabeth Bay;
1 P.X. The chief came off, and
I ikott with the Teacher and his
we left. Went inland some dis-
ks aative plantations, returned
a the ereniog, and got under

FATE.

■■ fer the Island of Fate, and
Nk» cuoe to anchor at Olodrolo,
k 'tide of the Island. Finding
ill, we removed him on
another and his wife in his
I m vtry interesting interview
A aad people ; spent a Sabbath
Messrs. Murray
it on shore, and had ser-
if aativei in their ovm chapel,
iib there were ninety children
JBii^, Slat, got under weigh,

Kte aonth-west side of the
yHorember 1st.— Came to
AbhB Tillage, caUed Tromata.
Pk thift tent their sons away
wewera here, to go to
and received them
an Island dose to the
part of the large bar- -
W the entrance into it,
the ship lay.
eon^ning Mis-
It and Geddie,
■IfCt, and diiefs; we
• wnnber of men, wo-
I gi fling ns with the
After a short

visit, left our Teachers and their wives at
this village in care of the chiefs and people,
apparently glad to have them to instruct
them. We called upon God to bless their
feeble efforts. Returned on board, hove up
the anchor, made sail for

LOTALTT ISLANDS.

" Thursday, 3rd. — Close in to the small Is-
land Teka ; our Teacher there came on board,
got his supplies, and returned in oar boat.
The Missionaries having gone on shore, the
people came to meet tbcm ; they have two
chapels on this Island and a neat Samoan-
built Teacher's house. Some of them are
rude in appearance, and very many destitute
of any clothing. They do all the Teacher's
work, build his house, plaut his food, &c.

MARB.

" Returned on board, made sail for the
large Island Mare, By dark were off the
west side of the Island, abreast of our Mis-
sion station. Our Teacher Maka came on
board next day, 4th a.m. Missionaries and
Teachera (including a*Teacher and wife who
were to stay) all went on shore in two boats.
The people were all ready to meet us ; a
short service was held in their large chapel.
The people were attentive in listening ; our
Missionaries addressed them through the
Teachers, read the Word of God, sang, and
prayed. After the service, walked round the
village, saw a neat house, containing six
rooms, wattled and plastered. This is built
for any Missionary that may come and teach
them, for which the people are anxious.
They made us a present of yams for our
ship, and accompanied us to the boats. We
returned to the ship, made sail for the other
side of the Island on the 5th, came to anchor
about one and a half miles from Om, our
Mission station. Our Teacher Me ter came
off. Things are in an interesting state.
Here we spent a Sabbath ; our Missionaries
went on shore, and held a service with the
people ; they had large and attentive con-
gregations morning and afternoon. Besides
their chapel, they had built Teachers' houses
and a house ready for a Missionary to come
into, and long for one to teach them. The
people seem to be thirsting for the bread and
water of life. Our regret is that no white
Missionary is here to cultivate this field, that
seems ripe and ready for a spiritual harvest.

488

MimONAmT MAOASm

LTFV.

** MondiT, 7th. — After leaving a T^^^Mr
and mh here, we weighed anchor and made
•ail tor I4fin: at 11 a.m., off the north -eaat
end ; hore to for abont an hoar, bat the tea
was roagh. and the wind and tnrf breaking
heaTy, conld not get intercoorie with the
•bore. Ran for a place where we heard one
of onr Teachers had remoTcd. At the head
of a large bay found the place ; oar Mission-,
aries Marray and Sunderland went on shore,
had a short but satisfsctory intenriew with
our Teacher Pow. They hare got a large
quantity of timber eut, for building a large
chapel. The people here, at at Mare, are
thirsting for the waters of life. The niglit
a>iuiiig on, and our vessel in danger, the
Missionaries had to hurry off, and only got
on lK>ard just in time to save we know not
what trouble. Wc did not get clear out of
this bay without having to thank God for his
overruling providence and care over us.

Ifade aifl for AMitflum, Sabha
Came aafo to aaehor in S. ^
NovMiber.

aumsAmr.

•' We have in the laat month
ISOO or 1400 roilei, visited ac
loeated devan Teachers and ek
wtvet, visited ten Misrion statio
seven timet, &c. Thank God I

•* P. 8. — Oar passage from A
been the hmgest we ever made,
go as far sooth u 36 deg., and
contend with head winds almost
here. We called at Sara§e h
way; the cry of the people i
Teachers ; we visited it on the li
this month. We stay here (at 1
days, to get water and some r
and to await the meeting of the ]
It is the stormy season here no
from this to the eastward."

INDIA.

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AT BHOWAKIPOHK, CALCUTT

It will be in the recollection of many of our readers that the
Boaz, of Calcutta, when on a visit to this country about ^\e y
submitted to the friends of the Society, with the.earnest recoini
of the Din^ctors, a plan for the establishment of an Listitution o
with a view to confer upon the rising youth of Calcutta the adva
superior education, based upon the principles of the Word of (
means of the generous contributions made by the friends of the 1
answer to that appeal, aided by contributions in India, and a
£1000 from the Society's funds, the estimated amount was rei
requisite buildiiTgs were erected, and the Institution, now formi
the prominent objects of the metropolis of India, has been bro
full and effective operation.

From the subjoined statements it will, however, be seen that,
unavoidable circumstances, a balance of debt upon the built
remains ; and, in order to remove this the only apparent obsta^
future and permanent prosperity of the Institution, the Mission
appeal to the generous sympathy and aid of the friends of Christi
tion in this country ; and the Directors trust that their appeal '
successful.

ram AUGUST^ 1854, 4A9

^ *lb tie Friend4 of IfMoM in Briiaint Donor* io the London Munionartf
Society** InttituiUm or College at Bkowanipore, Calcvtta,

" Calcutta, April 2C}th, li^rA.
*Cliriitiaii Friends, — I am tnre yon will rejoice with me to hear that the Ediica-
floBiI Inititotion or College, for the erection of which I solicited your aid while in
tMu, it at length completed. It was puhlicly opened on the 2nd of Fehruarr,
iMi it, at yon will gather from the accompanying Appeal, a noble structure, and
toitiiy the good cause in which we are mutually interested. The Institution, with
he itadenta' houses and Missionary dwelling-house, has cost ^6940. This exceeds
Ik oripnal estimate. This arose very much from the high price we were obliged to
mj for the ground on which the building stands : being the only site we could
weeatj we were obliged to secure it at the price fixed upon by the proprietors.
f e iie, thei%fore, at least .9^600 in debt, and are anxious at once to clear off this
seunbrance. We have therefore resolved to make one more appeal to your gcne-
ostf, which we hope will not be in vain. We have also appenlcd to our friondi in
Eidia, and I doubt not but that we shall obtain help from them ; our local expcnRcs,
NRvever, press heavily upon us, and we cannot expect to realize more than a ])art
if the needed sum to remove the debt, in India, and hence we make our last appeal
to yon to help us.

" We shall also feel obliged by the gift of books for the completion of our Lilimry
■id for scientific instruments, and of natural products, and specimens of merhanical
•kill, for the Museum. The books required are on science, literature, and superior
works of an educational order. We have but comparatively few scientific inptru-
■nts, and those, some of them, not of the best description. Models of stcnm-
oipnes, electric telegraphs, railroads, and things of that order, would also bo very
VMptsble, together with specimens of different kinds of manufacture.

"Yon will be rejoiced to learn that since my return the Lord has been pleased to

. Mtar ns with several conversions from amongst the pupils, and that the converts

^ been a great comfort to us. We have now seven students proscouting their

Mas for the Christian ministry, and if any of our Christian friends would subscribe

tiAe lupport of any of these young men, it would be grent relief to our local funds.

'^eost of supporting a student is £8 a year. One of the converts, in secular

■i^kyaient, has offered to pay a portion of the cost of supporting one of the

. ^iatt ; a fact which will, I am sure, be gratifvnng to you.

\ *ABow me to ofKer you my warmest thanks for the generous manner in which
L 1^ Riponded to my call while amongst you, and for all the kindness you mani-
^ Mi towards me. I would have done this at an earlier period, but I was Anxious
krame this expression of my gratitude until the building was finished. J.ittlc did
*^^ it would be delayed so long. India, however, is not Britain, and wc are
|"sUid that, in the face of all the difficulties we have had to encounter, the building
i'^'hit ftniihed and opened. Our hope is, that within its walls many may be
[••ferled to Christ, and that many a faithful servant of the Lord may there be
t^iwd fbr the Christian ministry,
'ftty for us that the wonl of the Lord may run and be glorified with us, as it
i|» with yon, and that the Saviour may establish the work of our hands and glorify
^'wdf through our feeble instrumentality.

"Praying that the good Lord may maintain amongst you the Missionar}- spirit,

"I am, yours truly, " Thomas Boaz.

"P.S.— Donations, &c., can be forwarded through the Mission House, BlomBeld
^•wet, Finsbury."

490 MI88TONAKY MAOASINE

" Appeal on behalf of the London Misnonaty SodeUfM LuHiMion tU

Bkowantporot Caieutia,

" Cakmtta, Marek 2?^. 1854.

" Four yean ago, the Mitstonaries of the London MiisioBtty Sodetjr in CikiiiU
presented to their Christian friends in North India the pkna wfakli thcj had iSbm
adopted for extending the usefulness of the Society's Mission at Bbowmnipon. Tktf
exhibited to them especially the wants of their Institution fSor Hindu ich o l an , al
asked their kind aid in their efforts to erect a building suitable for its designs, it
that time they proposed to erect the Institution alone, believing that they wodU Mt
have sufficient funds to ' meet the heavy expense of improving the whole Misriois
but a large remittance subsequently reached them from England entirely uncxpeeCdt
and they resolved therefore to complete the whole pUm at once, and to seeue nem
for more efficiently carrying out all the departments of their Missiooaiy Ubcnift
This plan included several distinct objects.

'* First. They desired to erect a new Institution, for the general purpose of astife
Christian education among the Hindus, including a College Department^ and havisg
sufficient room to* accommodate a thousand scholars. This building was to take the
piece of the old bungalow, in which the same Missionary purposes had been esniei
out for fifteen years, but which had become too small. j

" Secondly. They wished to provide a residence for Native Students for the
Christian ministry, or for young men dependent on the care of the Misskm.
Nothing of the kind had existed hitherto, and its want had been greatly felt

" Thirdly. It was desirable to improve the accommodation provided for a few
Christian boys, and for the large boarding-rchool for native Christian girls whidi
has flourished at the station for so many years.

" Fourthly. They were anxious to erect a dwelling-house for one of the Mission* -j
aries resident at the station, for a double reason : first, that only one soeh hoHl
exists where two are needed ; and, secondly, because the rent of such a hooae wonii ^
always serve as a fund for keeping the whole of the Mission buildings in repair. j

" And Lastly. They desired to provide, if possible, a small Chapel for the vse rf '
the native congregation.

** They ciin report, with much thankfulness to God, that all these dengna
been completed, and that all the material agencies requisite for the effective
nance of a Missionary establishment are now in the Missionaries' hands, in
and to a degree which they have never enjoyed before. The gurls' boarding-ached •,
has been thoroughly repaired and refitted; the boys' residence has been dit /^
repaired, and the little Chapel has been formed from a portion of the M, buagdav-^
school-room. The Bazar-Chspel also for vernacular preaching has been taken on ft-;;
new lease for twenty years, and put in order for constant use. These arrmngeaMift.^
have been made without in the least trenching on the funds placed in the Minaaiip. Ti
aries' hands for the chief improvements, the cost of these repairs having been piofiM **
elsewhere.

" The Mission dwelling-house was completed a year ago, and was at once occnpieA>
The students' residence and the Institution for Hindu Sdiolars were opened on the ,
2nd of February last. The former contains seven Theological students, and te
latter is daily occupied by/ the School and College classes of the Institution, eon-- <
taining together six hundred scholars. Of all these buildings, the Institution n lif |
far the most conspicuous and most important. It has a very noble appearance, aid
occupies a most commanding position. It is the finest and most prominent olgedl
not only of the Missionary station, but of Bbowanipore and iti neighbourhood, tt*

VOR AUGUST^ 1854. 491

length is 180 feet, and its width 95. It is built in the pure Doric style, which, in
additioii to its exeeediog beauty, is admirably adapted for this country. The internal
anangements are as conTenient as the external is noble. Across the west front of
the building lies a large hall, 90 feet long by 38 feet wide, and 35 feet high. From
the ends of this hall two rows of rooms branch oiT towards the ea^it, leaving an open
emrt between them, intended to furnish light and air to the centre of the building.
A eorridor nms round this court and connects all the rooms to^^cther. The hall of
eoorse rises the full height of the building, and is covered by a light roof supported
on iroa trusses : the rest ^of the building is two-storied. Several of the rooms are
\ugtt and furnish the library, ]ecture<-rooms, and class rooms for the students and
Khdiars. The Institution opatains comfortable accommodation for eleven hundred
boys and students. The cost of these valuable buildings, and of the land on which
they stand, has risen to a large sum. Though the Missionaries have studied economy
u frr as possible, th^ have expended in securing them no less than ^7000. The
insl aecounta have not been passed, but the details are nearly as follows : —

** The original house and ground cost . . £1650

There-ereetiont>f the house CM

The Institution ..... 3850
The students' residence about . 500

Bailing, gates, and wall .... 210
Duirnn's houses, drains, &c., about . . 100

Total cost about .jf6940

"To meet this heavy expenditure, they have received from England, in addition to
piCKBts oi miqM, books, and apparatus and the purchase of others, ^5000 : indud-
■I s grant of JtiOOO from the Directors of the London Missionary Society. The
MMs eollected in this country both before and after the laying of the foundation
tee have amounted to j^l218, making in all about j£6300 available for the build-
■Vrnqnured. There remains therefore yet to be provided a balance of at least j^600.
"The buildinga being completed, and every department of their agency at
Aovanipore in full and steady operation, the Missionaries of the London Missionary
MUj f desire now to make a find appeal to their Christian friends for aid, in paying
[- 4 i* onee and for ever, the balance still remaining. They have nothing in reserve
fcriaftnie demands, except for the regular monthly expenditure of the mission in its
iBioM departments : even the cost of repairmg these buildings will, they trust, be
I ft% Bet from the accumulated rent of the mission-house. They desire therefore
*tt the more earnestness to see their present obligations entirely removed. They
ifflBl speeiaUy to those who are interested in Christian education ; because of the
fiieiltties now provided in the mission for this important end. They pray
ill that He, whose ia the silver and the gold, will be their aid : and that his
Hirarting Spirit will employ them in the conversion of immortal souls.

" Signed, " A. F. Lacroix,

J. Paterson,
T. BoAZ, LL D.,
J. Mullens,
W. H. Hill,
E. Storrow,

^^ ** JBdUuanari^ of the London Missionary Society"

492

MIUIONAftT lUOAIINS

NOTES OF A TOUR IN THE PEOVINCE OF BENGi

Fbox the incapacity of tho European constitution to sustain ai
tractcd exposure to the oppressive heat of a tropical summer, oa
sionary brethren iu India gladly take advantage of the cold seai
viditiug the Di^strictd mure remote from their places of residence. 1
means, while promoting their health, they are enabled to scatter i
wide, among the rural popuhition, the message of a Saviour's love.

It is to one of these juurneys, undertaken by the Bev. James Bn
of Berhampore, that the following notes have reference : —

" Hating received a grant of books and
money from the Calcutta Uihlc Society, I
•et out/' writes Mr. Uradbury, ** on the
2iid of December last, accom|iauicd by two
catechitts, (iurupnuad and Cbandicharan,
and n-uirucd tu Ucrhaui|>orL* on tho ICth of
Jauuary, 1854.

HOUTK.

'• \Vc proceeded iiurth-Ciistward to New
Pati)>oiia, where we found tlte ferries iuade-
qtiately manned and without accommodation
for laden vehicles, so that much of the di^'
was wasted in waiting for apabtage, unload-'
ing and reloading the carts { for, though it
was scarcely eleven o'clock when we arrived
at the ghat, it was du^k l>efore we reached
Comcrpore, situated on the opposite «horc,
in the district of Itajshahy. From this
village we travelled in an easterly direction
to Nattorc. The tine roail, thirty miles iu
length, leading to the above populous towo^
has bi-en made by a muniticeut native gentle-
man, Daboo Prasananath Ray, who, besides
completing this excellent undertaking, has
ItlN'rally endowed two di.oitensaries and an
Knglish school, having expended on these
and similar works of benevolence fifteen thou-
sand i>ounds. From Naltore we went north-
eastward, and made but slow ])mgress, for
most of the country lietween Dighaputeah
and Gwilc being submerged during the rains,
there is no road in the dry season except
through ploughed fields and long jungle
grass. On approaching Hograh the face of
the country liegins to change: a gentle
ascent is perceptiiilc, the earth is hard and
reddish, and continues to be so the space of
fifty miles. Beyond Pirgauj a loose, sandy,
and alluvions soil again presents itself.

"To the soath of Diuigepore thai mo-

notony, which prevails througliou
portions of Bengal, is occaaionaUy
slight elevations, scarcely descrvi
name of hills, pleasingly diversify
pearance of the country. Continii
course southward, through |)ortious (
and Rajshahy, we rc>rrossed the P;
Premtolli, and proceeded by the
Uhagwangola home.

** Though much of the country
which >»e pasj&ed is iu a high state t
vation, large tracts of fertile land i
run with dense jungle, and infest
wild boars, buffaloes, leopards, am
one of the last of which wc pass>
near without bciug aware of it till
the reach of danger.

" The chief products of the cou
rice, wheat, barley, pulse of variou
sugar-cane, turmeric, and bctle-n
indigo, mull)err}', linseed, mustani
and t(}bacco plants : and the principt
factures are indigo, lac, silk, and suj

POPULATION.

"The six zillahs, through por
which wc travelled, ^loorshedal)i
shahy, Dograh, Rungpore, Uinajep
Malda, pay annually a land*ta\ of £(
have an area of 15,050 square mile
population of more than six millions

"In the physical appearance of t
bitants of the respective districts
ceived no marked difference; but
villages between Hograh and Rung
saw a great number, chiefly wom<
figured with the goitre.

MANNKR OF PROCEEDING.

" The period of our stay in the r(
localities where we encamped vari
one to three days. Divided into

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493

three parties, and proceeding in different
directions, we usually went out about seven
•^dodk iu the morning and returned between
tiefen and twelve, and again at half-past
tkree in the afternoon and remained till
Cfening. By adopting this method, we were
cnbled to proclaim the Gospel, distribute
tnetf and the sacred volume, in all places
liUisted within a circle measuring from
dlhteen to twenty.four miles. While march-
lag from one encampment to another, which
VII so average distance of twelve miles, the
Wan, marketa, and hamlets on the road
lere likewiie visited. Where the population
m leattered we repaired to the most
cestial ipot, and, in order to give the people
Botioe of our approach and collect as many
together as possible, made use of a liell,
vliich we found of great service; for, on hear-
ing it toll through the village, men, women,
lad children rnshed out of doors, and fol-
lowed us to the place of preaching.

"Aiit was the time of rice-harvest, we
fftea went to the reapeis at work in the
fiddi, who willingly suspended their labours
to heir the good news which we had to tell
them.

CONCnBOATIONB.

"The portions of the country we visited
difomuch as to the amount of population
tbej contdn, some being densely and others
dusly inhabited, and this circumstance regu-
hted the size of our congregations, which
^ttied from eight hundred to half-a-dozen
pmou.

** llsd we confined our labours to populous

twM and large villages, the aggregate

lunher of our hearers would have been

isceedingly great. We deemed it, however,

adnuble to preach, not only in such import-

isl places, but likewise in every other it was

fncticable to reach, even if it contained

Mljr a few miserable huts. Out of the num-

^ of places which we visited, in one hmu

thtd and thirty-seven of them the tidings

of redemption had not, as far as could be

iMcrtained, been previously made known;

ind the population of some of these villages,

on which the light of the Gospel had never

dawned, is as much as five thousand souls.

DlSTRIBOnOX OF BOOKS.

" Our stock consisted of 2523 books, com-
prising 533 tracts and 2190 Scriptures, por<

tions and entire copies of the Bible, in the
following languages: — Bengali, liindostani,
Persian, Arabic, Sanskrit, and English. This
number however proved very inadequate,
so that had we adhered to our usual practice,
of going to all persons tlutt could read well,
we should have exhausted our store during
the early part of our journey, and have been
left to travel more than two hundred miles
without a single Gospel ; we were, therefure,
under the {udnful necessity of refusing to
supply numerous applicants, in order to
reserve a few copies for each place we
visited.

'* In the mind of every one interested in
the diffusion of the Christian faith the fol-
lowing question will naturally arise : — Are
the books read which are thus distributed ?
It is, of course, impossible to speak with
certainty respecting every individual book ;
but, from circumstances which came under
our notice, we have reason to brlieve that
many are not only read but carefully tliouglit
over. In the conversation and arguments, of
both Hindoos and Mohammedans, such
intelligence of the general contents of the
Bible was occasionally evinced as could have
been acqmred only by a diligent perusal of
its pages : some persons, who were absent
when we visited their village, on coming to
the camp to obtain a book for themselves,
likewise gave a pretty good account of a
portion of Scripture which they had heard
read in the house of a neighbour ; while not
a few individuals travelled several miles to
request us to explain verses or paragraphs
which they had tried but failed to com-
prehend. ,

"These simple facts prove that many are
desirous of becoming acquainted with the
Gospel; that they peruse it with attention,
and reflect on its doctrines.

Hl'IRlT OK THE PBOPLK.

** In every direction the country was open
to the free exercise of Christian ciFort, and
not a single in)i>ediinent thrown in the way
to arrest the progress of our labours.
Whatever may have been the hidden senti-
ments of a few of the sacerdotal order, who
are apprehensive the diffusion of scriptural
knowledge will in the course of time affect
the revenues of their shrines, mosques, and
temples, — and even these showed not the

4»l

MISSION'ABY MAGAIINE

IcMt Tiolencf either in their demeanour or
conver»atioii,— persons of all creeds and
clashes, the followers of Muhaiuiued and
Hindoos of every caste, instead of exhibiting
anj kind of opposition, gave us a friendly
reception, listened to the preaching atten-
tively, and evinced, by admissions and in-
quiries, much candour and seriousneu of
mind. Tliis favourable spirit was strikingly
manifest in those parts of the country
tltfough which wc had travelled on a former
tour, the villagers seemetl really glad to see
us again, and from their remarks it was
evident they had not forgotten the good
things which they had heard.

** The |»eople often gave free expression to
their opinions regarding the truth and excel
lence of the doctrines uf Scripture; but,
while speaking of the high estiuiation in
which they held them, sometimes acknow-
ledged that they should consider it difficult
to lead the holy life which the Bible requires,
and that it would, they thought, be im-
possible to carry on business, were they to
renounce the prevalent vice of lying, yet
the evil and guilt of the practice were
readily admitted.

" In Kantapakhur, an aged woman, ap-
parently al)out sixty, on hearing the scriptural
account uf siii, and Gud's awful denunciations
against falsehood, said : * All i>eopIe acknow-
ledge that telling lies is a sin, and that
many other things arc evil ; the brahmins,
the pundits, and oilier i>ersons, admit this :
yet these vcr>' persons do these wicketl
works every day.' On a further explanation
of the simple doctrines of the Gospel being
given, into the meaning of which she seemed
to enter, she said : Mt is not well to hear
these good words only once, I wish to hear
them frequently ; then my mind will l>e satis-
fied, and I shall obtain the knowledge of
salvation. Come to my house now and tell
me these good things over again.' We
complied with her request, went to a spot
near her dwelling, and there preached to
her, and a crowd that gathered around us.
On leaving, she and the rest of the people
begged that we would come again in the
aAernoon.

" In the same village, in the evening of
the tame day, a brahmin asked : ' Who are
you ; for what do you come ?' And on being

told our object, laid : * We do not whh
either to hear or receive yonr books; go
away.' But we peniited in reading a portkHi
of a chapter of John's Gotpd, to which he
evidently paid much attention, for in tlie <
midst of it he aaid : * These are good doe*
trines ; there is nothing evil in them. Ton
can read more, and then explain it.' Ho \
asked us, when leaving, to send hin a eopy i
of the New Testament 1)y another brahnia, <
who was to accompany ns to the teat ta
receive one for himself. I need not say wo
readily complied with his request, and
happy to find that the liUle which he
heard of Christianity had sabdued his pre-
judice, and created a desire for fiutker
information.

**A goldsmith of the village of Bof«
bargachi, a l^Iohammedan, about twenty-five
years of age, who had obtained in camp at
Nattorc, on the previous day, a copy of
Matthew, came up to us, in company with
his brother, and said : * The book which we
got yesterday we have read, but cannot
understand the meaning of it ; will you kindly
come and explain it to ns?* We accom-
panied him to his house, where we sat
down and explained to the two brothers, and
fifteen other persons who were present, the
I>ortions of the book which they had found
to be difficult.

" In the village of Bogchar, a respectable
Hindoo thus addressed us: 'I had been
informed, not by Christians but my own
countrymen, tliat there was such a religion
as that of Christ ; but I never heard it
myself before to-day.' After listening some
time,he seemed both surprised and interested,
and exclaimed, apparently vrith much real
feeling: * It is good; it is good. Please give
me a book that I may read about the good
things of which you have been speaking.'
And, on going away, he invited ns to stay and
take some refreshment.

** Similar invitations were given us in two
other places. Though we could not avail
ourselves of them, they pleased us ; because
they betokened a friendly disposition and
a relaxing of those barriers which keep
Europeans and natives asunder ; for, though
dwelling in the same country, they live
almost as much apart, in a social point of
view, as if they inhabited different worlds.

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495

t xMidcnoe of miajr fean, motfe
■MB coBHiitte to be itrtogera, and

littlo nore knowledge of Hindoo or
mftdan in-door life then the diy on
Ikajr Imded. For the advancement
mift interests of the country, aecular

an icHgioat, it is Tery desirable that
s raeea ahoold be better acquainted,
^ Ik piepared to make some personal
B te Um attainment of this object ;

sboold subdne hii pride, and

hia prejudice : for, without the

I of these evils, their greater union

to improTC either the material

coodition of the people.

flTATt or BDUQATIOlf.

B towns and villages which we visited
S5 sdiools, attended bj 1668 pupils,
them give a pretty good secular
n ia BngUsh ; but all the rest are
tad in the vernacular languages, and
ff f tlwfd to a knowledge of reading,
» Mid aeeoants. There are, however,
Ihe pUees in which we preached, one
I aad thirty-eight without schools ;

and some of these villages, thus destitute of
all instntetion, contain as many as three
thousand inhabitants.

PAUOITT OF maaioMARixs.
"Though India has been under British
rule nearly a hundred years, and Missionary
Societies date as far back as half a century,
up to the present day, four of the districts
through which we travelled, Ri^shsy, Bograh,
Rungpore, and Malda, have not a sing^
Mimster of the Gospel ; and a large portion
of the people never heard, I apprehend, so
much as the name of the Saviour : yet these
are not small and insignificant places, for
they annually yield a land revenue of
£283,500, have an area a thousand square
miles larger than Wales, and a numb^ of
inhabitants which exceeds the population of
that Principality by more than two millions
of souls. Everywhere the work of evan-
gelization may be prosecuted vrithout the
least impediment ; but the Christian church
still withholds the bread of life, and leaves
generation after generation to die of famine."

WEST INDIES.

BBITISH GUIANA.

I MiBBionarj brethren in this portion of the field have, for some
m^ carried on their labours under circumBtances of peculiar encou-
anfc. The TariouB means of religious instruction hare been attended
powing interest and effect, the cause of Juyenile Education has
A an important stimulus, and, in many instances, the people have
bvfced liberally to the support of the Gospel.
Ber. John Dalgleish, in adverting to the state of the Berbice Mis-
i tiie dose of 1853, observes : — '' From the report which I have made
rihf for the Society of Friends, I find that we have above 1200 chii-
nuler instruction in our day schools, and I believe our Mission
akood so high in general estimation as it does at the present
i/L" A testimony to the same efiect, and no less decisive, may bo
h reference to the Domerara Mission.

Hie ftnirishing station, Sbenezer Ghapeli on the western coast of
occupied by the Bev. James Scott, the Church Members ex-
snd the local receipts for last year amounted to £500 sterling,
extracts of a letter from Mr. Scott, dated 20th February
noe to the progress of the good work at this Station.

496

MltalOMAftT MAflABIMB

PmOOKSM OF BDUCATIOK.

** Ai our one achool-house. at this tUtion
(Ebeneser), wm incapftble of affording ac-
oommodatioo for the increasing nnmber of
pvpibp and one teacher, with all the aatitt-
ance 1 coold render him, unequal to the taik
of conducting the school efficiently, and at
serious inconfenience was experienced from
assembling together boys and girls up to
flfkeen and sometimes sixteen years of age,
I saw the necessity of getting a separate
building erected for the girls, and if possible
of getting a female teacher. The people
hating left NouieUe >landre, and the little
ehapel there being no longer necessary, I
resolved to take it down, and remove those
parts of the materials not yet decayed, and
erect a girls' school-house here. Exclu-
sively of the materials of the chapel, the new
building has been erected at the cost of 1 78
dollars, and is neat and commodious. There
are three ladies in this neighbourhood, of
European descent, two of whom are now
members of the church . One of these ladies
is now conducting the girli' school. I am
sorry to say that, having acted on the prin-
ciple of making the schools meet their own
expenses, I have not yet been able to re-
munerate this person as I could wish. The
school, however, is increasing; and I hope
to make her more comfortable next year.

** The boys' school, under the care of Mr.
AVilliams, is now nearly as numerously at-
tended as it was before the girls were re-
moved to their own school. The schools
here have met their own expenses, and left a
trifling surplus. It is, however, not so at
Freedom Chapel, for the teacher has to a large
extent been supported by the contributions
of the members of the church. Much of
this may be traced to the want of a resident
minister.* Our labours, as the friends of
education, begin to be appreciated in the
colony by all classes. Large sums of money
have been voted by our Legislature for edu-
cation ; but, as a general rule, their schools
lisve proved miserable failures. Our schools,
which cost the country nothing, are admitted
to l>e, beyond comparison, the best conducted
and the most efficient. On the first Monday

* Freedom Chttpcl St n lion formerly had • Mia-
■touary of iu own, but cl' Ulo your^ has been under
the •uperintendcnco of Mr. Scott.

of AugMil last W8 had a publie eiaai
anmeroaaly attended by parents and
by the atipendiary magisUniCt ai
medical men of the diatxid. Them
men were not only pleaaed, but ivfc
the attainments and smartnwa of oar
There has been a heavy outlay in th
tioa of the girls' scliool-liouae, hot I
imagine that money ooold have beei
praAtaUy expended. I am awe, eoi
friends see how mnch more mild and
the giris have already become sine
were separated from the hoya and
under a female teacher* they irooU
the money well expended. The boyi' )
house has required some repairat v
was enabled to meet by a grant of 48
(ten pounds sterling), received from t
ciety of Friends.

THI SBBD or TBB KINGDOM 8CA1

ABBOAD.

"I preach four times every Lord
and ride ten miles in a midday tropic
three times at Ebenezer Chapel, and •
Freedom Chapel. Three of these fc
mons are to crowded congregations,
public ministrations <d the Word o
whether on the Sabbath or week day
been well attended during the past
never better at any former period. I ]
remarkable cases of sudden convcr
record this year. I am sorry for tl
such cases may and periiaps ought t
under a faithful ministration of the i
life. Such cases, however, I have i
happiness of relating. But I have th
satisfactory evidence that the Gosp
been the power of God unto salvai
many souls. The attention and a|
feeling with which crowded audienc
listened to the words of eternal life,
the hope that many have been enlig
and savingly impreued. Persons v
of late never attended the house of G
now regular worshippers, and ai
hearers. Several backsliders have b
claimed. There is a very perceptil
crease of intelligence in the church,
the younger and more intelligent poi
the church, 1 am glad to find an ina
devotion, for a private meeting for
on the Monday evening is best attend
by that cUss of persons. With myw

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497

ttf, the kpie ni time, tindj, and the
id experiences winch time and events,
f of them painful, have given me, en-

■j aoqnaintance with the glorious
•I, and render its heavenly truths in-
iigly predotts to mj own soul. I hope
am better prepared by God's infinite
f and rieh grace, for publishing the
fil to mj fellow sinners, and I trust

it a work of God going on through
amble labours. * * ^ *

UBSaATBD AFRICANS.

i eonsiderable number of captured and
ted Africans have, within a few years
been brought to this colony. Of this
of persons we have now large and pro-
g classes, receiving instruction in read-
id the elements of Christian truth and
iae. Two young men of this class
been admitted to the fellowship of the
h; the most encouraging persons I

have seen for a very long time. One of ou r
members has interested himself in the in-
struction of the Africans, and his care and
attention have been rewarded with much
gratitude and success. * * * *

TBI AOKD DISCIPLKS.

" A considerable number of the members
of the church are now old and frail, and
many of them confined to their chambers
and their beds. In my pastoral visits I meet
with much from these old disciples which is
truly refreshing to my soul. There can be
no doubt but the truth they heard in days
now long bygone, was blessed of God to
the conversion and salvation of their souls,
and that the Spirit of God is now by that
truth meetening them for the skies. Several
of those whose decease I have recorded
have died in triumph through the faith of
Jesus."

or next extract is from a communication transmitted by the Bev.
jrj Ingram, under date 24ith July ult., and applies to his field of
ir at Brunswick Station, in the Upper District of Berbice. Mr.
■am^ it should be observed, arrived in the colony and commenced his
m only in the early part of last year.

lie great work ot preaching the ever-
g Gospel has been vigorously carried
It has been proclaimed in six different
of the Biver district every Sabbath, and
or more during each week : thus the
I aoand has been brought within the

of all. The congregations in the
IS chapels have been good, and great
tioA has been paid to the instructions
tad. Without entering into particulars
is point, I may safely affirm that the
B of the year have not been without

beneficial results, sufficient to en-
ge OS to go forward in the name of the

BIBLB SOCIBTT JUBILBB.

Becember last, special services were
M behalf of the Jubilee Fund of the
li aad Foreign Bible Sodetv in cou-
i Willi the proposed grant of one
a TooUuBents for China, when much
il was excited, and money enough
h«M to boy 958 TestamenU. It was
m la too BOOM of the people, whom I

knew were already supporting God's cause
to the full extent of their ability, bring in
the amount of 10, 15, an^ even 25 of these
precious volumes.

SOCIAL CONDITION OF THE PKOPLS.

>* The general prospects of this station are
pleasing, although more can be accom-
plished when I reside on the spot, as then I
shall be enabled to carry out a more ex-
tended system of visitation and instruction,
and every month's experience shows me
that the Missionary must not confine his
labours to the Chapel and school-room, but,
like the great Apostle of the Gentiles, teach
from house to house. Our influence, or still
better the influence of the Gospel, must be
felt in the homes of the people, or else much
of our strength will be spent in vain. The
population of this district being of a mixed
character, comprising Creoles, Africans, and
Coolies, there are many degrading practices
still existing. Satan certainly has some
strongholds here, and therefore the servants
of the Lord have much to contend with.

498

MiasiONAET MAOmMS

Drunkenness maj be meniioned as one of
the characteristics of the district. We have
within a circuit of throe miles, four liquor
stores kept hv Portu{piese traders. In these
dens of iniquity strong men may lie seen day
after day. wasting thf ir time, s|iending their
hard-earned money, and ruining )>oth bo<Iy
and soul, f am only siieaking the opinion of
others more experienced than myself, when 1
add, that this terrible vice is one of the curses
of the country. Many a promising young
man gives himself up entirely to its influence,
neglects every social duty, and dies a drunk-
ard's di'ath, without mercy and without
hope. It is pleasing, however, to turn from
this painful topic toothers of a more favour-
ahle character. It has been the custom in
former years for the principal proprietor in
the district, James I^tng, Esi{., to give a
new year's entertainment to the people on
his estates. This has generally l>eon a
dinner, when a whole ox would be supplied
to satisfy the cravings of hunger, and rum
liberally (li^)pen^^d to quench those of thirst.

A TEMPBRANCK FESTIVAL.

*' This year this plan has been abandoned,
and a btcp taken, whii-li I think you will say
is in the right direction. InsitCtid of providing
a feast as Tii^ual, Mr. Laing linndod mc one
hundred dollars, the antount usually spent,
and desired nic to give a temi)erance festival
at the large chapel. This olTcr I willingly
accepted, altliout^h 1 had but a week's notice,
and nianv ditricultieb had to be surmounted.
However we set to work ; 300 tickets were
given to Mr. Laing's people, and 200 more
sold to the other inhabitants of the district,
provisions boui^ht, cakes made, platform
erected, &c., and by great efforts every
preparation was completed by the appointcil
time, Monday evening, January 2nd. About
500 were present and partook of the good
cheer with every appearance of enjoyment,
I must tell you our food was of a morb
solid character than is generally provided at
such gatherings in England. You mny pos-
sibly smile at the quantity, as well as the
kind. ^Vc used one cwt. of beef, two barrels
of flour, two cwt. of sugar, with hams, tea,
coffee, Ac, in proportion. After tea (for
we still j)rcserved the name, although it
might be termed dinner) the Rev. J. Roome,
of Ithaca, delivered an interesting address

ott Tempertnea, ite iiB|Wrtiaee, •dvaBlagetf
&e., and the Rev. J. DftlgkiahfaUowcd with
an instructive lecture am the Wooden of
Creation, illustrated by Uie beentifHl views
of a fine magic lantern. It was tmlj as ex*
cellent meeting ; the people were ddighted,
and although we had tone of the wont
characten in thedistiict praaeDt, yet the
strictest order wai maintained daring the
whole of the evening. The jndicioaa pba
of Mr. Laing seemed to be appreciated 1^ the
greater number praent* and a kindly feeling
manifested. It is alao pleasing to add that
the receipts more than covered the expenses*
although everything had been provided in
abundance, leaving a balance in £avoor of
the station of more than sixty dollars. I
cannot pass from this subject without ex-
pressing my thanks to my brother Mission-
aries who rendered me their valuable assist*
ance on the occasion.

SCHOOLS.

" The attendance of the schoian in the
day school has been good during the year.
lu consequence of my non-residence, it was
not sdvisablc to have a public examinationi
but from my visits to the school I am enabled
to state that many of the children made
great progress, and would also bear testi-
mony to the diligence and efficiency of their
teacher. At the commencement of this
year I introduced the system of school fees,
and after explaining the necessity of the
change to the people, I was glad to find that
the more intelligent of them fully coincided
with the new arrangement. We suffered as
regards the number of icholan during
Januar)' ; but this was no more than was to
be expected; now, however, we have the
usual attendance. This will enable me to
discontinue drawing the teacher's salsry
from the Society, as the fees will meet two
thirds of the expenses, while I am con-
vinced that both parents and children will
l)e benefited. During the past year, the
Society of Friends kindly granted £5 to
tbut school as well as to the other Mission
Schools in the colony. The number of day
scholars on the books last year was 100,
average attendance about 80. The Sabbath
school has been well attended, as also the
classes of young persons. The Creole classes
held at the close of the morning service have

FOB AUGUST^ 1854.

499

bcea prodoctiTc of good, at by this meant

the tenuou is brought dowa to tlic uader-

sUDillDg of the most ignorant. These arc

oouducted by the deacons and others mider

my own superintendence, and before they

are duimMed I endeavour to ascertain how

fai they have comprehended the truths

Lnkugbt forward, and fretiucutly thcte arc

agaiu illustrated in the kimiilust manner.

Tbe number of persons attending the classes

U about 60 ; besides these we have ahout 100

chaldreii and young ^leople in the Sunday

•chool, making a total of 180 Sabbath

icholan.

A UOOO WORK IN TROORKSH.

*' In Tcfercncc to the congregation there is
much to chctr us; the good seed has not
been town in vain ; many, alas too many,
have been liearers and not doers of the word,
but upon some an impression has lieen pro-
duced, vhich I trust will prove of a lasting
character. Klany of these persons have
come forward and expressed a wish to join
the church, and I have every reason to think
that the good work has begun in their souls ;
in order, however, that 1 might impart to
tliem as much instruction as possible, and
at tbe same time test their sincerity, 1 have
delayed their admiuion until after my settlc-
■eot in the district. I am happy to include
in this statement some of the Africans at
Marah. I have visited this village every
Sabbath that I have been in the upper part
of tbe river, and some interesting and in-
ttUigCBt young men have been brought
Waealh tbe influence of the truth. In con-
with one of these last Saldiath, I was
to find that he mourned over the

spiritual darkness of his countrymen around
him, and felt anxious to do all he could to
benefit them ; he alito stated that these were
Ids feelings more especially on the Sabbath
morning when engaged in giving the signal
(the blowing of a cowhom) for Divine wor-
ship in the settlement. It seemed to him,
he added, that he was doing it for Jesus.
The young African's idea may perhaps ap-
pear exceedingly commonplace, but may he
not (in his own simple way) be acting in the
same spirit as the Apostle, and doing even
this small matter to the glory of God.

*' With two or three exceptions the mem-
hers of the church have acted consistently
during the year, although it must be con-
fessed that they need much of the enlighten,
ing influence of the Holy Spirit. Their
number is lOU. This, you will observe, is
less than last year, but death has removed
some, and others have left the district.
There have been seven persons added to the
church during 1853, one of whom was the
servant of my devoted predecessor, the Rev.
A. M'Kellar. Since his admission, he has
been very active as a Sabbath school teacher,
and proved altogether a useful member of
the church. * ♦ * *

** In concluding my notice of Urunswick,
I would express my firm belief that a great
work is to be done here, the rude materials
are lying on every hand. Oh, thai in answer
to fervent, clTectual prayer, the Holy Spuit
may soften and subdue every heart, so that
the wilderness and the solitary place shall
be glad for them, and the desert shall rejoice
and blossom as the rose !*'

THE CHOLERA IN JAMAICA.

It is with extreme concern Ave liave to announce tliat tlio fearful scourge
vliich coiuniittcd such ravages in this inland in ISoCIhas a«;ain broken out,
•nd numbered among its victims nmny of the poor people connected witli
ov Mission StationH. From all the evidence before us, it wouUl Hcem
tiflt the visitation has hitherto been restricted to some of the rural dis-
trictsy but it is precisely in these localities tliat most of our Missionary
ketbren are labouring, and where their presence and exertions, at such a
eamMg will prove invaluable. AVe would earnestly commend our dear
helhran and their families, iu this season of anxiety and sorrow, to the
fnjerfbl sympathies of our Christian friends.

500

MMtlONAET MAfiJUOan

Writing under d«t« 9th June uit^ tlie Ber. Wbl AUovst gire
following particulars : —

*^ I Aoi lorry to in/ono yon that Cholera,
In Its mott maligntnt form, has a^a ap-
peared among u«. Aboot three weeks ago
It broke ont on an estate a few miles from
this town (Poms), and, in km than three
days, more than twenty of the labouren were
numbered with the dead. Some of our
people who were working there, upon the
appearance of the disease, hastened home ;
hut, alas ! they brought the seeds of death
nith them. In the course of two days eight
of them, and of the friends who nursed
them, died. Among the number were two
young tradesmen, who had been educated
In our day school, and one of them was
tearher of the first class in the Sabbath
sriiiiuj. In the case of the latter the pro-
grrti of the cltscase was awfully rapid. He
returned lu»mr on the Thursday, in company
with I few frif luls, ami as that and the next
day I'issed without any of the premonitory
symptoms ap|>raring, we hoped that he had
esra|>ed infection. On Saturday he called
to im|uire alter the health of his friend and
fellow. workman, when he was informed tliat
he ws« dead and burird. This was about
niMiii. lie trruicd much shocked, and re-

withfiriiff in— I wmAenmp. Uestr
oa aata dboat midmfht whea be «
awl bdbre the Sdbbtfk diwwd lie w»

oat coAaor thnmL laid ia the eai
aOeat grave. To give jom sooa kka
dreadlal havoc which this terrible pa
is makiag aaioag this paopl<> I ^"Q ■
the case of oac of my dasa people^
haviag beard that soseof his famfl
in, at a Tillage aboat foar miles fro
place, weat to see them. He |b«wi
safferittg from Cholera, aad, in less th
days, be boiied his mother, two sis
brother, a aephew, aad a sister-ia-la'
excepting the mother, in the Terr pi
life. Indeed, as the man exclaimed, 1
no family left him but a number of h
children. The disease has now assi
milder form, and .frequently yields to
mcnt. We labour amongst a poor i
afflicted people, and my heart often i
at the scenes which I am compelled 1
neu. For the last seren years the;
scarcely recorered from one calamity
they hare been visited with another
severer one. The Lord's hand is str
out still. May they turn unto Hii
smiteth them, and seek the Lord of h*

plird : ' Thru it in time for mc to prepare.'
lie wriit home, and was immediately seized

Anothor of our Missionary Brethren, labouring in this island, the
T. II. (lark, writos uiuler the same date: —

'* You have niont likely heard uf the re-
a|i|>rarancc of Cholera in our midst, and of
its ravages amoiigftt our |>eo|)le. The last
threr or four wcrki has been an awful time
in our nrighhourhood, and I am nearly worn
out in rndrnvouring to arrest tlie progress
of the disease, or mitigate its severity. Our
house has l>een quite the depot fur medicines
in our district ; and morning, noon, and
night, long before I could dress and fre-
quently before 1 left my bed in the morning,
and late at night, after 1 have returned
several miles fiom an evening service, mes-
sengers pressed hard one u|)on another for
medicines for their suffering friends. My
strength has been well-nigh exhausted in
visiting the districts and houses of the poor
sufferers, to administer medicines, give direc-
Uona, and seek to turn to some good and
•piritnal account this fearful visiUtion. I

have seen it in its most maligaant typ
in all stages of the disease ; but hithert
has graciously preserved me and min<
the pestilence that walketh in darknes
from the destruction that widketh at
day. The Cholera is a fearful visitant
where, and under any circumstances,-
in highly favoured England it is so
how much more so in a country like
where medical men are so scarce, and
times even medicines obtained with so
difficulty, and where too the climate te
further its progress and deepen the i
nity of its type.

" Pray for us, dear sir, that this s
visitation may be sanctified to us and
churches, and made the means of advi
the spiritual interests of the churcli
this colony."

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CONTENTS.
FOBTBAIT OF THB BEV. J. W. BI0HABD8ON.

X. nOOKAFRICAL NOTICE OV THB LATB BKT. SAMUKL OnAXCBLLOB,

OF BPFIXO, ESSEX,
n. mLLENASlAVISX. — MO. IT.
ni. THB EXBROIB8 OF PBOTESTAITTISIC.
IT. LBATES OF HEALINO. — NO. III.
T. BRCOURAGEMENT TO PERSEYEIUNCB.
TL rOWEB OF PBATBB EXEMPLIFIED IN THB OABB OF THB PILORIIC
FATHERS WHEN DROUGHT THREATENED THEIR NATITB LAND.
TXX. THB RET< W. JAT ON THB PERSONAL REIQN.
TllL FOETRT.
IX. BETIEW OF RELIGIOUS PT7BLI0ATIONS.
X. BOMB CHRONICLE.
XL GENERAL CHRONICLE.
XU. MISaiONART CHRONICLE.

A Portrait of the Rev. J, GARWOOD, M.A.,
will appear in October.

Th» ProflU of fliis Work oro dovoted to the Benoflt of Widows of

lOnisten.

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CONTENTS.

Bloffiaphleal Noike of the late Rcr. Bamael Chan-
evllor, of Epplnfi. Kaeei ........ ^.■•■•■■■••••.■•..••m SOS

MlUenaFianlsni-^~?io> s. •••••■. M«aa*M.M>**>^ •«••••••••» s9T

The Bacrfieaol Protettantlam •• m* 511

LeaTee of H[eaiiiig.^No> 8. ««..«.M...Ma ..•••••■.... ■>•••• SI 9

Baeourafement to Prrieveranre .m. ■...« SIO

Power of Prayer Exemplifled In ihe eaee of tha
PflRTlni Paihera when Droufht Threatened their
Native LanQia*. .•••••••■•••••.•■.••••••••.••■••••■•■••••••.•.• otv

The Her. W. Jay on the Penonai Reifn. .............. SSO

POETRY.

'* Jodfa not that Ye be not Judged " «...«.... SSI

Gluwity - .M... 581

Prayer 511

REVIEW OP RELIGIOUB PUBLICATIONS.

Banecn'i Hlppolytiu and Hit Age; Ouilinei of the
Phllotophy nf Unlvenal Hiitory ; and Analeeta

Aaie-Nirana 5tS

Toong'e Short Anruments about the Millenium .^ 62S

Atkinson's The Church iX9

Journal of a Depuiatlon sent to ihe East by the

Malta Protestant dlkirf. in 1 84V 529

Hamilton's Colleclmi Wurkk of Dugsld Stewart,

Esq.. F.R 8.S SSO

Forbes's Syuiinetrical Structure of Scripture SSI

The HoinilUt— Vol. 1 SSI

Graham's Jordan ana the Rhine „ »,.«......... SSI

SrcIopcJia Hililiogrnphira 531
etherington's Mtrmoimnd Correspondence of Mrs.

Coutts SSI

Bibree's Human Anstomy Simplilied SS2

Jay's Final Oiscourtca at Argylr Chapel, Bath 53S

North British Review.— No. XLII S3S

HO.ME CHRONICLE.
Midsummer Distribution of Profits

5S4

Editorial Reflection ..........

Engltok OongitotltMl Chapal Building Society.

Flitt Annual Repmt mb*..m.m..mm....m«m.m.m.m.'
Munificent Preaentation ....
wam e iQ ......... ... ... •.. ... ... ... ,

Our Denominational Literature...... ..........

Hamaahire Aesaelation ofCongreffational Chnrehfl -.

and Ministers M

Openinir of the New Independent Chapal, Veataoi; ^

Union Street Chapel, Brighton ....««•.«..„....... m

GENERAL CHRONICLE.
China —Extract of a Letter tnm Dr. Legge to Mn.

Leiierson the Continent.— No.* S m

Turkey.— Affsociation in Aid of Evangelical Mla-
•loni in Wcetera Alia and the Eaat of Euiopi^
especially the American Board M

India — Extract Letter from Dr. Judson to Mr.
A , on the Death or his Wife............... M

Fnuiee.— CaaversloB of a Soldier IB

MISSIONARY CHRONICLE.

Polynesia. — Memoir of a Native Evangelist ...... SB

China.— Shanghae M

India—
Theological Seminary at Bangalore ........... M

Educational Institution at Madras ...........m M

Bellary.— A Lamb of the True Fold ............. M

(^aicuiia ...•.•*.....«.•.......«.......•....•.................■ (■

South Africa —

Lekatlong.. ....«•

Cradock ......

Arrivals...........

Acknowledgments ..........m I|

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of ten years since this manafacture was introdnoed by Sari and Sons to the paUio, and, as^
withstanding the many spurious and unprincipled imitatioua, tha present demand exceeds all forasi
preoedeuts, thtis giving a convincing proof of its having answwnsd the end proposed, wUih
was to produce an article possessing the durability and appearance of solid silver, at one-ttHh
iU cost.

A new and enlarged Pamphlet of Sketches and Prices is just published, and now ready for diw-
lation. It may be obtained gratis by applying at the manufactory,

SARL dc SONS, 17 and 18, ComhiU.

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE'OF THE fATE REV. SAMUEL
CHANCELLOR, W ^BPsmo, ESSEX.

On Uth KotnlNr. IteS, it pleuid
A* Oickt BMi- tg tfaa Chanb to n^
■ne from M^'H WtW iad t«fc»-to htt

r^wird. the Rtr. Samuel Chancellgp; of
^ppin^, EsMK. alt^r a !^hort mMM,
tnder wluifh he was atuUincd ll^ tiis
pve. ai>d dkerished by the prcBenw, of
kk DiviM Redecnrer, so that he frc-
|»»tly MUteinrad, " I am so happy ! "
B* na bnni »I KfQsinglim, and re-
«iT*d his fdoMtion at Christ's Hospi-
W SdUMl. Until lata in life, he was
■n^Bgvd in » feoalnr occapatian, eihi-
Itong, trader erory Tariety of cireum-
ittoce, ■ itrict KAd ronscientiouB regard
W the itttartMa of his employer, aud
neizmpUworthyof imitalion lo those
nnjnd with him in the samo depiirt-

(U* M Ua only and all-»nffieient
IrSmv, vndar the ninutry of the Rer,
Br. I«ifeluld. then putot of the Odd-
pfittMuI Chnreh ueembling in Horn-
reot Cbapel, Xenaington, towarde
he dierUhed the moet afibetion-

Aftcr hit eouTcnion he became very
■Gatana te teatiff hii lore and grati-
Wi to EEm who had redeemed him
Me God with hia preciou blood, hj
Mhe Mrries in Tariooa pottiooa of the
hiH^ viiMryird, and became a teaoher

In the Snnday^chool connected with the
dnirth abore refirred to, where he la-
botiriedfiir maayyeen moat sealootly
•ad aiizioQiIy ib beluUf ef the deer
mUMn, endeaTMOiiig' to wvin their
lieirts' the' aeed t^ gobpel tmth, often
watering it with bu'teue, aiid' ever fol-
lowing it with hiaeamert pttitiioiu' to
that Spirit by whom alone it could be
made 'efltetnal to their conTarnen: to
Qod. The son of the'ezoellent ndniateF
belbre alluded' to, who ia now settled
orer a church at Nailaworth,' in Otou-
oeatenhire, waa among thoee who re-
eeiTed inatrnetion from his lipa. His
afternoon addreeaee to tlie children in
the eohool were charaoteriEed by great
-eanieetnMa and pathoej indicating the
dMp intereet he- felt for their ererlaat-
ing good. His Heavenly Father having
enabled him to apeak from experience
of the great salTation, he became de-
airone of conunnnicating to " children
of a larger growth " what he himself had
tasted, and felt, and han died of the word
oflife.and was led to accept an invitation
ocoaiionally to address the poor and
ignorant in some of the more destitate
jmrts of the neighbourhood of Sutton-
itreet, Oore-lane, &c., among whom hi*
labours were acceptable and valued,
many being able to testily to the benefit
they derived from his fervent appeal to
thoT conedencea and hearts. Christ

HtUIONiLltY HAQAIIKB TOE AVSinr> 1854.

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BIOORAFHIOAL XOTICE OF THE ULTB BXT. SAXUBL OHAXCSLLOB,

OF EPPIKO, E88EX.
MILLEITASIAKISBC. — VO, II.
THE EXBEGIES OF PROTSaTAlfTISM.
LBATES OF HEALIKG. — KO. III.
EHCOURAGEMEMT TO PERSEYEBANCB.
POWER OF PRATER EXEMPLIFIED IN THE CABE OF THE PILaHIX

FATHEBS WHEN DROCQIIT THREATENED THEIR NATIYB LAND.
THE RETi W. JAT ON THE PERSONAL REIGN.
POETRY.

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awa J flvrty and tiiat man of nn be re-
tmM, tha Mn of perditioii ; who op-
poMth and ezalteth himwlf abore idl
that if called God, or that ie worship-
ped; to that he as God sitteth in the
temple of God, showing himself that he
is God. Remember ye not, that, when
I was jet with yoa, I told yon these
things?"— 2 Thes. u. 1-^.

It is not our intention to enter into
any exposition of this remarkable pas-
sage. We refer to it ^ns early beoanse
it has an important bearing on oar ar-
gnment with oar Millenarian friends.
It is well known that the strength of
their reasoning in support of the riew
we are opposing, depends mainly on the
prominence given in the New Testa-
ment to the second advent of the Savioor,
and the langnage %hich the apostolic
writers employ with reference to it.
They speak of it as the great hope of
the church. Christians are described
as "those who love his appearing.**
Their minds are constantly directed
toward it. They are represented as
"looking" for it, "waiting" for it,
"hasting unto the coming" of it The
advent of the Saviour from heaven is the
church's "blessed hope." We have given
some specimens of the language in
which it is referred to in the passages
quoted above. We add a few others for
the sake of exhibiting the full force of
this branch of the argument "Ye
come behind in no gift, waiting for the
coming of the Lord Jesus Christ" — 1
Cor. i. 7. " Our conversation is in hea-
ven, from whence also we look for the
Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ" — ^Phil.
iii. 20. "Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of the great
God, even our Saviour Jesus Christ"
—Titus ii. 13. " Unto them that look
for him, shall ho appear the second
time without sin, unto salvation." —
Heb. ix. 28. " What manner of per-
sons ought ye to be . . . looking for and
hasting unto the coming of the day of
God."— 2 Pet iii. 12. "Behold, he
oometh with clouds."— Rev. i. 7. "Sure-
ly, 1 come quickly."— xxiL 20.

We fkMty admU tbaft tlMM
to whidi othsfa similarnii^ be addsd^
have refinmiee to theaseood advent of
the SaTiov} to the time wiwo, as he
himself foretold, he shall ** eome in the
glory of die Father, widi all his holj
angek.** Bnt we go fiurther, and fnel^
aeknowkdge that the xetnm of the
Savionr is here held Ibrth as *< the bksset
hope " of the dinrdi i as the wminmnMiFi
tion of her blessedness ; as the grand
epoch around whieh the dssirea and
expectations of Christians shoold eon*
stantly be gathering. We tnAj ae-
knowledge, moreover, that there hne
been a tendency amoog Giristians to
overiook this, and that, in their ooncq^
tions of heaven, they have dwelt rather
on the blessedness of die intermediate
state,— of being "absent from the body,
and present with the Lord," — than on
the blessedness in reserve for the be-
liever on the revelation of his Lord
from heaven. We think that Milkn*
arians have peifbrmed an important
service to the church, in directing atten*
tion to the prominence which the in-
spired writings give to the second
advent

When, however, from the employ-
ment of such language by the sacred
writers, they argue that the day of Christ
is at hand, we think it as clear that they
are in error. Nothing can be more
evident, from the way in which the
Apostle Paul treats this subject, than
that while he was himself constantly
employing such langnage, he had no in-
tention of conveying such an impression
by it When he found that his language
was so interpreted, he immediately
wrote to denounoe this interpretation oi
it as a mischievous error. He was full
of anxiety that the Thessakmians should
discard the error. He **beseecheM"
them to abandon it He exhorts them
to " let no man deceive them by any
moans " in this matter. And then he
reminds them, that when he was with
them he had told them of events which
must happen in connexion with the
Sariour*s kingdom prior to his ooming,
which events, as we now see, have occu-

•10

wludk he knew nuut be oeeapiad bjthe
worioDg of "* the myimj of iniqnity,''
•ad the dcTelopaient and reign of ** the
BMn of •utt" end rejoioee in p roepect of
tkai day as " near, even at the doore."
80 with the Apoetle John in the Apo-
ealjpee. The eeroU of the future, eon-
taiaing a prophetie Tiew of the SaTumi^i
Irinyi^pn, on to the conrammation of
ell things, wee nnroUed before him.
The choit^ is beheld hj him like a
pore and eilTerj etream flowing onward
down the oonrae of agee ; now contracted
in its ehanndi now rolling on broad, and
deep, and ftill 1 now diaappearing almoet
entirely from viewi and now epreading
out into a mighty flood, and corering
the earth as the waten coTcr the eca,
while it is radiant with the sunlight of
heayen, aud sparkles with the glory of
God. He beholds it, under rarious
aspects, rolling onward, till it disap-
pears in the fulness of eternity. And
**the times and seasons" are not con-
cealed from him. Dates are specified.
Lengthened periods are assigned for
the aocompli^ment of one and another
series of erents. It must hare been
dearly CTident to him that the day of
the Saviour's appearing was yet in the
far distant future. But when he comes
to express his own state of mind with
reference to it, he speaks of it as though
it were near. *< Behold, he cometh with
clouds.*' Xot, he 9haU come. But, '* he
eomethJ'* And when, at the dose of the
book, the Divine Saviour, in the same
prophetic strain, intimates his speedy
approach in the words, ** Surely, I come
quickly;*' he is ready with the response,
**£ven so, come, Lord Jesus!" To the
faith uf the Apostle John, then, as to
that of the ApoHtle Paul, the advent of
the Saviour ^vas near, though to their
calculations of time it >\'as remote.

It would bo easy to show that this
same feature runs largely throughout
the whole of prophecy, and that, in pre-
dictions regarding tlic future, duration,
as an clement, is generally overlooked.
This may be seen in the very first pre-
diction Uiat was uttered upon earth:
'* The seed of the woman shall bruise

the Iwad of the wmprnd."* Hen, it
fixed time is specified. Onr first motkv
aeems to ha^re looked to the Ibltllmnt
of this promise in hat owb flne-bon.
She was grievooaly disappointed. FoiBP
thonaaad long years hiid to nm thdb
oourse ere it was aoeomplialied,
now its aoeompUahmeBt fa not
plettt. We aameCinea find dif
events grouped together in Hie
prophetio picture, as if they wsre ^
oeonr olmiiltaneoQaly. But Hw mpslt #
has shown that ages were to iatertoM
brtween them. As a speoinMn of tlil|
we might addnee the pn^iheey of dying
Jacob rsgarding the Shiloh. — Gen*
xlix. 10. From the tenns of the pre>
diction, one who lived prior to thi
Shiloh's coming might have imagined
that, at his coming, the people would al
once be gathered to him. Bnt we ses
a lengthened seriee of ages bet wesi l
theee events. Eighteen eenturiee Ihkvs
elapeed since the Shiloh came, and tihs
people in their fhlnees are not gathevsA
to him yet. The same thing may bi
obeerved throughout the larger porCfan
of Isaiah's prophedes. lliere is one
prediction, however, which is eepedally
remarkable in this respect, and whieh|
ftom its intimate connexion with tlis
present subject, must not be overlooked.
It is that attributed in Jude 14 t»
Enoch : ** Behold, the Lord eomcth with
ten thousand of his saints to executa
judgment upon all." Here we have the
coming of the Lord to judgment fore-
told more than three thousand years
before hii coming in the flesh; and it
was foretold in language which seems
to imply that it M-as an event then nigk
nt bond. It is not, '* the Lord 9haM
come," bnt ** the Lord eoawth." AnA ^
this, about ^re thousand years ago! V
Is it not clear, then, that in connexlott ."^
with this subject the element of duration^'
should not be taken into account by.
us ? Faith should enable ns to see tiM "-
distant as though it were near. Tlii^^
moro we are under the influence <il:^
that Spirit, which inspired prophets'
and apostles, the less will snob calonli^
tions influence us. J"

THE £2ISBaU£S OF FBOTBSTANTISM.

61J

We cannot feel, then, that there is

taj force in the question so often asked

bj Hillenarians, ''How can vro look

oat for the Sayiour^s coming, if we

believe that a thousand years are to

iaterrene before it?'' To this it is suffi-

dcDt to reply, ** How did the inspired

vxitera look out for it, though they

knew that events must previously occur

vhich would necessarily occupy longth-

oed intervals of time, and which have

letiaily filled up thousands of years?"

We do not mean to charge Millena-

Qus with playing into the hands of

isfidelity, but it would be well for them

to remember that one of the arguments

■Bit frequently urged in these days

«§aiast the inspiration of the New Test-

aacBtt ^ derived from the meaning

vUch they insist on giving to such

kxto as those wc are now referring to.

Let the following passage be pondered.

It is from the pen of one, once a MiU

kaarian, now among the most invetc-

jate infidels of the day. ** My study of

thi Xew Testament at this time," says

Xr. F. W. Xcwman, ** made it impossi-

Ut fiv me to overlook, that the apostles

kid it to be a duty of all disciples to

c^ect a near and sudden destruction

tf the earth by fire, and constantly to

W expecting the return of the Lord

fimm KeatenJ** In another passage,

• Phases of Fuitb, p. 34.

after remarking regarding the prophe-
cies of Paul concerning the apostasy,
that " they are high testimonies to the
prophetic soul of Paul," he adds, ^< but
there is nothing in them to countenance
the theory of supematurolism, in the
face of his great mistake as to the
speedy return of Christ from heaven."t
Had this writer but allowed the apostle
the common justice of interpreting his
own language, he could never have
adduced such an argument against his
inspiration. But such being the case,
should it not be a question with Millcn-
arians, whether, by the interpretations
which some of them put op. such pas*
sages in the apostolic writings, they are
not undermining the authority of the
word of God? We do not fear for them-
selves, but for others, whom they succeed
in indoctrinating with their views, lest
they should eventually be driven into
infidelity by their obvious inconsistency
with historical reality. The writer
whom we have just quoted is well
known to have been, at a former period
of his life, intimately connected with
Millenarians, and it is abundantly evi-
dent, from his writings, that the sickly
theology which ho learned in their
school was one main cause of his
apostasy.

t Phases of Faith, p. 170.

THE ENERGIES OF PROTESTANTISM.

*^ Truth ii like the ancient oak,

Vok its mafltive branches, its gnarled trunk,
M isey imbedded roots ; — ^no storm

Can lay it low.
Jmmm weak and powerless,

WaotiDg
Tal sap, and aU internal strength.*'

Ir is an important sentiment, and one
we should ever most earnestly
that Protestantism is not a
ikt Tapid, lifeless, effete system, — a
■lier of principles ^dthout any vi-
r or cohesion, — a chain of truths
Mat any strength or adequate links.

Such representations are often made,
but they are utterly contraiy to fact.
They are, moreover, as absurd as they
are false. '\Miat we term Protestantism
is a collection of enlightened and noble
principles ba>:cd on Christianity, and
immediately deduced from Cliristianity,
forming, indeed, an essential part of
Christianity: — they areprinciples which
dignify the mind and elevate the cha-
racter; they have moulded, sustained,
and ennobled the best of our species;
and they are full of life, elasticity,
freshness, and power. It is very idle

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and erroneooa to Bpeak of the makiMH,
of the imbecility of Protartantiwn. if it
be eleuly and properly nnfolded;— m
■honld rather tecui to iti legitiniatA in-
floencee — to ita vital, its mig^^ power.
The exhibition of the tme chaiaetn'
aad apirit of Protestantinn, by ita
frienda and adherents, is, unhappily,
often moat defective and nnvorthy.
Here ia no life, no conriatency, no
beanty in the development. Iliere !•
nothing but tameneaa and timidity.
There ia no Indd and grand exhibition
of principle. There ii a nd want of
elekmesa and stren^. There ia heoi--
tancy in ^vuig atteranee to aentiment.
There ia an indecinveneaa, aa unlovely
a* iiguriona, in whatever quarter it ia
diaoovered. We advance beyond thia.
How many are dure who are moum-
JUUjf ignorant of the charMter and
value of Proteatantiam. They can give
no lucid account of ita trutha. tiiey
famiah no appropriate development of
its apirit. They are no examples of ita
worUi or efBciency. By them Frotest-
autiam ia caricstoied and distorted,
rather than preaented before othera in
an unambiguous, accurate, and atraight-
forward manner; — conaeqoently, no
light is shed and no guidance is far-
niahed ; no beanty ia beheld, no power
ia exerted.

We believe that nothing ia more ti
than Proteatantiam ; that nothing
more noble; and that nothing is more
mighty; but then it requires to be
civuBj/ and oAqvaUfy unfi)lded. And,
at a period tike the present, in parti-
cnlar, how deairable, how important,
how necessary ia it, on every ground,
that there ahonld be no mistake with
regard to the' character or influence of
Proteslantiam ; that there ahonld be
uncertain or defective exhibition of ita
spirit and power, but that it ahonld be
elearly understood, cordially emhnoed,
tUly conveyed to othera, without trim-
ming, heailancy, or fear-

We maintain that, aa nothing ia more
attractive and beautiful than Proteat-
antiam, so nothing is mors itrong.
energy is native, is inherent; and, when

tnnper is bratetad:, flat eMtcy wOl MN

at OSes and infrsswngTy Mt, tad !■»

infiuanoe and beneStB will iMTttahlylih

oo&Teysd to euwni,

It'is an int

"WI1SBO0 doM fho &Mrgy <(PMI

tntantism legitliBatify sprin^P"

Wo immediatrfy, and fa g«mral« !•■
p^, and accor di ng to oar own vkM
and those of ths mass of oar lea tot

pabls,— it arises fiwB Oo flwt sf tti
being in faannony wift 0» Ihvtt, i»
deed, fiom ita Msg Om TwwA ttsdf r-
fbr, after mil the inaendoaa of om, Uli
bold aMertaons, at tntn tb» fc aa ni i li
tiooa, of another, whea notca^atiaa
is adequately embraced and anWhH
the sublime sentiment of OuBiBgwaftfc
is triumphantly cetablidied: — "1W
Bible, and the Bible alone, is tbt idi-
gion of Proteatanta."

To be, however, a little men apeoHa
and particular, we would make a bv
auccinct atatements confirmatory of tbi
position now advocated. Be it ob-
served, then, that the Energy «IPr»
teetantism flowa —

From the timpUeUsf of it* priaci fl m
There is no obscurity — no complexi^^
no mysticism. There are no doods •B^
rounding it There are no diScaltict
to perplex — no contrarieties to iMcn-
cile — no superstition to endeavcar te
justify — no myateriea to untaveL It li
the simplicity of Protestantism wbitk
constitutes ita charm and ita gkcy. It
is its lucidncsa, ita beantifbl clewnM.
which so strangely commendi it to thi
enlightened and reflective mind. Tbcn
ia no elaboration — no intricacy — no as-
bignity.

A few leading tmths ore inMkated.
A few great principles are enundatcd.
A few sublime, important, and gisst
practical sentiments are avowed; uA
they are to be maintained and adbored
to in the moat fixed and uadeviatiBg
manner.

Ood only is to be wonhipped — ft*
Buffidenoyof the Hidy Boriptarea— tb*

THB MBEBmm OF PB0TB8IA1ITISIC.

518

of the mediatioa of Giristy
it aoj of the impioper tad ido]&-
■dditioiis of Bonuminii — the right
tale judgment in all matters per-
g to Christianitj — the ahenrdity
BftilneM of any lordship orer oon-
e— the doetrine of jastifieation b j
to the repndiation of ell haman
I— are a few of the main principles
Btestantism, which mast ever be
■inedy and from whidi there mast
a the slightest depertare; and,
eoBtrasted widi the obscarity, the
raganciesy the saperstition, the
ad absard mammeries, the inez-
la mysteries of Popery — how sim-
■Msstent, end beaatiM they ap-
Theie is nothing to perplex, to
mdg to repeL Qnite the reyerse.
is eireiything to encoarage and
1 1 sfTety thing to inspire gratitade
bstration. Now, in the simplicity
sa great principles the strength of
rtaatiamy in a large degree, con-
nese constitate the fonndation
■di it is based, and by which it
illiUy sastained.

I aaetgy of Protestantism arises,
war, from the decision of its spirit
tae Protestant temper is, invari-
ema of fixed and enlightened de-
^ Hhere is no fitfnlness or yadl-
k| there is no "halting between
eflaions f no uncertainty with
i Id tiM coarse which is to be pur-
mind is fully made up. A
1 doctrines, or principles,
from a conyiction of tiieir
tlieir Test importance, their
and authorit)^ and they
Hflbdiingly adhered to. From
[ulakiiii may be the issues, there
ft- fiaviation. Impulse does not
ii^ bat great truths, great prin-
JHpcat motiyes, control. Hence,
iljBitioB is remoyed — all unsted-
Bit is annihilated. When Pro-
m m receiyed, after careful
Imi and much prayer, with
St and loye, it must render
and yotary decided. He will
-aosyinced of the truth and
ir^ndne of his principles — ^he

will see that those principles axe eyery-
thing to him, and, therefore the utmost
decision and stability will be induced.
He will not be moyed by one, or shaken
by another. He will not be influeneed
by earth, nor will he be daunted and
driyen Imck eren by hell itwll His
language will be, in the midit of re-
proach, temptation, difficulty, or perse-
cution : — ** Why should I be alarmed P
I am conyinced of the truth of the great
principles of Protestantism. I haye
experienced their yalue. They haye»
moreoyer, been tested during ages, and
in the most formidable manner. They
are solid bnlliim. They are the senti-
ments of the Bible. They are the truth
of God. I shall be true to those princi-
ples, whateyer I may endure. The cap
may be bitter ; the night may be dark ;
the sacrifices necessary may be costly ;
the reproaches directed against me
may be catting in the extreme; the
opposition I realise may be yery de-
termined ; the storm of persecution may
be tremendous; the ordeal through
which I may haye to pass may be, in
eyery sense, * a fiery one :' still, by the
help of God, I shall not fiinch. I shall
not wayer. My Protestant principles
will sustain and inyigorate me. I am
not to be moyed from them. They are,
to me, solid rock. I shall not quit this
firm base, for the loose and yielding
sands by the sea-shore.** This is how
the enlightened and Christian Protest-
ant thinks and feels, and this is the
manner in which he often expresses
himself, when maligned, assailed, or in-
jured, in consequence of his adhesion
to the Protestantism of the New Tester
m«it Were not these the yiews — ^these
the emotions — ^these the resolyes of the
noble army of confessors and martyrs?
Did not their loye of great Protestant
truths render them constant and un-
shaken? There was no fear ahout them.
There was no indecision in their charac-
ter. There was no faltering in their
course. They were enlightened and
sound-hearted Protestants, and hence
they could be relied on. They were, in
the strongest sense, true men. Their

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TUB KNSBOIES QW FBOagUMIOM.

eonrietion of tht fkUaciei, of the ab-
•nrditicty of the periloos erron of Ho-
nukntim, and their fall penueiioa Of the
■implicity, importence, and divine ori-
gin of Proteetantitm, rendered them
bold, steady, anTaeillating.

Roproacli did not aflfeet them. Op-
position did not intimidate them. Po-
rerty did not daunt them. Fieroe ene-
mies oould not oow them. The prison,
the dungeon, the prospeot of the scaffold
or the stake, could not induce them to
abandon the truth, or to falter in their
eourse. Their firmness was unequiToeal
•—was wonderful. Their deoision, un-
der the most trying circumstances, was
beautifully exemplitied, so that we re-
cur to their character and history with
ever-growing interest and delight. Now,
we ingenuously ask, — What was it that
inspired such thoughts, and induced
such resolves, in connexion with the
noble band of men to whom we have
alluded? AVhat gave such decision?
What nerved their arms, steeled their
minds, and fortified their spirits in sueh
a manner ? What rendered them will-
ing to encounter such opposition, to
brave such storms, to grapple with such
difficulties ? We answer, — Nothing but
their love of the simple '* truth as it is
in Jesus'* — their determination to main-
tain that truth in its purity and power,
untarnished and uninjured by any hu-
man additions, or degraded and }>rosti-
tnted by the perversions and abonii-
nationu of the Papacy. They were
thoroughly convinced that Protestant-
ism and Christianity were, essentially,
the same, and hence their minds were
fixed — their purposes were settled —
their course was clear, whatever might
be the issues.

And, be it remembered, their deci-
sion was not ignorant stubbornness.
It was the result of long, careful, and
serious reflection, of intelligent thought,
of abounding and continued prayer.
Thus were they taught and compelled
to be firm ; and the strength of Protest-
antism consists in the manly, enlight-
ened, and truly noble decision which it
uniformly induces.

Bendes, the energy of Proteataatifli
springs tern the eonsiatent and elevated
character whieh it fiiniia^-<«nd from iti
relation to the dignity and moral happi*
nesa of families; — ^there is, howevett
one point to which allasioDt howevtr
brief, must be made, namely,—

The influence of Proteatantiam on thft
character and progress of nations. Doca
not its strength lie here?

And, we ask, can anything, in the
history of man, be more vividly unfolded
thanthia? The fact ia palpable aa tho
sun at noon-day.

What has advanced eommnnities in
the most significant sense of the ex-
pression? What has most truly elevated
them? What has facilitated thought
and free inquiry ? What has encouraged
education ? What has most effectually
repressed crime, and all kinda of vice ?
What has advocated and nobly main-
tained freedom ? What has secured the
progress of nations in everything libe-
ral, manly, patriotic, and generous?
What has most effectually purified the
manners, the habits, and the domestic
and social character of a people ? Has
it been Popery or Protestantism? What
does the voice of history utter ? AVhat
does the experience of ages announce ?
AVhat do factB innumerable proclaim ?
Look at continental nations now, with
all the boasted advantages of civilization
marking the nineteenth century? AVhat
is the social and moral state of Euiopeau
countries at this hour, where Poi>ery
predominates and rules? Look at Italy,
the cradle of the arts, the nurse of ge-
nius ? What has Popery done for her ?
Look at Sicily — enter Naples, and ask,
what benefits, social and moral, has
Popery conferred upon the inhabitants?
Visit Tuscany, and let the question be
proposed — ^>Vhat has been the advantage
of Itomauism here ? Is there any free
thought ? any free inquiry ? any circu-
lation of the Scriptures? any true
liberty here? liepair to Spain and
Portugal, and mark the blighting and
demoralizing influence of Popery in
those countries. Go to Austria, and
observe the present condition, socially

LSAVKS or HSALING. — NO. lU.

515

tad morallj, of the milliooi in that em-
pire.

We would not ezagg^erete, but, at the
leae time, we woold not understate.
\niere the principles and spirit of the
papacy prevail in a country, from age
to age, thought is shaokled-^education
is checked — the mind is crippled — error
sod darkness abound — the character is
enfeebled — social life is sadlj injured,
sad crime and immoralitj are rife.
What a oontrost ! how dedsiTe and re- '
iiarkabla do Protestant countries •pre-
sent, to those over which the dense
clouds of Romanism brood ! How much
Bore light and freedom! What life and
tlasticityl What education and pro-
greia ! What domestic and social com-
fort, parity, and harmony! What moral
tad CJhristian liberty and advancement!
Contrast, for example, England ivith
Italy — Scotland wiUi Spain — Wales
with Tuscany. If we want to enlighten
a pec^le, to improve a community — to
nfine the manners, and elevate the cha-
ncter of a nation, we must not take
the spirit, the principles, the laws of
Pinery with us, but the temper, the
I, the principles, of enlightened

Protestantism. These laws, these prin-
ciples, will, under God, chase away
intellectual darkness—correct and neu-
tralize error — mould and beautify the
national character—discountenance and
repress everything that is wrong— ^
encourage and foster everything that
is sound and true, amiable and lovely,
virtuous and pure. This is why we
admire, and advocate so earnestly, the
principles of Protestantism. Only let
those principles bo received by a com-
munity, in the spirit of intelligence and
love, and the results, intellectually,
socially, morally, and religiously, will
soon be made apparent — they will be
palpable to all.

A thousand errors will be corrected—
a thousand clouds will be dispelled — a
thousand evils will be removed — a thou-
sand comforts will be imparted — a
thousand advantages will bo conferred.
Hero,— here, dear readers, are the beau-
ty, the value, the mighty energy, of
Protestantism. Love it then, maintain
it then, cleave to it then, — more earn-
estly and tenaciously than ever.

T.W.

LEAVES OF HEALING.

No. nr.

TUE SACRAMBNTd AND THE SCUlPTlRtS.

Il was some weeks after my lato visit
IB the family of the farmer and miller,
aatrated in my last paper, that I was
valking in the High-street of a neigh-
U»ziog market-town, when I met with
s gentleman and his lady, whose estate
WIS situated in the same district of the
tmaXj in which the farmer resided.
Ic was a justice of the peace, a man of
virm and generous soul, of large and
Sberal political views, but a High
Ckvrchman. He had married tho
jHttfater of a clergyman of tho same
■hoolt a dignitary of the church. AVe
U ellen met on previous occasions, in

matters appertaining to the county.
He was a great friend to general edu-
cation, and, to his honour bo it said, was
prepared to co-operate with men of all
religious shades of opinion for its ad-
vancement. Being at leisure, wo walked
together for a bea;>on, and outered freely
into conversation.

But scarcely had the ordinary topics
of the day been referred to, and the
critical state of affairs among the na-
tions, when suddenly Mr. V turned

round to me and said, '' So you have
been visiting our neighbourhood; wo
should have been happy to have seen

516

LBATBS OF ■BALDTOw'

yos; b«t.' ottliiif, be added, ** jom wt
nther daa gct o M ; why, jam hare al-

Mdjalifloated old Miller M end

Im fiuBilj Irom hb peiuh dundL"
•• Kot that I aflu awan 01;" was B17

rtplj; ** mj Tuita hare been deaipied
to inalraet and to eoodbrt, to plaee
beliBra them the ool j way of life and
hkaKdnw, to lead thm to chooae
Chriat — not to make them DiaBentera."
** O no," wae hia f«ady anawcr, ** I am
aware of that^-the ndller now goea to
the neighbouring pariah chnrdi, to hear

Mr. M f one of yoor erangdioala.

Oor clergyman, who,aa yon know, ia of
the High Chnrdi party, he den onn ee a aa
a papUt in diagniie, and wama all who
come near him against hia dangerona
doctrinet." " In that I r^cnoe," I re-
plied ; '*but I did not know that Fanner

M had been ao far intereated in

the tmth, and anxiooa for othen. I
hope, with all my heart, that hia seal
will be crowned with a blearing, in
leading yoor clergyman to reconaider
the deatructire tendency of the tenets
which he holda and teachea, and in in-
ducing multitudes to search the Scrip-
tures for themselves."

This was enough fully to introduce
the whole Tractarian question. The
couTersation now became animated and
earnest. A wide range of subjects was
glanced at — two es])ccially claimed our
consideration ; namely, Apostolical Suc-
cession and the Sacraments. *' In re-
ference to the dogma of Apostolical
Succession, as you derignate it," said

Mr. P , " you will readily admit,

that in the Jewish Church there was a
distinct priesthood, and that age after
age in succesrion." '* I do most readily,"
was my answer ; '* but I go farther, and
confine that succession for a long period
to the descendants of one family, the
family of Aaron ; and afterwards to the
families of one tribe, the tribe of Levi
But this succession, you know, is not
continued, else Christ himself is not a
Priest of the true church, for he was of
the tribe of Judah." " This I allow,"

said Mr. P ; *^ I do not argue for

a continuation of the same persons aa

IB the GUstiMi dmcb, aa waa
in the JewMk; bat is then no analogy
between the two; no antitype fhHtlKng
thetype and in thia cMewhaftisttB
antitypeP* To wluA I replied— ^ The
qnestion ia n foir one, and dwandi a

diatinet and poaitiTe

and win

yonaUowme to aak yonr oaadid and
pnyarfU eonaidemtioB of my rsplyf "

«« Moat OMradfy,* said Mr. P » «I "

ahall give it my fnlleat coaaidentioBi
bat let mi go into the hotel and at L
down I my wife looka tired thrangh oor ^
peripatetie theokgy." We did eo^ and
reanmed oar cou ie is atioa.

** Yon agree wi^ me, then,** I aaid, !
** in grring np the notion of particalar
persona or funiliea, as choeen and aet
apart for the ministry of the tme
chnreh— do yon not?" ** I do," eaid
Mr. P ** Here then the queatioa

retnma—Who ooostitnte the antitype
in the Christian chnreh co rrea p ondiny
to the priesthood of the Jewisb ehnrdiF
To this the reply is simplified by in-
qniring— what is a priest? Now, aU
are agreed, that among many other
duties, he was one tcho ojfered Mocrifieet,
Let ns keep to this one point In the
New Testament Church there is but
one sacrifice — ^that offered by Christ, the
High Priest of the Church, *in his own
body on the tree.' This being a perfect
sacrifice, needed aetualfy to be but once
offered ; but virtuaUy it is oflSercd con-
tinually, not by the mimsters of tbe
church only, but by aU who belieye in
Christ, who rest in his finished salTOr
tion, and who pleads aa the ground of
their acceptance, JSTts merUcrumM 9aeri^
fee. AUy I say, and thus the xXiypot
{fdtTfn) (1 Pet. T. 3.) of the New Tester
ment are not the clergy, but all be-
lievers constituting the oongregationa
of the faithfbl — ^the churdies of the
living God. Hence all Christians are
called < kings and priuU unto God.'
Thus we have Christ the High Priest,
and the priesthood of his Church in the
world, the whole of his people — ^liring^,
praying, interceding, teaching, blessing
in his name. But you will say — who
then are the tjrpea in the Jewish eoo-

ULLTSf OF HBALDia. — NO. TIT.

617

nomj of the Chriitian miniitiy? To

tluiy I re^7f tbo piopheCBy holy men of

•Bj fuDSj, tribe, or nnk in IUSb,

oOkdofGocU poMeeedof the *Urelj

cneka,' xeeeiTing, lovingt and nnder-

■tnding their eontente — who went

ftitiiy warned, and inetmeted the peo-

|le, firam * the eohooli of the prophets,'

«as ^eeiallj inquired, not ahrays \j

ddiTcring to them new rerelatione—

ftis took place in eomparatiTely few

Mtanees — bat by xeinfbtcing the law,

i n terpre ti ng nnfiilfilled predictione, pro-

duming leoorded warnings, and ad-

dneiiig ftnner ezamplee, both of mercj

md of judgment.

*'Now the first teachers who were
oflsd bj Christ, the sole Head of the
Chsrdi and sonroe of anthoritj in it,
len the apostles, the serentj disciples,
•ad afterwards the persecuted members
if the chnrdi in Jerosalem ' were scat-
tsed abroad and went ererywhere
prndiing the word.' Such is tiie sim-
ple leeord. Bat jrom speak oi the 'suc-
cenors of the apostles.' In order to be
tn apostle, it was necessary to have
Ken Uie Lord in the flesh; to be endowed
iritii the power of working miracles;
ud, by the laying on of han^, to convey
to others the giJDt of the Holy Ghost.
Bit who among the bishops or ministers
of toy chorch now, can lay claim to any
■aeh qualifications — so as to succeed, in
their office, the apostles ? Besides, we
Rtd in the New Testament of bishops
in the church, in the first age, as well
at apostles ; and that the office of the
one was quite distinct from the office of
^ other. If then the bishops, in the
tpoitles^ days, had entered upon the
dsties of the apostles' office, they had
donbtless been treated as untrpers of an
inthority not their own. This, however,
they did not do. And if they were to
ioeceed the apostles in their power and
office, where, we ask, is the divine re-
cord of their appointment, constituting
them their successors? llie apostles
were inspired to set all things in order
in the churches. Where is this arrange-
ment made by the inspirecl apostles ? It
cannot be shown. So that the very first

and moat important link in this sncoee-
sioQ is disoovered to be wanting. Till
this link is discovered, the whole chain
is lost, as fiur as its pretended spiritual
influence is concerned — a chain, more-
over, ooming down through popedom,
many links of which Popery itself has
anathematised, — such as when two popes
struggled for St. Peter's chair at the
same time, the one thundering his 'curse'
against the other."

Much controversy ensued on the view
which I had thus placed before Mr.

P 9 in which his good lady shared a

part with himself, which cannot here be

detailed, but which ended in Mr. P

•aying, — ** Your statement deserves the
most careful consideration, and I assure
you it shall receive it from me." He ad-
ded, '*What, then, is your view of tho
Sacraments? Time will not permit me to
discuss them with you, but I shall feel
obliged by your telling me, in a few sen-
tences, what opinion you hold of them."
I instantly yielded to this request, and
proceeded: — ^**Let me remind you, then,
in the outset, that the Tractarians,
equally with the Roman Catholics,
maintain, that baptism^ ministered by
the successors of the apostles, is rege-
neration, and that the real presence of
Christ, both his body and blood, after
priestly consecration, is in the bread
and wine of the Lord's supper. Let us
look, first, to Baptism, If we search the
word of God, not once is baptism spoken
of as the means of regeneration, but as
an ordinance administered, from the
beginning, to those who had actually
become converts, and to their families
and households. Hence the three thou-
sand, on the day of Pentecost, were not
baptized to be converted, but, being con-
verted, through the preached word,
accompanied with saving power, were
then baptized. Accordingly, the Scrip-
tures set forth the truth as being the
divine instrument of regeneration. '* Of
his own will beffat he us, by the trord of
truth.'' <'That we should be to the
praise of his glory who first trusted in
Christ ; in whom ye also trusted, after
that ye heard the word of truth, the

POWER OF PH.\YEB EXEMPLIFED

8l>v-~'nw fcOowiBg InsUiwe nnr-
nbd of the pomr of noitcd prayer,
I olnot tnm Bartlatt's "Pilgrim
Ffttben)" it i^pean n evident and
Ibnible, Out to giTa it -cBrrcncy is u
maaiflMt dn^. At tbt rery early
HttbaMDt at tlMM noUc mea, after
lumng paaad thnv^ periU by land
and by ma, pMiU wnoag the hcatiten
wd uBonc hlM fanthiCD, ihcj ap-
jMued to be ouder the preat«Bt of ail
oaUinitiM, — the withdnnal of tho
mile of their Ood! Cliristian-Uke,
they forgot not their datj-j and their
QoD me not nmnindfal of HU pro-
niM. The qnotelioii hota Iturttclt
is u follow! : —

" Hothing bnt their own linfulncu
eovld, •■ they b«dieved, hive brought
npom them Uue terrible Tuitatimi of
dronght ; end, therefore, not only ' did
flmy good man enter into examination
of hii own Btate with Ooi>,' but tliey
also determined to humble (liemselvca
before the Lord with tutiap and prayer.'
To that end, a day wet appoiiited by

public aathority, and aet apart from all
other employmcntB, 'hoping,' says the
piom narrator, • thai the aame God which
had stiiTed un up hcrE>unlo, would he
moved hereby in mercy to look down
upon UB, and grant the request of onr
dirjected louls, if our continuance there
nught Btaad with his glory and our good.
Bat, O the mercy of ouc Ood. who wag
u ready to hear ai we to uk '. for, though
in the morning, when we asaembled toge-
ther, the hoavcna were as clear, and the
drought aa likely to continue, as ever it
was, yet (our exercise continuing some
eight or nine houjit] before our departure
the weather was OToretBt, the clouds ga-
thered together on all sides, and on the
next morning distilled such solt, sweet,
and moderate sbowera of rain, continuing
some fourteen days, and mixed with mch
seasonable weather, as it was hard to say
whether our withered com or drooping
afftctianB were moat quickened or re-
vived, — Buch was the bounty and good-

laofoi

■ Ood.'

ise.

I am. Sir, yonm truly.

THE REV. W. JAY ON THE PERSONAL REIGN.
{nihtEdiivro/lht Etanoblicil UAOAiim.)

Sib,— I am greatly pleased with the
Jttper in this month's number, on the
Hilleninm, which I hope will be fol-
lowed up to the profit of many. I
wrote two paper*, which appeared seve-
ral yeare ago in the Baptist Magoiine,
** On the Alillenium," and on " "fhe
"llmee Frecediag the Millenium," with
which I have no doubt your opinions
will be in agreement ; hut in reading,
on Lord's day, Mr. Jay's Morning Ex-
'erciae on 1 PeL iii. 22, 1 met with a
pueage, which I think peculiarly im-

portant, and will, I hope, be naefol, if
it is approred for the Magazine.
I am, yonra reepectfnllj,

Stephkn Datis.
24, IVafalffar-tgutire,

Pedtkam, Atijf. 1,1864.

" Christ was a prophet, by his owik.
preaching. Bathowlocal,andcoufined.„
and succeealeaa was hie peieonal mini*-
try] The work waa to be done by «ni^
ther ministry. Corporeally he waa ta
withdrawi bnt he nld, 'The Comforter,

6S1

whidi it tbM WAy Glitet, wbMii fhe
Father will send in my ftttme^ he shall
teach 70a «U tidliga, and bfinif all things
to jouT lememhranee, whatsoeyer I
hare said onto yoo.* ' I hare yet many
thiaga to aay unto yon. Vat ye cannot
War them now : howheit when he the
Spirit of tmth is come, he will' guide
yoB into all truth; for he shall not speak
of himsdf, but whatsoerer he shall hear
that shall he speak ; and he will show
yonthingatocome.' Thus A« considered
lus penonal pCMsne* BoA agency fiur
iaierior to the dispensation of the Spi-
rit; ttad 7«i aomaaM looking §u his

bodily adtant againi as if ihli mm to
effect what the Holy Ghost conld not
accomplish! What purpose is to be
executed in the spread of the go^l, or
the conyersion of souls, or glorification
of the church, to which the energy of the
Spirit is not adequate ? ' Not l^ might,
nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith
the Lord/ Were CHirist here, in his
body, he would be confined to one place
at a time, and many would envy the
honour of seeing him in vain ; but by
his Spirit he oAn be ererywhere, and
eigoyed by all."

^iUtlJii

"laaOB «Ot TSAT TB.U KOT HTDOaD/'

Ifannotl the aaasure which ye maet,

Tb eaase anotfiar's woe,
Ifay ftdH twice emptied at yooflr flbet,

And pioft your overthrow*

hdgi Boi I nnemng Wisdom rsigas }
And purest love would plead

Adnee, might save a brother's pains,
And meet a stranger's need.

Then judge not ! impulse, charm^ or
mare,

Are kxkown to God alone ;
SiTe those who agonise in prayer,

Or yield, and are undone.

Btwuefafal! keep thy garments pttie,
Wilk humbly with thy God ;

IWy must unto the end endure
IFho 'd gmn HeaTen'a bright abode.

A. M. S.

Oi, to be pure in spirit 1
01, to be true in heart!
A»«MtwedidiBherH
Vkt wisdom would impart !
Att gnM wUeh keepeth lowly ,
Vlaa othcfs* ftmito we see,
Us Mosfc fhn kind— Hie holy
Spirit of Glunty.

TMLXXXn.

For 'tis not money git en,
No ! nor our long prayers said.
Can purchase peace in Hearen,
When we are 'mid the dead ;
'Tu not in fbnn^ or fashion,
Tliat godly we should be.
But alay each sinful passion.

And wed s^n^set Charity.

'Tis not in mansions azure paved

That God alone would reign ;

The heart of man, tho' cnish'd, tho' slaved,

May be 1^ home again :

Oh ! happy if our lives were thus

By aU men read and known.

That they might own admiringly,—

That heart is Jesus' throne.

£« IC A.

SBOBXT FaATSB.
" But Uioa, whAii kbou prajMt," Sco.— Ma«T. vt. S.
SioaaT Prayer! oh, ne'er forget,

Aa you God's favour prise 1
This is the way, the happy way,
That leadeth to the skies.

Oft enter through thy closet door.
And there pour out thy prayer ;

There utter all thy heart's desire—
Thy Father waiteth there.

Let nothing turn thy foot away
From this moat sacred place ;

68d

BiYiiw or RiLXoioim pubuoahovs.

IM nothinf tempt thM to liarMke
Tht preeuroi throne of grace.

There open thy MX heart to Ood,
TcQ Him thy eTery went;

And be eeenred, for Jeene' take.
He ean eaeh laToar grant.

There bear thy reUtiTee and friendi,
There cry for our loet race ;

Then aeek the Qo^el'e wide-spread

The reign of eaTing grace.

Let all your daily eondaet proTe
Tour ereiy way and word ;

How holy, bumble, calm, you're made,
By secret prayer to Ood.

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If we had been disposed to call in ques-
tion the profound erudition of the Cheva-
lier Bunsen, a mere cursory glance at the
contents of these seven volumes, with
their massive stores of critical research
in some of the most recondite fields of
literary and Christian antiquity, must
have for ever dissipated our misgivings.
Whatever may be the amount of actual
benefit to the Christian cause from the
labours of this distinguished and amiable
scholar, only one opinion can be enter-
tained as to the ability and industry he
has brought to bear upon this great labour
of his life. And when it is taken into
account, that he has been destined to
move in courts, and that much of his
time must have been of necessity devoted
to the arduous duties of political diplo-
macy, we cannot but wonder that he has
found opportunity for the prosecution of
studies which require, on the part even
of learned men, intense application, and

rigid aocuracy at every stage of their dif-
ficult task.

We cannot, moreover, but feel that such
a line of study as that pursued by the
ChevaUer Bunsen, considering the rank
of life occupied by him, is most credita-
Ide to his tastes and Christian predilec-
tions. Among all the ambasaadora to the
court of St. James, and all the princea
and nobles who figure around the peitoin
of our beloved Sovereign, what other man
has devoted ao many of his literary houra
to the investigation of Biblical antiquities
as the late ambassador from the court of
Prussia?

But we must commence our notice of
this library — for such it is — of ancient
lore, with the feeling that, in a work like
ours, we can only indicate its general
design, and humbly offer our opinion as
to the result achieved. More we dare not
attempt.

We have already ventured on an opi-
nion upon **Hippolytus and His Age," —
an opinion which did not lead us to call
in question the literary resources of the
author, nor to throw a shadow of suspi-
cion upon his pure and disinterested mo-
tives ; but which desiderated, for reasons
stated, the great inconvenience and dan-
ger of identifying, as the Chevalier Bun-
sen has done, the notions of Christianity
held by Hippolytus with the vniUngs of
inspired apostles, which they so little, in
many respects, resemble. We take Hip-
polytus for what he is worth ; as furnish-
ing strong evidence to prove that the great
corruptions of Rome were but little known
in his day; — ^that hierarchism was only

BBTIXW QW KMUOIOVB PUBUGATIOKS.

6dd

•fenig^iiig to find it! plaee ^— Uiftt biahopi
only patton of indiyidiud churches ;
that chwdiei, irith their bishops
and d eac on s , were, hi all rejects, self-
gotcRiMl. Bat we cannot fairlj expound
the writing^B of i^ostolic men bj an ap*
psil to the biahops of the second century,
any more than to those of the nineteenth ;
but must antgect the early biahops, aa
wdl aa the later oiiea, to the test of in-
tpned authority. We cannot adopt many
of the Tiews of Hippolytua upon either
nmstian oxdinancca cor Ghzistian doo-
taasa. It ia clear that great eirora had
dipt into the church in his times, and it
wiold be wonderftil if he had escaped
tW taint. If any one will compare his
of speaking about BqitfiMi and the
flh iipw with thoae adopted by the
of our Lord, he will soon leel
iaia what n new and strange region of
mysticism he hss psssed, and
&r haa^he been dragged away
**tha simplicity that is in Christ
.** The Bomaniat may find it im-
tndned, to proye his system
to b» fl« old at the days of Hippo-
ijVmi Iwt he win find a far closer
aosemblflaea to that system in Hippo-
lytu^ than he will discoyer in the still
Miriimt oracles of inspired men;
dsftwifft against his nusdueyous
is frr more complete in sn appeal
tD Urn ICew Teatament, than it would be
ty am mp pmi to ffippolytua, IfDr.Bun-
I definite yiewB of the «Hpf«»M
mm, we should, aboye all
like to see a work from hia learned
;, on critical and historical
how it ia that the earlieat Chris-
after the apostles so little
ibis thmn in their modes of expres-
in many of the yiews which
both of Christian doctrines and
Jhu Bunsen belieyes in the de-
of Christianity after the death
~we deny not the fjftct,
maintain, that, in so iSur as that
altaied or yitiated the in-
of our Lord and hia iq^tles,
• d«f<8lopment lor eril and not for
Wo are grateful fbr a fuU and
it» so fw as it can be at*
of the teaching of those who

flourished in the ante-Nicene age; but
we decline, with a resolute, and, we be-
lieye, an enlightened purpose, to accept
Hippolytua, or those of his age, as haying
any mission or qualification to develop, or
complete, or authoriUUweljf to set forth,
the doctrinal or other teaching of inspired
men. We choose rather to consult apos-
tlea themselyes, in order to ascertain what
they receiyed firom Christ and imparted
to the church ; — and we do this on two
grounds, — ^first, because their writings sre
more dear, and conyindng, and harmo-
nious, than those of the least exception*
able of the early uninspired writers ; and,
second, because we «amef</y belieye that
Blppolytus, and his master, Irenseus, and
all other Christian writers, are to be tried
by the infallible oracles of inspired men.
We haye not a particle of belief in the
deyelopment scheme ; if by that be meant
that anything iUoinely authoritativ in re-
ligion has ever been giyen to the world
since apostles ceased to teach.

But neither these yiews, strongly en-
tertained, nor the differences of opinion
which exist between us and Dr. Bunsen
on a yariety of important topics, can lessen
our respect for so laborious an investiga-
tor of subjects connected with the actual
beliefs and practice of theprimitiye church,
—by which we mean the poet-apostolic
church. The very fact, however, of such
a book on eor/y heresies as that of Hippo-
lytua, makes us feel that we can only
accept hii own opinions in so far as they
are decidedly borne out by the express
teaching of those "who spoke as they
were moved by the Holy Ghost." We
can find literally not a single solid spot
on which to plant our foot, but ** the living
oracles of God ;" but, taking our stand on
these, and believing that they are not
vague and equivocal oracles, but effectual
conveyances of the mind of God, we can,
without a moment's hesitation, subject
all Christian writers, ancient or modem,
to one authoritative test. Ifthere has been
a eathoUe faith running through all ages,
firom the beginning of Christianity, its
authority has not been derived from the
mere fact of its conOnuanee, but from the
still higher one, that it has always been
in harmony with the word of God. Its

lv2

6fti

mnsw Of Bsuttiom POBLioAnom.

eontiiimsQM in the worid haa dcraMeM
been a proof of the jMHwr wnd/akhfiiimm
fii Ood ; but then that power and fldth-
ftalneea hate been exerted for the main-
tenance, not of the Ammm, bat theiXoiPM.

The Tolnmea which we now introdnoe
to the notiee of our readera, might be re-
duced to one common deaignation, which
we find haa been adopted bf the pubUah*
en in their adrertiiing liat (doubtkaa
with the tanetion of the author) ; yii.,
M Chriatianity and Mankind, their Begin-
ninga and Proapecta ; being a new edition,
conected, remodelled, and extended, of
' Hippoljtua and Hia Age.' " The edition
before ua may be regarded as three di8«
tinct but connected worka, ranging under
three aeyeral headi or aectiona — the Iftii-
tofieni, the PkOolopeai^ and the Pkihao-
pkuMl, The nisTomicAL SBcrxoif— Hip-
poljttu and His Age ; or, the Beginninga
and Proapecta of Chriatianity-- conaiata of
two yc4umea, the flrat on Hippolytua and
the Tcachera of the Apoat<^o Age, and
the aecond on the Life of the Chriatiana
of the Apostolic Age. The Philolooical
Sbction — Outlinea of the Philoeophj of
Univeraal Hiatory applied to Language
and Religion — eonaiffts alao of two vo-
lames, and contains some of the most
learned disquisitions on a profoundlj in-
teresting and difficult subject that have
seen tho light. The ruiLosornicAL 8bc-
TXON ; or, Anaiecta Ante^Nittena, in three
Tolumes, consists of, 1. Rcliquiic Litera-
ri» ; 2. Reliquia; CanonicsD ; 3. Reliquis
Liturglca>: cum Appcndioibus ad Tria
Analcctorum Volumina.

Speaking of the Hutoricai SeetioH of his
work. Dr. Bunscn writes as follows : —
"As to nippoljtus himself, I hare, of
course, exhibited here that solemn Con-
fession of Faith which we ma j consider
as his sacred legacy to posterity, and
which in its essential parts is ever fresh
and liying, because it has the life of Christ
in it.

•• This picture closes with a prospective
view of Christian Dirinity. I have added,
in an Appendix, the essays contained in
the second volume of the first edition,
which refer to Hippolytus personally;
end the Letters to Archdeacon Hare, or
the critical inquiry into the authonriiip

of the RefhtatioB, aai Into tiM Ittli and
writings of ita author.

" In a almflar mauMT, I hnTO ^ip«ide4
in the aeeond vetome^ to that pietnre of
the aoeial life of the andeni Ghrlatlani^
and to ita reflex upon onr own age* anah
BMaya in the fetmer and aeeond toluaMt
aa refer leaa to H Ip p oiytu a petaonally
than to tiie Ancient Churbh in general.

" I hope that this tieatBient of the eub*
Ject, imperfect and imequal aa it mnathi^
Juatifiea the wwda of the title : 'TlMBni*
ginninga and P ro a pecta of Chriatiaiilty.*
But it ia impoaaible to eonceal from one-
aelf that picturea of bygone hiatoiMl
charaetera and ages cannot prove all they
aaaert and repreaent. Such compoaitioBa
are buQdinga erected upon a anbatmctien
both philosophical and phUologieal, to
which a few detached eaaays and notea
cannot do Juatice.

'* The praaent volumea, therefore, ap«
pear fianked by two other worka. The
first preaents, in two parte, a key to the
philosophical, historical, and theologieal
vicwa which x>ervade *Hippdlytaa and
his Age.* It bears the title: ' Sketch of
the Philosophy of Language and of Reli-
gion, or the Beginninga and Proap e c ta of
the Iluman Race.' This sketch compriaea
the aphorisms of the second volume of
the first edition, better digested and
worked out, so as to form an integral
part of a phDosophical glance at the
primordial history of our race with re-
gard to the principle of development and
progress.

** The second substruction, the philo*
logical, is also presented as a aeparate
work, and forms three volumea. The
remains of the Ante-Nicene documents
constitute three sections, none of which
have hitherto been given in a complete
and satisfactory manner: the literary
remains, the constitutional documents,
and the liturgical records. Of these,
the third section was critically almost
a blank before the publication of my
BeliquMf Liturgies, I have had nothing
to add to those liturgical texts ; but I hare
this time printed, in extentOf passagea of
the Syrian Jacobite liturgy which cor-
respond with the Greek text, whereas, in
the first edition, I only indicated that

or WKuumw vuBuoAncauk

095

Ukj wMii idealioiL Bvtllui;v9pff«as«d
to choM tezto tlM Sl m 9H(m LHufgiom,
pofhifiy rrliflriltd in nqr ' Book ol the

* •>

u m theft Ttdnmti a TMt
It of uMtvlj cnttoiimi and the
nHoi'* hndliBc of Dr. Wovdfworth !•
SMt Mieitowt ire mutt f^, most trium-

"I pMMtd*'* W7I Dr. Bi»Mn» « tp
nadM th«M portions of Dr. Wordi^
nvrth'o oritiflteit wtuehnfer to tliegrest
qiMftloBo niMd m my dii*
iwpMtisg the views of the aa-
Fflthen on tlie authority of tlie
and the Bcaptium, vidrefpect-
tte sieletiQa of thoM ftthttt and thecr
to the tyUniwhiah hegaa with
at BynatiiDn and Ni<4pa,
vfciek hea latdy finud to nanyad-
the eleigy, tad fimdry
gentlima in this country. I
iTieatione may be reduced to
Ac Mlowiiig three : — I. Does the aaoieat
ndouiwiedge or not the para-
ethet f ty of Bcripttg?, andmain-
tiuU the Senptqxet ought to
aeeovdinf to the prindplec
if fhilniegifei eritieicm* and their con«
jnilyiii of according to the genefal
of evidenee? I hare "»«^'«***nf^
it doea, and that thereibTe it standi
■e diet qnestion on the same ground
the ebsvchee of the Beft>nnation, in
not only to Borne and Byssn-
iNSt to erery other historieal or
system of hierarobiesl autho-
vliioh is Bopery.-- II. Do, according
in doeCiine of the Ante-Nioene firthen
L tta waa^ss of ancient Christendom,
rflMBj iiieiiliiiitetheChrictian church,
chuMh esMntiaUy the totality of
) I aflrm the latter, and
also, the tettimony ol the
to the antiicrity of Christ
snd to the dictates of
eoBseince.^in. !■ ihe doc-
of Ihe Ante*Nicene church
with tiM letter and autho-
tte taBnlaries of the Constan*
in gMieial of the Bysantine
witii the medieval systemc
tten?-rl say that it is inre-
wdlh that letter snd that

authority, as much ss these axe with the
Bible and common sense: and I add, it
would be Ailly ss irreconcilable with the
Bysantine and Bomsn churches if Arian-
ism had prevailed."~All these questions
are dealt with yery ably snd critically ;
and in much that the learned author
adTanoes we cordially agree; but the
apostoliolty of Irenams and Hippolytus
we just as much doubt as we do that of
the teachers in the days of Constantine,
though they had not so far d^arted
from the great Divine original as after
the Nieene age. We say emphatically,
we find no rest for solid belief and confi-
dence but in the teaching,— doctrinal-
practical— and ecdesiastioal, — of inspired
men.

We cannot conclude this notice with-
out expressing it as our conyiction, that
the Gheyalier Bunsen is one of the most
remarkable men oC the present age.

Shobt Aboumimts about tbb Millbn*
lUM ; or, Plain Proofs for Plain Chris-
tiant, thai the Coming of Christ will not
be Premilleniali that his Reign on Earth
will not he Personal, A Book for the
Times, Bjf Benjamin Chablbs Touno,
Minister at Darkhouse Chapel^ Coseley,
near Bilstone, Staffordshire,

London: BofUttonandStonemta.
pBEnn^LBViAL Opinions have secured
the ardent attachment of many deyout
and excellent men, both among Episco-
palians and Nonconibrmists ; and they
can plead largely and eloquently in their
defence. But still when the mists of ima-
gination are chased away, and they arc
tried by the test of simple truth, we are
constrained to regard them as antagonistic
to the genius and design of Christianity.
After a patient and somewhat lengthened
inyestigation of the subject, we cannot
ayoid the conyiction, that they tend to
strip the New Testament of its simplicity
as a deyelopment of type and prophecy ;
and to surround it with an air of myste-
riousness and confusion, through which
the great body of thoughtful and pious
readers cannot see their way. Fremillen-
ialists, indeed, instead of regarding the
^* glorious goq[>el " as the great mystery

S36

■XT1BW or BKUOIOm FUBUOAttONi.

with which the Honio diipgnimtton
ch arg e d i the hope and miieioa of the
Church— end, abore all, at ''the power
of God unto aalratioiif" do not heaitate to
pronounce it amcre temiKirary expedient,
already well-nigh ezhanated, and nerer
intended to aare the natkma of the earth.
The aimplieity, aoaaion, and gentle infln-
cncea of the goapel, which mould afreeh
the apirit of man, without Tiolating the
lawa of hia monl being, are not accordant
with their aenauona longinga after the
pompa and terrible demonatrationa of a
kingdom, uahered in with battle, plague,
earthquake, and Ikmine; and rendered
impoeing by the aaeriUcial and temple
magnificence of the Jewiah econ om y.
On their principlea, to adopt the words of
the Tolnme before ua, " the New Teata*
ment must be repealed as obaolete and
heretical; and certain of tbe prophets
corrected, to aare them from oppoaing
their fellow-seers. Some future woman
of Samaria shall leam that the words of
the Great Teacher to her who stood at
Jacob's well are rerersed ; and that Jeru-
salem is the place where men ought to
worship. Malachi shall be reprored for
teaching that in every place incense shall
be offered, and a pure offering; aince
Zechariah has threatened drought to those
who go not up to worship at Jerusalem.
And Isaiah, who predicted that the na-
tions shall flow to the mountain of the
Ix>rd'8 house, will stand corrected by a
brother prophet, who will teach him that
Jerusalem shall be holy, and that 'no
stranger shall pass through her any
more.' Paul must gire place to some
apostle of the future, who, addressing the
MUlenial assemblies, shall say, * Sacrifice
and offering God will haTC ; in burnt of-
fering, and offering for sin, he Aim plea-
8UTC. Christ has a priesthood which if
transmissible. Stand not fast in the
liberty wherewith Christ has made his
people free ; but put on the yoke of bond-
age, wliich your fathers could not bear.
Yc observe days, and months, and times,
and years ; I am pleased with you ; and
be sure that you turn again to all the
weak and beggarly elements of olden
times.' "

The New Testament, according to the

nfttlftni of FremQleBlaliat89 TTWtfid of
being the IMrine esqpodtorof what was
tanght by "Xoaea amd the pnplMtB,"
must gather ita aigwificance from orietitail
symbols asd figures ; the goq^ inatead
of beinff nraaehad •*«*»>«^ all ■^■♦<^*»*« «■

"the ndnlatraliea of the Spirit,** moat
giTO plaee to a *' mfadatnt&oa of death,**
not only attended with the ttmpeal-
magnifiee&oe of Hoottt Sinai, bat atteat-
ing its preaeooe by deaolations terrible aa
thoae which awqpt the land of Egypt,
and numbered the AaayiiaAhoat with the
dead; and the herald of the Oraaa, instead
of aimply beaeeching men to be ** recon-
ciled to God," must aninnmd hiasaelf with
the eumbrouaneaa of Leritioal aacrificea,
and the outward pomp of a gorgeoua tanw
pie. Amid such notions, the New Testa-
ment eraporatea, and PremiUenialiats
are little better than the carnal Jew, who
looked for the Meeaiah only to achiere
earthly conqueata, and aet iqp a temporal
kingdom.

We do not wonder, thereCore, that ao
many, who hold PremiUenial yiewa, axe
not disposed to giye that prominent pilaea
to schools and missiona, which, in our
opinion, belongs to them aa agenciea ea»
aential to the coming of the kingdom of
Christ. Such things, strictly speakings
according to these riews, are an imper-
tinence — an obtrusion of human expe-
dients into a proTince that Deity daima
especially as his own. Teaching for the
purpose of instructing the ignorant, and
preaching for the purpose of reclaiming
the guilty, can haye little or nothing
to do with the establishment of a king-
dom which awaits orerwhelmisg calami-
ties and desolations as its precursors, and
cannot be inaugurated until the aainted
dead haye been awaked by the archangeTa
trumpet, and Christ haa deaoended to the
city of Jerusalem, to occupy the literal
throne of David. Theae things may be-
guile the weak and the purblind, who
cannot discern the signs of the times {
but for those who walk amid the light of
symbols and scenic representationa, and
by the aid of seer-like gifta can read the
mysteries of the future, they can hay«
little value. It is true that some among
this Judaizing class take an interest im

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527

and Um jNPMehiiif of the goipel,
aid doabdcM in nurny instanoes they
yidd to the uqpvdaM of their pioty rather
thm the l e qoir emantaef their creed. One
of their IweHing adrocataa, indeed, haa
fonnlly repdled the ehaxge of hidiflbr*
OKa to the erangdiaation of the worid
bxffoapd meaDa and iq^^taneea, and has
Hkeaed KemOIcnialiata to renpera amid
a galhwing te m pe a t » that threatena to de»
mad in dcatmction on the waving fields,
vhStat thoae who refnae to adopt their
ntva am Ifheneii to renpera canopied by
arVmdleaa heeTcn and dieeted by bright-
otaaaaihiao. He asks, in a tone of seem*
Jaftriowph, wfaidt body of respera will
^ Ihair taak witfi greatest ardour and
Ibergetting that Premillenialists
only that the tempeat threat-
Mib bnt that it mnat ineritahly descend,
''wild rain" all around, and
hnt n Cbw aeanty gleaninga to be
into the gamer. Our reply ia,
I^aMJUaniallsta, on their own ahow«
, aanaChe sovaUy diaqnalified for seek-
^hnerwageKtation of the world. What
ivonld aeek to gather the hanrest
ho knowa ia destined to ineritable
? What army that ia de«
and whoae prmtiffe has passed
',<«onld apeek of achienng victories,
the empire of its sorerelgn
or the force of arms ? liet
smitten with the paralysing
Jowiah aotiima of Premillenialists,
tkaaa indeed we can expect nothing
tto dread tokena of Jehorah's Ten-
to Tiait car snpineness snd indif-
; and can only be thrust aside to
Ibr the appointment of other
to aidhn the aeoompUshment of Wb
pai p oa e a in reference to our
Bnt It ia not merely Premillenial-
that are ii^ured and spiritu-
by their material and Jewish
of the Idngdom of Christ;
of the intelligent and reflecting
be gathered into the church,
efllcient labouzera in
of the goapel, are scan-
atteaated. The simplicity of
woald fix their attention; ita
^Stft diaelaiming all aasodation
aad the eamal, would

command their reyerential honiage; its
omnipotence of love would melt down
their insensibility, and win their hearts
and its beautiful fitness to achiere con-
quests in all climes and oyer all evils,
would enUst them as soldiers under its
banner. But the strange and fantastic
compound of incongruities which Premil-
lenialists present to the world as the
development of Christianity and the con*
summation of Christ's kingdom on earth,
involves such an outrage on all the lawa
of probability, and is so utterly opposed
to all those conceptions of the ultimate
destiny of glorified humanity which the
gospel and the character of Ood suggest,
that the conscience and understanding of
unprejudiced and refiecting men must
reject it as a fiction. Let our readera
look at the singularly heterogeneous con-
geries of things, which the Premillenial
scheme pictures as the constmimation of
the gospel, aa presented hy Mr. Toung
in his chapter entitled *'The Incongruoua
Mixture," and we cannot doubt that they
will believe with us, that a thinking, dis-
passionate man, who is anxious to give to
every one a clear and scriptural reason of
the hope that is in him, would as soon
adopt a modified form of Mohammedan-
ism as the creed of Premillenialists.

**Th6 following summary," observes
Mr. Young, ** will give the main features
of the scheme, which they either do or
must adopt : —

** The Jews, now dispersed through the
earth, are gathered and return to their
own land. Whether they return before
the coming of Christ or after, or whether
in i>art before and in part after, is of no
importance in this view of the question.
Messiah, their prince, appears amongst
them at Jerusalem. As their king, he
occupies David's throne, and dwells la
their midst for ever. Besides Jerusakm
Proper, a celestial city, the New Jsku-
salem, will come down out of heaven, aad
rest over or near the Old Jerusalem, and
in such local relation to it as will admit
a free intercourse of the inhabitanta of
the two cities. In this upper celestial
city Christ will also <* dwell" and reign
in the presence of his glorified sainta.
WiiKovi these two dtiea are found " the

k" who Mwipi the Jttdgsnti at*
tiMaal upon Hie advent of Hie Lord i
tlMae coaatitute the ooovertihla pottkn
of Mankiadt and beeoBM oeoveated by the
aavlBC applianoea of thoio tiaaaa. 'The
nalloBa* cobm up to Jeiuaalaaa to lean
te lawa of God } they adi^ the Jowiah
fPOiahip,aiidfead«r aerviee and homaso
to the Jewa. Their aali(}eetloa to Jowkh
ndo la abaohite. Thoee that da^iaed
thaae aawten of their deatinj ahall bow
thamaalyea down at the aolea of their
Ibeti tven hlnga and qneena ahaU bow
down to them, with their liMea towarda
te earth, and lick up the dnat on whioh
they tioad, while the nation that will not
aenre them mnat pariah. Bnt howerer
gloat the aathority of the Jewa oyer the
nationa, they will have to anbout to a yet
higher role. Above both Jewa and n»-
tioaa the inhabitanta of the npper dty
vfill be exalted, who will ooeopy thionea,
and Judfe the whole earth. The ee-
leetial abode haa no need of the ann and
the moon, Ibv the glory of Ood li^tena
it, and the Lembia the lif^t thereof; thia
light atreama out upon the occopenta of
the lower earth, ao that the nationa walk
in the light of it. Here ii the spectaele
of the time; Christ revealed in open
glory becomes visible, not only to gloriMed
saints, but to the Jewa and the nations.
The most familiar intercourse prcTails
amongst those several classes of that pe-
riod, llie glorified rulers of the world's
aAiirs go forth to administer justice
among the nations, or to cito them to
their Judgment-thrones ; the gates of the
higher city stand open night and day,
that those without may have unrestricted
access to it; and the glory and the ho-
nour of the nations and kings of the
earth are brought into it. Nor do the
^oriiled naturea of the celestial abode
slirink from contact with those of a less
favoured condition, — they mingle freely
with the flesh-and-blood inhabitanta of
the lower city. At the close of the Mil-
lenium, the Oog and Magog force encom-
pass the saints in the holy city, and, for
their temerity, are devoured by fire sent
down from Ood out of heaven."

Now let our readera calmly and
theughtMly look at this. Does it har-

wlA tMr Umm of Mhl*4nitiil
la U aoofltdant wilk thooe eoneeptiona of
Divine wiadflna whiek Afjr gather froni
nataro and rovilstkal Doea it derive
any eonmtananoo from the iimplo and
beotttifldly oQwIatent teaohing of CSiriet)
la there tibo leaat gioiad to bo Ibvnd fbr
itintlie apoatolio epiatlaal Everyoaa^
did and thonghtfril atndent of fVfiptnTe,
who haa not adopted thit do t aa i vo pcin-
oiplo of inteipiotatioB, wkidi teeolvca
oTory Ugaio into a Cact, and every aym*
boUe repeoaintation iatoon kiatorio eveat,
eaaaot ftrfl to maintain that it haa no
fonndatkm in the vmrd of Qod*-that it
ia the oftpring of a heated imagination,
bearing in all reepecta eloeer alBnity to
the viaiona of the Koran than the revola*
tiona of the Bible. It k, indeed, no
novel delnaion ; it is ftnmd in ttio pagco
of Ironsnia, Tertullian, and Laotantino,
and frill in all probability eeotinne to
draw multitudes aaide from the plain
leaaona and dntiea of Ckriatianity, untU
it ia chased away by the vride«^sroad and
triumphant aehievementa of the goapeL

Mr. Young haa done admirable eerviee
in thia ezoellent volume. He haa fed*
lowed the delusion through all ita vaga-
ries and tortuous windings,— ezpoaing its
weakness and foUy ; laying bare ite abeurd
and sophistical style of argument; and
holding up its pernicious and unscrip-
tural character to merited condemnation.
We have read nothing on the subject
abler than Mr. Young'a book. For ita
size, it is the most comprehensive and
unanswerable argument we have met
with. To our readera who desire fr^eh
light on the main queationa of Premil«'
lenialism, or aeek for deliverance frxnn
perplexitiea in which the apeeiouaneee of
some of its advocatea may have involved
them, we would eameatly reoommend
this volume; and to Premillenialiata
themselves we would suggest ita careful
and candid perusal, not without the hope
that some of them may, through ita in-
strumentality, be recovered from the
snare into which they have frdlen. The
style ia chaste, clear, forcible; the argu*
ment ia of that keen and aearching order
that detects the lurking aopkiam, and
exposea tke high-sounding aaaumption ;

MMfOM 09 numOUB FVBZIOITIOSS.

5d0

tmdihm tntin tone of the book li ettnttt

Mid

Tu GsvBCH, An Rrplanaium of ike
Ummimff eoniamed m tie BibU; sMotowg
lit mtdtmit eatUimy^ and ptermUmg
BnrmrQ/Mlmn, ike AAaHhsUonof Wcr^
^Jor MOifum; und skowmg that the
jVindy/ii o/4Mri§kt Indmduai Actiim

iWMiir of «/l JVki^MNM, 4MV compnud
m lUmaUd JUiigUm, Bjf William
Annraov. In 3 tq1«. 8to.
Ivfaaa, Brovm Pimp, moA Longwaf.
Iks M an dabonto produetion, which
fibetii on the part of the aathor» largo
WHiicioi» and no mean powere of logical
diMrimiBaluMi* Conaidered at an hiato-
ikal dlaqujaitioa upon the Di¥ine dia«-
to the human race firom the
it haa great daima upon the
of thoaghtful men. Whether
Ikm iVwiliijjr of the writer be equal to hia
#lfccr qvalitiei may be matter of aerioua
JbwbC; ia manjthinga, which we deem
iaporlantt we cannot agree with
and we ana not without apprehen-
thatt after all hia labour, the author
kaTe fioled to convey to the public
aeooiate and reilizing conception
^ tha pcrradiBg object which ia sought
to be aaeomiiUahed. The author, in his
aucceaa f ul effort to nonsuit the pre-
of church systems, haa failed to
— iwM* any well-defined platform, upon
deli primititQ Chriatianity might be
on the primitifo model. This
teh of the book, according
judgment. A man may read it
r, aad withimt pnjudioe ; and his
to the author will be —
is the more excellent way ^"
anthflf has done good service in
the IVaotarian party, and
the hoUowncaa of the pretences
(hair f3Fitam resta. He has
i very able defences of
liligiOBt ia oppoeition to the
of tha age, Newman and others,
haa many charaoteriatica of
to it; but we suspect
ig ia taa daborataly written to be
Y1 h daaawaa to be read vrith

care, as containing many seeds of fine
thought.

JouBiTAL or ▲ DaruTATioir sent to the

East bt the Oomicittbe or the Malta

Pbotestant Oollbob, IK 1849: 0011-

taming an Aeeouni of the preteiU SttUe

of the Oriental Natume, including their

Religion, Learning, EdneoHon, Cuetome,

Occupations; with Outlines of their

Eeclesiattieal and Political History; of

the Rise and Deeay of Knowledge amotkg

them; and of the Doctrines and DiS"

dpHne of the Ancieni Christian Churches*

Bg a Lay Memebs of the Committee.

In 8 vols. 8vo.

Jamet NUlMt and Co.

The object of the mission, whose
journal is now submitted to the public,
•* was twofold, — first, to inquire into the
reUgious, moral, and intellectual condi-
tion of the inhabitanta of the East;
secondly, to disseminate as widely as
possible a knowledge of the establish-
ment at Malta of a Protestant College for
the apeoial purpose of educating, Fuee
or Expense, a lurge number of Native
youths, eventually to be employed ia the
propagation of Christian truth and dif-
fusion of general knowledge in their
respective countries, as ordained lay
missionary agents."

Such is the object of the mission,
whose journal we now introduce to our
readers. The work will '* answer three
imx>ortant purposes, — first, the Com-
mittee will be assisted by the body of
information it contains, in the adoption
of suitable measures for the removal of
existing obstacles to the progress of the
gospel, and for the restoration of those
onoe-glorious nations to the blessings of
Christian civilisation. Secondly, by sup-
plying a general account of the decayed
state of the varioua regions of the East,
and a faithful picture of the present con-
dition of the inhabitants, viewed in their
religious, intellectual, and social aspect,
the journal may, it is hoped, awaken the
sympathies of the British public for the
deplorable state of degradation arid
misery of their oriental brethren ; and
it may alao, it is trusted, induce them
cordially to assist in the endeavour to

BKHEW OF REUatOITS POBI.ICATIOKS.

iMtore tbm bl—ingi of rdJeioiu light
ud iencnl knowledfe to c<'uiiiri» fot-
merlj the cradle of Chriituiuiir, litpn-
tnre, mtti actence. Thlrdljr, i>urh > work
kM baOL DonUawl Ukelj to ^lt• uncful to
tba <0imtalA •todying in Ihc cotlc-gr,
by nqipljliig them with information
rwpeetlng Ihclr own eonnltiu, nhich
A^ might not be ahls to pcoirtin) in an;

ThcJoanulwfflBOtdlt^pomt re.inon-
ablo expeetatkm. We have rrail it with
Bora than Drdinary intsmt, nml ton re-
commend it to onrnedsi, ■■ n n-ork that
will inform the Jndgment and improve
the heaK. Iti rtiMrch i« coiuiidirtablc ;
and there ia a character of ■ccurory
about its detail*, which render thtm in n
higlt degree fnutMorUy.

Tbb CoLLncrxD WoBKa or DraAi.n

StTWUT, E«a., F.R.8.8., UoHorary
tf*mttr ef tin Iw^mriat Aendei
Beimef at St. Ftfnbivg; ilrmbtr «/
tA« itoyaJ Araimi- of Brriia mi ef
Jifltt! of tttt Am»nea» S'rirtiet of
PkilaMpAia ami of BetUm; Itcturary
Utmiir of tkt PkilMOplticaJ Kx-My of
Camlindge; PrefoKir of Mott,l PA;,
lomphy in tkt Vniveniiy of fUliHburgfi.
Edittd by Sis W1T.1.TAV II«tin,t(iX,
Bart., Adrocate; A.M., fOion.J ete. ;
Comtpoiiding Mm^er of thr Inttiivte
of France i Honorary linobtr of Iht
Lalin Society of Jena, etc. ,- FroftiimiT
of hogic and ItalAematiet in Uie Lni-
leriity of EdiKlmrglt. Vol. I.. Bto,
pp. 642. 12l.

Kdlnburgh : Thmui C«iUb1( & Cn.
Lmtna: Hmnlltoa, AdUM, (nil Co.
We can look back for nearljliolf a cen-
tury to the Augtutan period when Dugsld
Stewart was in the lenith of hi^ powcn.
and when Ilia prelecttona in the chnir
of nioral philoaophy in thp Sroltith
metropolia drew townrdl him & fame
that wu more tbsn Europenn. Itre-
deemablf dull muxt have been that
•tudent who was not ronied In Eomc-
thing like mental ambition, nho -ma*
privileged to liaten to the finialied com-
poaitiona of that great man. Miuirthere
an, in all the learned profeseionp, who j
would cheerfully acknowledge that 1

Dugald Stowari wai the Bret to awaken
in their boaoiui the delermined purpoae
of self-culture in the highest depart-
ntonts of mental seimce. To him
belonged the credit, among all his ean-
temporuiev, of rcdeeniing the stadics to
which he dcToted his life f^om all that
was dry, and cold, and uninteresting;
and of inTcsting them with a certain
toagical apell. which rendered them
popular in a city proterbiaJ for its rigid
cut of thong ht, and its wide-*pread
intelligence. "We never knew a really
■ecompliahed man who attended the
Vnivprsily of Edinburgh, when Dugald
Stewart was Professor of Moral Pbi-
Insnphy, who did not apeak of him with
marked cnlhusiasm. ^VTiethcr be was
or was not pntilled to ba regarded as a
profoundly original thinker, in the
department of study to which he de-
voted bis beat years, the honour will
never be denirf to him of having dona
more than any other man of bis age,
a* a college professor, to invest the
subjects connected with mental phi-
losophy with a charm unknawn in mj
former period of Scottish history. Bii
was not the eredit merely of acting on
the minds of the ambitious few, but of
creating a zeal for metaphysical studies,
whlrh stamped a character on hla uni>
versity and his country while he sat in
the pTofeaaor's chair.

To very many the fact of a splendid
edition of his collected works vrill be
most welcome, capeclally under an eh
highly-qualified superintcndaioe ag that
of tSir Witlism Hamilton. The 6rst
volume will realiac alt that could be
anticipated in editorial skill and fidelity.
It is a rare specimen of beautiful typo-
graphy ! and, with ils revision from
materials supplied by Dugald Stewart
himself, leaves nothing to be desired or '
ittemptcd for the future. As might
have been expected, it contains the
author's masterly " Biasertation on the
Progress of Metaphysical, Ethical, and '
Political Phitoeophy, since the ReviTol of '
Letters in Europe. ^Vith numerous and ,
important additions now first introduced." <
It is boppd, in nine Tolumea. to include [
the whole of ihc author's works ; and we i

■SBTnSW OF RELTOIOUS PUBLICATIONB.

531

■mt say» locddng at tlie eiie of tliis
T«liime» and the ezqiiisite style in wliich
it !• got vp, it is extremdy reasofiable
mfrice*

Tn STnoRmxcAL SrmuoTvxa 07 8cbi7-
Tuxi: OTy Tht Prmetpiet of Ser^piwre
FmrmOMtm Fn wip l\/f$df m mn Anafyiii
•f the JMealogmg^ tks Strmon on the
Ife wrf, mmd aih§r Panmym of the Sacred
IVifuyi. Bff iko B09. JoHH P0BBB8,
LLJ)^ DommUtoeCe ffoqifte^ EdMwryh.

SfOfPpa M6«

f.ftT. ClBlE, Bd to t uitf i; aad HunJlton, Adant,

Ihu YvKtcm is an orientalist of no mean
and this irolnme, on Scripture
is the resolt of long*sns-
tdMd jgfeatigation of the snlject to
vUehit velacles. " The more the author
enBines the snljeet, the more deeplj
is he eonrineed of the great import-
wmm of Bisihop Lowth's diseorery of the
of Scripture, as furnishing
if iBbm moat TaluaUe aids erer pre-
to ^e interpreter, and calculated,
its princi^ea haTe been more fully
to throw a new and clearer
OB& a great part of the Sacred Yo-

Br. PMies is eridently an enthusiast,
iSbm iMst sense, in the prosecution of
Bswjaiii te stody; and he has unques-
the merit of haring so dereloped
theory of Parallelism, as to make
to aeholars of moderate preten-
Ba wolkis not, howerer, designed
acKniar only; he has shown a
eaal to make his riews of a
q^sestlon palpable to ordinary
; «ad haa erinced his critical know-
nther in ita results than in any
of piefea s sd scholarship.

may be the general conric-

Biblical critics, in reference

ParaUeHsms of the Sacred

Imt one opinion can be enter-

«f the talent, learning, and in-

vlridL Dr. Porbes has brought

i ewpkrttmi of his task. His to-

'«ill leward s most careftd perusal,

I «fll aakemmy conrerts to the Tiews

Tnn HoMiLiST. Conducted hy the Rev,
Datid Thoxas. Vol. II.
London: Ward and Co.

Wb have not been unobserrant of this
periodical. We hare marked its progress
with interest, not tmmingled with solid*
tude. We haye examined its contents
from the commencement; but, festtng the
responsibility of our position, we were
unwilling to commit ourselTes to the com-
mendation of what might not prore to be in
accordance with our conceptions of truth,
and were equally xmwilling, in any way,
to hinder the success of what might be
fDund a valuable auxiliary in the cause of
sound Biblical instruction, and, therefore,
we haTe hitherto abstained from express-
ing our opinion. We feel it is not neces-
sary that we should refrain any longer, as
it may be flairly presumed that the cha-
racter of the periodical has reached a fixed
and decided tone. That tone, we arc
satisfied, is in the main healthy, and in
perfect harmony with the spirit of inspi-
ration. Some things might haye been
presented difierently, and less divergent
from ordinary modes of thought and forms
of language ; and others might hare been
softened down, and, without any loss of
power, blended with the spirit of the old
theology. Still there is so much that is
really valuable, and fitted to avert dangers
arising from, what is stereotyped and con-
ventional, that we cordially welcome our
contemporary as a fellow- worker in the
good cause. If our welcome has come
later, and is less extravagant in its tone
than that of others, the Editor will see
that it is therefore invested with higher
value, and more likely to secure the coun-
tenance of thoughtful readers.

Tnx Jordan akd the Rhiitb ; or. The
East and the Weet, Being the reeuU of
Five Years* Residence in Syria, and Five
Years* Residence in Germany. By the
Rev. William Graham, Member of the
Royal Irish Academy; Honorary Member
of the Arabic Historical Society of Syria ;
Member of the Archetoloyical Society of
the RMne, S^e. 8vo, pp. 696.
Partridge, Oakey, ft Co.

Tkx long residence of the author in
Syria and Oennany, imparts a value to

luviiw or jtEUoiooa rvBLKunoH*.

Wt Ufcmi whtak cvinot psMibl]' kttuk
to die c ur toij pmtiut* of men imuBn
tonibti. Mo dNbt vnclt dfpnuU on Ihe
mi»nd mibtA of tiM Mjounur in fonign
kadai b«l it hu btwa i«o mudi Om
habit <f •tx-Vtrk louriaU to pnUr th«
piAtie with ciud« nni liKily (I«UUk, or to
pOtetll* ImM IliouRhU or olhri mitcn
(o Moiah tluil fH-ri iranty nulcrUl*.

Mr. Oralun'ii work hw tbo atninf; tc-
eanaandaiion of hanng bt«ii wrhtcn M
intwrals, alMr much tidMlian ud n)i>
Bnta BoqualatuiKc with A* ylMM ad
panoD* «t irii^'iii ha wiitH. WUb «
pavarfbl faalia « of uldaala, bath of aalwa
aad wt, hb ^tixiKth gridfntlT Uc« ia
Boral diaqoitiiii'ii ; und nu thit uc
Iha Tdlnua bef i' ii> will McurcfiK iuclf
If. ll i> bf no in

iniiArntci : a Liirory
irnlaitd Ointnl UUr-
■irr Anlhen, Frtatian,
■laty Mt»: An^ftic^
ihJ BuiiTrapAitwf. 9

CrouirxDuBtKM

JfaMya;o/Tt,»'',i
ofur*, Mui Oiii'Ji-
atidmf, and f,->

tdU., imp. 8vi>.

JwBM Dirib;. t

Tmi* TWJf Tah

pleu, sQd will |it

Iha market, aiiil
tronigaof ollitlio
the topics which
clant and motU-rn,

lablt work U now rom-
D\t nn admirable Mndj-
ijrj meo, specially to
\icv are largely tbeolo-
iily Ihini; of ila kind in
ucU deacire* the pa-
i> ith to ipv, at a glance,
particular autUoia, an-
baro handled in their

Heuoik ahd CaamMFoXDHHcn or Uaa.
Conrra, Wideie of fA« lale Jin. Bohert
TouHj, StmAik. /Ij/ (A< An. W. U.
HaTKBmiHOTDtt, liL.D., Author 0/ the
'• HiHory <(f tl" C/turei of Scotland,"
" Hiilorjf of tht Wtttmintttr Aiirmbly,"
t;c„^t: Bto. pp. HO.

Jahn>ioucft lIuBWi.
Thib biographic' 111 akolch resliiea to
our mind the h'^Hisli Christinn life, in
one of iti happioi -uhjccl*. Mra.CouIta
waa descended fmni n long line of wor-
thiei, who bad borne the butden and
heat of th« 4>«. and who had done much

Is roiiTP th* power of vital godlineat In
Bcotlandi when UtMlmatiun was at tu
height I and *ho avidently inherited %
largo portion of the apirit of her pions
ancMton, Dr. IlcthcringlDn has ei«.
unU a win diacntion in reacuing thf
mamnry uf sucb a wothn in liraal fnm
obUviaiv; and in unabling hia readers to
become no thorauthly fttquainled wiili
bet, by the efloila of hci own pen, in her
private corrupondeQGC, and especiallf in
bac swat iitiiking ntnuliTc of the oaiiy
life and happy death of a bcLavei
da«(biar. A* lin. Coutls lud be«a
long Irainril iu tho auhool of affUction, <
bar biography will be vtry pr«cioua la i
IhoH who have been called to diink, ]
ilceply of the bitter cup of sorrowi ui4 <
M Iier mind waa ao richl; cultivated, Iha
mot! aeraphic piety will b« found ta
oombinntion with tli« pureat taite, and
moat flniahed, oaay cumporitiou. Tha
volume ia calculated, by Ood'a blearing,
lo do exIensivD good, both in ^ottiik
and En^iah oirclcii anil will, we doubt
not, be a very giMI favonrite with Iha
Cbriatian public. It waa no mean pratu
of Ura. Contta, tba^ in one of the graat
movemontaDfbia public liie.Ur.Cbalmen
Comiidered her letter addressed to him aa
the beat of all be tacojvtd,

HiTiux AvATOMV SiMPumn. fiy loan

Till nuilior of Ihii little oompendium
of human anatomy ii cndtlrd to great
pmiss for a aucceaiful endeavour to pre-
aent to the Intelligent public an onllina
of the framework and fnnctiona of tha
wonderful iiieohaniiim of the human
body; together with tha u«« and offieea
of its varied organiuUon, accompanied
by pracrical hint* of advice for the eoD>
aervation of some of the more delicate
organ*, as the eye snd ear. This auccinct
epitome is bIh) calculated to e*dte n
laudable deiiiu for a more enlarged ac~
quaiotaiice with the physical structure
of the human frame: forming the basia
of psychological science, or the philo-
iphy of the mind. From tbe atudy of
tbia elsmontarylieatite on anatomy much .'
useful and even valoable inf ormaticB may

acquired and made available, not only

BKYIBW OF MBU«IOUf PUBLICATIONS.

688

ftr pareterriiig the healthy cQadition of
the Tital and deHote orgmnB t>f tiie hody,
hat wm afibrding the means of knowing
ftift fiTtng direeUoiui In the fire^uent
raanaWei and accidenta hj KrhS^h the
liwha atv ftiMrtmed ot ^Buocsated » espe-
oaQy to prm€ro9 ike koritonttU pottmn of
0k9ko^f until ddlM ptefeaaional aaeist-
jB ohtained; and ftm srcft the e^il
someCimea resnltingto the
fiom ignorant oiBciotisneas. The
obaertations with which
Totame aboundt ailre both correct and
a&d are entitled to thoaghtM

lib

ISIt.

fti»

Dnoomoa «f Aryifk Gkapel^ Bath,

tk» lar« Jtt9, WzLLiAX Jat. Syo.

472.
' ^sttarBfeHiYMiMkikCo. .

Bneaefnaintad with the peooliaxl*
ilMxiimft iCyle^OT with the pun*
dnncter of Ida theology, will call
the wiUmiU city of theae dia-
They apeak fiv thema^Ttl, la
Tcritahle prodnctionB of a man whose
of thod^f and language was
to defy imitation. We are much
to the indlTidual who has pre-
a striking sample of Hx, Jay's
of psearhing ao late as the year
inbaCy itt his adTSDced yearsy he
Kate displayed tiie tigouz of in-
here indicated, ia, indeed, a rare
«f th» trHunph of aund oyer all
manlfcitattem of physical
IX Uroidd he dSficnlt, in any
tv«aty-«ix Samons here pub-
te a afaigle paiagra]^ that
anythli^ Uke decay of power,
ha re||ttd to substance or form.
of thoQi^ are remarkaUe for
and eonHamity ; and the
li yIMi ted antithetical, realising
jslMMdays. He was a fisir speci-
if Aa ^tmX adTaatage of continuous
to the last. Many mmds
\ff M ceaaation from wonted oeeu-
^ Mr* tfef^ waa^ an aetiTe reader,
^~ writer to the dose of his
I and hetaee the youth-
'qwaty bf Ui rich and beautiftd

t«..-

t t w wiiy A Discouiiea

a Tery precious legacy to the church.
They deserre to stand side by side with
the most yaluable productions of fertile
pens. As they were taken in shorthand
with Mr. Jay's own sanction, and some
of tiiem examined and slightly corrected
by himself, they have an authenticity
about them which it is pleasant to recog-
nise. The Editor has done his work with
great care, and desenres the thaidcs of the
Christian pubUc.

Tkb North Bbitish Rsvibw, N«.

XLn. August, 1864.

Ltedon^ • Hunilton, Adami, and CO.

This nimiber is equal to any that has
appeared of the Nmih Britith Review.
It is distinguished by great Tariety and
power. Its contents embrace biography,
history, science, politics, and general
Hterature. The first two arddes are
biographical, and are of a very superior
order;---the one 4s a sketch of the life and
writings of Yinet, so well known in this
country, and- so celebrated among Con-
tinental dirines, on account of his sound
evangelieal opinions, as well as his Tsried
and elegant scholarship-^ the other is arcry
beautiful and interesting Memoir of the
Life and literary Doings of Hugh Miller,
whose original genius has rsised him from
the position of a stonemason to a high
place among literary siid scientxfie men.
The fourth on ** Books for Children "
is one of great value, evincing deep
acquaintance with tiie elements and first
workings of our intellectual and moral
nature, and great wisdom in discrimi-
nating as to the fitness of ^e books
which are published for tiie young.
The sixth and seventh, on Dante and
Matthew Arnold, are rich literary arti-
cles, and will repay perusal. The eighth,
Siluria and Gold Regions,* is - distin-
guished by a high scientific tone, and
will be regarded by geologists as the
gem of the number. The last article,
Past and Present Political Bforality of
British Statesmen, is an able; rapid, and
fidthftil delineation of many of our lead-
ing Statesmen, from the days of Walpole
down to the prseent tioie.

fiomf €()romrlr.

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SDRomiAX. Bxrasonov.

Jm our BeTiew d^icrtment for June,

«• nimadTertedy nith aome degree of

mfrndtf, upon an article in Kitto'a Jour-

ai]» «B IfiradeSy in which the tuMbioioft

water had employed phraseology which

et iJMinfd highly di ar e ap ec tfti l to the

lil»Dr. Wardlaw. We aaaumed^ in ge-

ml teiBLiy that the anthoTy as Kitto's

fcamal was published in April, had in-

JBJged his somewhat inconsiderate eriti-

linSy while **bmdmgao§rtk§a$he9ofth0

imi^*' sBsdi^okeof thisasanaggraTation

the Rer. W. Kirkus*s volume,
% Theoretical and
aent to us for renew, we
to oar surprise, £rom the preface
ti dM woric, that Mr. Kirkus was the
of the Essay in Kitto to which we
strun^y objected, and that it formed
oC hia Oflherwise exeellent Tolume.
hk dMeaee, then, of our former critique
tm. Ae aiticle as awoitymow, we again re-
to the fiict of its untimely produc-
spoke of it as if it might have
09er the otheM of the

•#

thongh we could nerer have
minds to Mr. Kirkus's
eC criticising Dr. Wsrdlaw had he
flCEn among us, and able to defend
•jei we deem it nothing more
wm act of Justice to our friend Mr.
to coneet our inferences, so far
hyjMtnMli^haTe misled any
or tended to give unneces-
to his own mind. It appears,
the paper in Kitto was written
before the decease of Dr.
Howerer oligectlonable, there-
be to us, it was not prepared
teliag that Dr. Wardlaw was
We think it due to our
this should be generally
Aad had he exercised the same
in altering his MS., as for-
1 to Xitto's Journal, which he has
Ins as the Eisay appears in his
>, he would haye saxed
MB many disagreeable feel-
w night still haye objected
tf oC ailnclet.
^temver* disposed to beUeTe

that Mr. Kirkus*s too light treatment of
Dr. Wardlaw was attributable mainly to
the inconsideration of a young and rapid
writer ; and as the ofRensiye expressions
to which we objected in Kitto haye been
omitted in his yolume, we cannot but
conclude that he now disapproy es of them
in common with ourselyes. We are free
to confess that our animadyersions "Were
shazpened, both by our yeneration for the
character of Dr. Wardlaw, as an endeared
friend of forty-fiye years' standing, and
by the suspicion that some secret enemy
of the deceased had been at work in Kitto.
But we can say, with a good conscience,
and with some reliance on our established
character, that we would not, uUentionatfy,
inflict an iigury on any brother. We
most cordially recognize Mr. Kirkus as a
young minister of great promise; and
hope to meet him again, in our Editorial
walks, with that satisfaction which it
always affords us pleasure to express
when real seryice is rendered to the cause
and kingdom of our common Lord.

Editor.

bk0li8h congbxgational cbapbl build-
ing sooibtt. vulst annual refobt.
May 11, 1854.

Thb origination of the Society, of which
this is the first report, is one of the
most pleasing and promising circum-
stances of the age. If the Census has
told a melancholy tale of destitution and
neglect, the spirit in which this Society
has originated eyinces strong and deep-
seated resolyes to roll away the eyil. The
members of the Episcopid Church haye
contributed amply for the multiplication
of churches; nor haye Dissenters been
behind according to their means. But
there is still much to be done ; and the
English Congregational Chapel Building
Society will, we doubt not, greatly aug-
ment and wisely direct the efforts of
Nonconformists to« meet the growing
wants of our population. The proyince
intended to be occupied is not that of a
great organization for the erection and
control of chapels ; but to stimulate latent
purposes, to call forth slumbering re-
sources, and to guide and mature infant
attempts in neglected but important loc^l-

BS0 BonoB

lti«. We w* in this SodBtf « Tuing
tfmef dMttned at onee to multiply pltfa
«f worship up to the wanti of the aga,
and to wipe away for erer the " begging
•yatem " — the diagrace of chttrdiea, and
the pnrgat o ry of winiatew. We conuiiead
thia Sodaty to the iaimediate and pray.
srAil ooiuideiatioa of all oni chnrchea,
and especially to thatof themotaafflneni
of Iheit membera, who hkve my good
thing in their hentatowarda the LnTdou-
0«d. They ahonld,withant delay, obtain
COpiM of thla adinirabte leporl, which i«
replete with talnable auggeetkMM, and ,
tanportut atatiatical infbnnatiM. The ^
Committee, rich In anpetioi nami. Alt*
DiaheBB^edgeirfnucesa; and thaakillad
Ksd pncti<*l labonn of the Ber. f. C.
Gallaway, aa Becretary, cannot faU to
of the eanntn-.

The Bcv. Samuel Raban hu, thioil|^
adiancing age and freqaaot indiapiMiue^
rMigncd his pastoral charge at Uat&el^
and preached bis farewell seimoiu sa
Siindsy, July 33rd. At a pabli* Ms-
meeting, htld on the followiDg tuTfitj
cTening, a parting testimonjr of ctu^
and regard, cnmistisg of a Musll pniM
of sorcrcignK, to which maDT o[ (lit
inhabitant* of the town, incltiding thi
rectoT, contributed, was ptFMmted to lit.
Kaban, who will be followed in his retin-
nient bj the grateful reeoUection of Mi
BtUched flock.

For oiitsdves, ve mnccrely wish an
excellent friend and brolho', in the era.
ing of hia dajp. the rich {nosoladoiu <t
that ^mpel he ha* so long olid «o £bi^
fully pTeachcd lo otlieis.

On Taesday evening, June I3th,BlBrge
piity aasembled at the Temperance Hall.
North Shields, for the purpoee of pre-
senting the Rev. A. Jack, the respected
minister of St. Andrew's (Independent]
Chapel, with substantial and pennaneut
testimonies of thm affection and esteem.
The subscription originated a few weeks
a^, during the absence of Mr. Jack on a
short risit to Whitehaven, and the sum
realiied, without pressure or solicitstioti,
from the congregation, was sufficient lo
purchase a ailter inkstand of the value of
twenty guineu, sod to make up a purse
of two hundred guineas more — a splendid
testimony to miniaterial usefulness and
private worth ; and, we will add, an ex-
pressive and most gratifying indication of
the power and prevalence of the voluntary
principle. The Hall was completely filled,
about three hundred Udiet and gentlemen
being prceent, who partook of an elegant
and cheer^ repast on the occaaioa.
Nearly all the Coneregational ministers
in the district atttnded, Ur. .Jack being
highly honoured and valued by hia minis-
terial brethren both here and elsewhere.
After tea, on the motion of Hr. R. Forth,
■Sobt, Pow, Esq., was oalled npoa

Mr DEAa Sir,

I ora instructed br the
of "The Kent Congregational Avodi-
tion" to forward yon s copy of the ta-
nexed resolution, passed at the tiilj-
third annual mwting of the AstociatJOD,
held on Wednesday, July 5th, at Bi^-
street Chapel, Deptford, Mr. AH. tni
Sherifl'Wire in the chair;—

Resolved^" That thie meeting gas-
rally approving the Denommalionil Ui-
gannea, i. e. 'The Christian ITTtoMs'
and ' ChrisIinQ Pcruiy,' End also 'Ho
Evangelical Magazine;' the whole ptnSIl
of lht> former being devoted to the beaiA
of aged tninisten, and those of the btitt
to u('cc9sttouG widow? of miulscen il^
ctnscd ; do cordially nx-ommend them fis
[ncreBEcd ciri-ulation among the chtirclM*
and congrcgalionF, and also Sabbsth-
school teachers ond children, connMlel
irith this Association."

Hesbv J. Rook, SecretJrr.
RcT. J. Morison, D.D.

SAKTtKiu Ataoeuxiati

KsA Chunbea wQl

BOMS OHBOXiaLI.

687

IIM» when tlie Bmf, Jdha Btikj, of East
Onrta, -will prtMh on ''Tlia Wozk of the
Bpoit Bfiitial to the Pratperity of the
Ghach." On the pteeeding ereningt the
Bff. JoMiih Fletcher, of Christ Chvroh,
h fip e cl e d to preach.

« OY TKS TKMW U TD»P « IID1KT OKA-
TMLg TBMTHOm, HLX OT WIOBT.

0« Wedneedey, Angoit 3iid, 18M,
Ail daete end elegmt building iraa
te dirineirorih^ under the moet
flid anspldoiis eirenmstanocs.
Thi day iteelf waa lorely, and quite in
MiBony with tiie Joyona oceaaion. A.t
IK caily homr frienda from a distance, as
ae from the immediate neighbonr-
to anemUe; and by the
appointed far the commenccgnent of
the beantifiil edifice was
In ererj part. At half-past ele-
o'dock the Her. W. Warden, the
eC the idace, entered the pulpit,
the terrice by prayer and
^Oie ISSnid Psahn, after which the
X. cube, of Newport, read appro-
of Scripture, and suppli-
itm Divine Ueasing; (he Rer. J. A.
oC Bimiingham, then instructed
dellg^ited Ua audience with an ad-
iaeQiiineon£ph.iiL19: «'That
It be filled with all the ftdneaa of
The Ber. Thoa. Mann, of West
ceoMdnded the morning sendee
In the erening, the Rev.
Vks|Pgattf CK Ivewport, commenced
by feeding the Scripturea and
' which the Rer. Br. Morison,
deilTerad a most appropriate
d ia co uia e, flrom John It. 24 :
, ie n flpftiit: and they that worship
worahip him in spirit and in
Theee delightftd senrices, in
itibe BefT. Mr. Greener, of Shanklin,
lA Ae Ber. L Basky, of East Clowes,
^favtyWere concluded by the Ber.
fct— dal, of Wanham.

aerrice, a number of

together at Bush*s Boyal

; en hour or two after ^-

l edifjing conTersation. The

itonehini^y alluded to the

history of the minis-

k «B«d

1.
I

ter ; the Ber. Br. Morison gaye an out-
line of the origin of the Independent
cauae at Ventnor ; the Rev. E. Giles
refeired to his connexion with its early
struggles ; and Edward Thompson, Esq.,
to whom the cause is so much indebted,
feelingly recounted the circumstances
which first led to his yisiting Ventnor,
and becoming so deeply interested in the
^minister and his flock there. The friends
then a4Joumed to the Literary Institu*
tion to take tea, which had been gratui*
tously prorided by the ladies of the con-
gregation, who, with their accustomed
kindness and cheerftilness, contributed
not a little to the social and hallowed
enjoyments of the day, — a day which will
long be gratefully remembered by all who
were priyileged to be present. On the
Sabbath following, the opening senrices
were continued — the Key. J. A. James,
of Birmingham, and the Rey. Thomas
Jsmes, of London, kindly prolonging their
stay at Ventnor to conduct them. The
chai>el iras crowded as before. The Rey
J. A. James preached in the morning a
solemn and impressiye sermon, from
Matt. xyi. 26 : ** For what is a man pro-
flted, if he shall gain the whole world
and lose his oym soul ? or what shall a
man giye in exchange for his soul ? " In
the eyening, the Rey. Thomas James,
of London, followed up the morning
discourse by a most appropriate sermon
on Soul Prosperity,— taking for his text
the 3rd Epistle of John, and the 2nd
yerse : '* Beloyed, I wish aboye all
things that thou maycst prosper, and be
in health, eyen as thy soul prospereth."

And thus haye these interesting and
delightfril seryices terminated, affording
to the minister and his people great en-
couragement, and, it is hoped, yielding
much satisfaction to the generous friends
who haye so kindly aided them in the
accomplishment of so great and good a
work.

The estimated cost of the whole is
£1800; towards which £1500 haye been
already contributed, and it is earnestly
hoped that some kind friend or friends
will ease the minds of minister and people
by kindly helping them as speedily as
possible to liquidate the remaining debt.

688

OBXKRAL OHBOXICLE.

tnCIOH tTKSIT CHAPSL, BmiOHTOlT.

Ok Thunday, Auguit 10th, Mr. Fnsk
Boden, late of Chethunt College, was or-
dained as co-pastor with the Rer. J. N.
Qonlty, at Union-street Chapel, Brighton.
The Her. A. Foyster, of Cuckfield, com-
menced the senriccs hy reading the Scrip-
tures and prayer. Rer. John Watson, of
Hackney, delirered an introductory dis-
course on the Principles of Nonconform-
ity, from Isaiah Tiii. 20. Rey. Wm.
DaTis, of Hastings, asked the usual ques-
tions, which were sercrally anstig^red by
Mr. Penfold, on behalf of the church and
congregation, and by Mr. 8oden. The
ordination prayer was ofl^red, with laying
on of hands, by Rey. J. X. Ooulty. The
chsrge to the co>pastor was giyen by

Rer. Dr. Stowdl, principal of Cheshunl
College, from 1 Timothy it. It. Tlw
Rer. Geo. Stewart, of Hastinga, eoK-
eluded the morning serrice with prayer.
In the erening, the Rer. L. H. BynM%
of Kingston-on-Thames, read the Scrip-
tures and offered prayer. Ret. B. 8.
Hollis, of Islington, deUyered a ehngm
to the church and congregation, from
Rey. xzii. 17 ; and Rer. F. Soden com-
eluded the senrices of the day with
prayer. Rey. Geo. Hall of HcnfieUk
Mr. Thomas of Cheshunt, and Mr.
Alexander Stewart, also engaged in tH»
deyotioaal exerciies. The day was a
hallowed one, and all the seryices im^
stmctiye and edifying.

6tnrral €bronU\t.

CHINA.

XXTEACT OP ▲ LXTTER rBOM DB. LROOB
TO MBS. MOBIfrON.

** Ilonff Katifff 5th June, 1854.

** Yesteuday a steamer came into the
harbour from Shang-Hae, and, from the
accounts which she brought, the insur-
gents would seem to be renewing their
success of last year. I cannot but think
the contest will terminate in their
favour.

*' The most important development,
however, has taken place among the
Triad insurrectionists, in Shang-Hae.
They have renounced their idolatry, and
are seeking Christian instruction. Dr.
Medhurst writes to me, that some of
them carried to him a basketful of their
idols, and that they are really desirous to
obtain teachers. A number of women
listened for two hours, one day, to Mr.
Muirhead ; and he writes, that the present
escitemcnt and interest, manifested by
very many, contrasts delightfully with
the former state of apathy.

" From Amoy, the news is as good.
On the last Sabbath of last month our
Missionaries baptized no fewer than
•ifhiten imiividwil*. The American Mis-

sionaries, also, baptised some ; and a tgw
Sabbaths before several people were bap-
tized at a village some distance in tha
country, where o\ir countryman, WiUism
Burns, the man of Revivids in Scotland*
had been labouring. The poor people
there had got the sanction of their idols
in joining the rebellion in Amoy district
last year. When it terminated so disas-
trously, they beat, and burnt, and cast
away their idols, and now many of them
are turning to the living God.

" Thus the excitement which has been
produced in people's minds, and thft
perilous circumstances through whi^
they are passing, arc making them ML
how unsafe their ancient foundations aia*
We may soon have a great turning to thft
gospel.

" I expect to baptize four or five nezi
Sabbath evening. Among them thii
TaouUt Priut, whom I mentioned befora*

LrTTBBS OK THE CONTIirXMT.
KO U.

Ox the Sunday we spent at Antwerp^
I visited many of the churches, and found
them filled with worshippers, apparently - t
earnest and devout. Early massea at ftv% -^

GENEBAL CUROKICLE.

539

MX, and seven in the morning, are cele-
fanted both on Sundays and other days.
I was present in the cathedral at seven,
and beheld its spacious area more than
spriaUed with groups of worshippers.
Around two of the side altars crowds
vere gathered, and in other parts of the
cJiurch priests were engaged in receiving
coaiesaions. At St. Jacques' I found the
ume scones. The worshippers belonged
chiefly, though not exclusively, to the
lover classes, and there were almost as
Biay men aa women. At ten we went
together to high mass, which is celebrated
at that hour in the cathedral with much
pomp. The mass, you arc aware, is the
Romish transformation, perhaps some
would sav tranMibttanUation, of the Lord's
f Upper. The name mass — in Latin,
missa, drawm from the word miuio — is
dirircd from the practice of the ancient
chonih to diamiss from the assembly at a
certain point in the service the catechu-
Bfcns, and then proceed to the celebration
of the holy mysteries. High mass and
iaw maaa are essentially the same, but the
monies are more numerous and so-
la the former than in the latter.
•we entered the cathedral, a large
BBDgregation was collected round the
f«lpit. The preacher sjrake with energy,
iBd appeared to secure the attention of
hia bearers ; but, as his language was
we were unable otherwise to
of the merits of his discourse.
he was preaching, the choir of the
c&nrch and ita vicinity was rapidly filling ;
^ly had he closed, before priests
retinue appeared on the steps of
high altar. Music poured forth from
laUery at the other end of the nave,
L the great service of the day com-
It lasted rather more than an
and included the usual bowings,
fNKiations, elevations, and dramatic dc-
wdons of such a celebration. The music
via ef a jubilant character, as is, I be-
Bne, always the case between Easter
■d Whitsuntide ; and not only the or-
but a full band of instruments was

A collection was made during the ser-
m by gentlemen answering to our
rnndmoMf who threaded their way

I with considerable adroitness among the

' prU'dieux of the worshippers. At the
close, the host was conveyed from the al-
tar into the sacristy with great solemnity,
amid priests and acolytes, flaming ^andlcs
and smoking censers. Some members of
the procession were careless enough, but
the look of him wlio carried the resplen-
dent pyx was subdued and reverent, as
though he felt how precious and awful
was the burden he believed he bore.
How many of those present entered with
intelligence and spiritual appreciation into
the great central truth of the ceremony,
God only knows ; but I could not help
reflecting how little the ceremony itself
resembled either the first celebration of
the Holy Supper, or the Sacrifice of the
Cross.

In the afternoon I sought out schools,
which arc held in various parts of the
city, somewhat resembling our Sunday-
schools, and found one in the chapel of
St. Augustine. A priest, however, was
here the only teacher — the Lord's Prayer
and the Creed the subjects of instruction.
Beneath the pulpit was the figure of the
great Doctor, carved in wood. He is re-
presented as sitting on the globe, and
holding in his hand a volume of his writ-
ings, on which is inscribed, Nos audiamus
veritatem quasi Diuninum prcBsentem ; i.e.
Let us listen to the truth, as though to
the Lord himself, being present. On the
sides of the pulpit he is rather pompously
eulogized as Iinago Divinitatia, Tuba Vita,
Malleus llcpreticoruntf i. e.. Imago of the
Deity, Trumpet of Life, Confounder of
Heretics.

Afterwards we* attended the service of
the Church of England. The prayers
(there was no sermon) it was never our
grief to hear read in so ciureless, slovenly,
and indevout a manner before. To be sure
there were only twenty-five persons pre-
sent ; but God was there and Jesus Christ,
the Great High Priest. We were in-
formed that in the morning the chapel,
accommodating about 150 worshippers,
was well filled ; perhaps the service was
then better performed. It may be ques-

j tioned whether prayers, however excel-
lent, — or, to employ a favourite expression

' of many admirers of the English Liturgy,

540

OKKEWkL UUBOXIOLIC.

'•beautiful,*'— if carelcMly and inderoutly
nad, are not far more rcTolting and pain-
fdl to good taate, as well at Chriatian
feeling, than the rudest utterances of
sincere penitence and fervent desire. On
two or three subsequent occaaioni, I re-
joiced to find the smrrices of the English
Church a much more adequate ezprea-
sion of our national piety, especially at
Nice and Florence; the serrice at the
latter place being of a high order.

In the erening we were again wor-
shipping with Roman Catholics, and
endeaTouring, as far as possible, to have
fellowship with them in all that is true
and good, and to throw off fnm ourselTCS
what it false and evil in their doctrines.
Again, in the cathedral we found a crowd
collected round the pulpit, many appa-
rently engaged in prayer, with their faces
directed towards the high altar, until a
preacher ascended la chaU% d§ la rcnV,
as the pulpit is called, when sll turned
towards him, and drew their chairs
closer, and listened for three quarters of
an hour to a discourse, which, although
read, was delirered with muchjanimation.
I think an intimation was conyeyed to
him that his brethren were waiting to
commence the serTicc of the evening, for
he closed abruptly; and, without a mo-
ment's interral, a procession of priests
issued from the sacristy, and bore back
the ho&t to the altar with the same pomp
as it had been removed thence in the
morning. With the exception of two or
three short prayers, recited by one of the
priests, the service consisted of chants,
and was strictly an even-song. Again
a collection was made, and again at the
close a procession was formed, with ad-
ditional light-bearers, and the host borne
solemnly away.

In the city there was little of the inac-
tion and quietness of an English, much
less of a Scotch, Sabbath. Many, perhaps
half, of the shops were open, though we
saw no business transacting in them.
Crowds of people, in holiday attire, and
with much content and cheerfulness in
their faces, were on the quays and other
promenades. In the Place Vertc boys
•ad girls plajred as on other days, and
isnta of all kinds oeoupied the

evening. But wtsa«»iiiothiiigofdnnik«i«
ness or Indeeoran, thoagh wa went lots
some of tha wont dlsCriets, and the eltj
was at rtat at an early hour.

¥^thout entering on the general q«M*
tion of Sebbatic ohligation and obee i T aa BS^
it may be suggested, that vrhenerer the
manner in which the Kemiali Oivck
pennita, perhaps eneo ur a g ea, Ua «»— ^mf
to spend the Sunday la under eonaideB>>
tion, the amount of rdigioiiiB eTgreim il
apreada through the week ahoold aol Ib
fidmess Jm overlooked. Brerj daij U
opens the churches, and eelehratee mamm.
On the other hand, it may be donbcsd
whether family worship exists to any large
extent among members of the Romish
communion; and vdiether Pro test a n tis m ,
slthough it affords few encouragements
to public worship, save on the Sunday,
has not, on account of tft d t m m ti e alters,
a great advantage over Romanism. Alaa 1
for us Protestanta, however, if the habit
of family worahip is slloirsd to decline^
and the diatractions of buaineaa and
amusement leave only aahes where there
should be glowing flame !

Brussels, the capital, with its boule-
vards, gardens, and park, ita palacea and
palace-like streeta, its churchea and hoa-
pitals, its elegant ahopa and sparkling
cafite, is a miniature Parts. The city
strikes and captivatca you at onee, and
you surrender, at a glance, as to a das-
sling and queenly beauty. We received
a cordial welcome fkom K. le Paateur

A , and had pleaaant interoourae vrith

him, but were unfortunate enough to find
other pasteurs abaent ; aome of them at-
tending the Paris "May Meetings," which
are held in April; and as vre did not
spend a Sunday in Brussels I have little
to say of ita religious featurea.

Books of all kinds are seen everywhere
on stalls and in ahops, and it appears
that a thriving trade is driven in this
article, especially in reprints of French,
English, and German literature, with
which Belgium supplies slmost erery
country in Europe. What piles of vrorth-
Icss theology did I not see in one or two
establishments!

It gave me great pleasure, however, to
find that a small warehouse for the sale

GJCKERAL CUBONICUB.

54]

of Bibiai, and other religiouB books of a
h^ flpiritual order, exists not far from
doe of the leading thoroughfares of the
atj, from which issoes a considerable
naiber of rolnmes.

One of the manufacturers of the cele-

hntad lace was kind enough to explain

l» OS the process of fabrication, and to

achibit some choice, beautiful, and, what

to ladies is often as attractive, expensive

ipecxmena. We looked over the shoulders

of joung women engaged in the manu-

bctan^ and admired the quiet flow of

heanty from their fingers ; but heard with

Rgret, that even the most skilful earn

little, become blind at an early age, and

are neTertheless yerj improTident.

Here, as well as at Ghent and Antwerp,
I fiaited the communal schools — schools
supported at the public expense, and
supplying gratuitous instruction. They
Lt Tie with any elementary schools of
country, and in some respects were
■openor to many. The buildings were
admnably adapted to their purpose — sim-
ple, substantial, light, airy, and spacious.
Tlie scholars, classified according to their
ages and attainments, occupied separate
apaotments. They were all clean, well-
dressed, and remarkably well-behayed.
Tbe teachers, of whom there was one in
each room, appeared intelligent and ener-
getic men, and had received a regular
training. At Antwerp a class of dumb
and de«f children was instructed success-
folly in one of the rooms. In each room
a crucifix was suspended — ^the scholars
being all the children of Roman Catholic
parents. Where a Sufficient number of
Ptotestant children is found, as at Brus-
Bcis, a school is supported at the expense
of the town for their exclusive instruc-
tioo, and the religious department is
entrusted to the care of the Protestant
psstor. This school it was not in my
power to inspect, but I visited, both at
Bhissels and at Li^ge, schools, sustained
ia connexion with the aggressive efibrts
if Evangelical Christianity, in inde-
pendence of all government aid and
control. As channels of religious in-
itniction, I have no doubt they far
tvpasa the public schools, whether
Piptestant or Roman Catholic, and they

' are regarded by the Evangelical Pro-
testant churches as essential to the suc-
cess of their work. But in all other
respects, as perhaps might be expected,
they are behind the national establish-
ments. These schools, indeed, are so
efficiently conducted as to render it very
difficult to compete with them.
An evening was given, under the skilful

! guidance of a Belgian gentleman, ac-
quainted with all the scenes and secrets
of Brussels life, to a ramble through the
city, and a casino and two estaminets
were visited. The estaminet, devoted to
tobacco and beer, is peculiar to Belgium,
and characteristic of it. ** Greece had
its baths, Rome its barbers' shops, as
places of social intercourse and friendly
gossip ; France has its caf^, England its
ffin houses an* taverns, Germany its to-
bacco shops, Belgium the estaminet." So
writes one of the contributors to a work
which professes to sketch Belgian life and
manners at the present day ; and he adds,
not very happily, that **the estaminet
pre-eminently is as Flemish as the bull-
dog fight is English." In both which I
visited were many persons, of all ages,
drinking and smoking, and the ear was
stunned by the constant rattle of the
tongue and the dice-box ; but in neither
of them, though one was of the worst
kind, did I notice any approach to drunk-
enness or indecent behaviour. The casino,
where music and songs, comic, pathetic,
and patriotic, formed the entertainment,
— though some of the more respectable
citizens may occasionally be seen there
with their wives and daughters, — is prin-
cipally attractive as the resort of gay
folly and decorous vice. In Belgium, as
in France, few of the nobler sex, as we
are pleased to designate ourselves, spend
their evenings at home. Hence the mul-
tiplication of these places of entertain-
ment, in addition to theatres, which exist
in all the large towns, and are well at-
tended, especially on Sundays and other
holidays.

Before leaving Brussels, which is of
course the seat of government, I may ob-
serve, thit tlie quiet stability of Belgium,
during the revolutionary movements of
1848, has been regarded as indicating

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543

to enterprise and sympathy, as it did
not in fonner ages. Yet, surely, for
tike inhabitants of a town to feel that in
the sight of God a moral unity belongs to
them, and that common interests and
common duties are theirs, is as right now
as it ever was ; and I earnestly hope that
our towns, especially the large manufac-
turing communities of the North, will
cherish, in spite of many circumstances
which tend to dirideand disintegrate, that
oneness of feeling, that true public spirit,
that noble disinterestedness that will
make them worthy successors of their
mediaeral forerunners. Then if, accord-
ing to Coleridge, the Gothic minster may
be regarded as Christianity metamor-
phosed into marble, in the corporate exist-
ence of our great towns \re shall see the
elaborate Town-hall of the Netherlands
TiTified, like Pygmalion's statue, and
transformed into liring manners and
noble Tirtues.

J. G— B.

XaaATA Uf THE FIKET LETTBB.

Page 181, 3rd line, read Jive millions,

imfwar millions. — Page 482, first column,

Uiie 20, after the words, '* the extensive

mills," insert "of one company;** for it

would be a gross error to give the idea

that only twelve or fourteen hundred

joimg women are at work in all the mills

of Ghent. — Page 482, line 23, second

rojqmn, for **four windows," read **from

windows." — Page 484, last line, for

"^Bardford;* read '^Bradford.**

could be more to be deprecated. We
sincerely hope that the Evangelical Alli-
ance which has been entered into for
the hallowed purpose of assisting plans
in operation, fur the social and spiritual
benefit or the Ottoman empire, will meet
with great encouragement from the
friends of the gospel. — Almost all the
leading men connected with the great
evangelical movements of the day, we
perceive, are associated in this most
laudable effort, — Churchmen, Wesleyans,
Independents, Baptists, and Presbyterians,
have all united for the accomplishment
of one great and sacred object. We wish
them heartily God-speed.

N.B. — Contributions for the Western
Asia Missions-Aid Society will be re-
ceived by the bankers, Messrs. Hansom
and Co., 1, Pall-mall East, and Messrs.
Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., 64,
Lombard Street ; also by Messrs. Nisbet
and Co., 21, Bemers Street; Seeleys,
Fleet Street ; Partridge, Oakey and Co.,
Paternoster Row ; and at the office, No.
7, Adam Street, Adelphi ; Post-office
orders being made payable at the Charing
Cross Office to the Rev.Cuthbert G.Young.

TURKEY.

AHOaATION IK AID OF BVANOBLICAL
MISSIONS IK WESTBKN ASIA AKD THB
BAST OF BVBOPB, ESPECIAIJ.Y THB
AMiaiCAK BOABD.

Wb rejoice in the recent formation of
te catholic organization, to aid our
African brethren in carrying out their
iwP con certed and successful plans for
ft* erangelization of Turkey, and the
iMMtries a4)acent. Such a combination
iiaach more desirable than the formation
if a new lodety, than which nothing

INDIA.

EXTBACT LETTER FROM DR. JUD80N TO MR.
A , ON THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE.

**Moulmein, Oct, 1840.
"So the light of your dwelling has
gone out, my poor brother, and it is all
darkness there, only as you draw down
by faith some faint gleams of the light of
heaven, and coldness has gathered round
your hearthstone ; your home is probably
desolate, your children scattered, and
you a homeless wanderer over the face
of the land ! We have both tasted of
those bitter cups once and again ; we
have found them bitter, and we have
found them sweet too. Every cup
stirred by the finger of God becomes
sweet to the humble believer ! Do you
remember how our late wives, and sister
Stevens, and perhaps some others, used
to cluster round the well- curb in the
mission compound at the close ol day?
I can almost see tlicm sitting there, with
their smiling faces, as I look out of the

Wbtn •!« onn now i
ttl wtU-nnb of tha finmtain of liviaf
wUar, to which tlia Lunb t£ haBTOB
jlmoa IhoB tha w>7; rapoaiiig in the
■m* of InflniU Lot*, who wipes wmkj
an tlialr Umn with his own hnid. Lat
M bsrel ^ and locA. ap. Ve i^all toon
balhera. Aaaoiaaal writa,ar josiaod
thwalinaa,waihBllaoaafaBthK«. Uanj
■ waary at^ w« may yat hava to taka,
bntwaahaUawalyfatthweatbat. And
tha loacar andMota ladlou tha mjr, tha
nraatar will be ovr i^oaa."

FRANCK.

T» Rtt. Adolphe Hoaod haTtni t1-
■itad tlte town of Bloia, in May at laat
yaat, in order to bnry tha young and
lorely wife of a brother in tha minlatry,
Wat to th« burying- gnrand next neen-
Ing, for the pnipoa* of private aedlta-
tion. Not being familiar with the way,
he aiked dinctioaa of a aoldiar. WhOat
walking in the gnTa-yard, ha again tnat
the aatna aoldier, whan ha ^oks to him a
few leriou* word*, and promiacd him
aome tracta, if he would call for them m.%
th« pulor'i houae. Though the aoldier
•ecmed indifferent U> the inTitation, be
ikevertheleu appeared at the paMor'i, at
the appoiated time, rather to Ur. Uonod's
■urpriM. From that time Mr. Honod
heard nothing more from him until the
terj day preceding the late annual meet-
ing, when he receiTcd a letter from him,
ftuin which the following is an extract : —

"Sir, — It ii now nearly a year* since
you met with a aoldier in the bntTing-
ground of Bloia ; it ia he who writea to
yov, to mike known to yoti the grace he
hai received ftom the Lord. I will re-
member that day all my life; for lince
that time, having looked to the eroaa of
Christ, I found, ai you had told me, that
blood which pnrifiea ui from all tin.
How bleaaed it ia to have mch a Saviour,
to know he takes care of ni, bean our
prayers and aniwen them ! When yon

them. Aad bmr eoold I, whan I wh
blind,aBdmyhMrt«wdnt» Tha ear*
nal mm Asm not n>dantMd tha tUngi
of Ood. Bat a* Ood wflls aot tkt death
of tha abuw, ha had msoy w ma ; ha
opaied ny eyes dut I ui^ aea thrt
l%ht oa tha e^^kallek lAkh W g*n- d
tbeae that ■!• eallad to be «M body vilk
Chrtet,aatnMlii^

yoQ to JaiB your ptayaas it

ami m«^ mi eaiUanatoMiM thalM»>
taikig a( Aa wartL V I had Mly ^
Mra naaon to tnatifa mt, I ahoaU be
vary nhappy; bat, iMUlf to JeeM
Chiiat, It Is Bwaat to naantar Om Ha
aaid hiMd( • b Oa vaM yi dwQ hm
tribnladM; batberfgoaaehawt IWn
WAmArn-
I* I

atepeof onDivii.t'Mactci) Sincehehv
OTtTcome,inBliBlloT['ri?oine»laa,thtoug)i '
JesBi Christ iriio strtngtheni us.

"I mnst sdd, it is not only against tha
wcild I have to atrugglf . but BgainU my
poor heart, wUeh it more to be feared
than any vulwanl difficulty. Vet I have
this faith and hope, ttiat he who bM
begun hia wmk in lae, will srcomplith It.
I cannot say thatcTerj* day ia fall of joy |
bat I have eontan plni«d my Saviouj, and
my heart ha* totad tlie re&vahing dew
whiA comes down upon the bsrren earth.
Hay the Lord guide lu by the hand, that
we may all walk in the light of Him who .
directa all tUnp-, and ia whom I am.
your brother in Cbriat Jeane ! '*

TbU tmly beantifol letto ao moved the
siaembly, to whkh it waa recently re-
lated, that they all loae, on the invitatioa
of one of the paatoie preaent, and joined
in prayer for this new btothei. I un
happy to be able lo add, that the paator
of Bloii fitlly oonJinned the content* of
the soldier's letter : having had frequent
intercourse with him. he considered him
a converted character, snd sdmitted him
to the Lord's taUfc
CMtfioH TVmfMry,

:;^i««ionar^ iHagajtne

CHRONICLE.

MISSION AEY XAOAmnB

POLYNESIA.

MEMOIB or ▲ VJlTVTB BT1V0ELIST«

Tnr. Bov. Cliarles Barff, of tbo Society Istlands ]Mi8siony 1:a8
subjoined narratiTe, recorded the life and labours of ^lo'a, oue of
members of his church at lluahine, and «ho was also among the
of the native pioneers who prepared the way for the introductio
' Oospel at Samoa. To the pious confidence of this devoted man, i
taking the euro of the most potent chief on the islands, when Iji
rcntly nt the point of death, and the signal success of his treat m
be attributed, under Ood, the first favourable impressions the
received re^rding the new religion which Hoia and his compan
come to mak(* known to them.

" Moia, the subject of the following no-
tice," writes Mr. DariT, " wu a Raiatean by
birth; but. on his marriage with a woman
of lluahinc, he rf moved to thii Uland, ami
rrsided, when 1 tir»t knew him, near the
Mirae (temple) of Oro the god of war, and
of lliro the god of thieret.
f.ably trainiwo a2fo brciption imto
tus chubch.

** When we removed from Elmeo to Ilua-
hinain 181S» and began to form a settlement
at Fare, but few of the people conld be in-
duced to come and reside at it. It fell to my
lot to itinerate round Huahine, to preach and
superintend ichools. We had a preaching place
and school at Parea, the residence of Moia,
and he was among the most diligent in learn«
ing to read himself and in teaching others.

** NVhen some were pliced under a course
of private instruction, as candidates for Bap.
tism, Moia was one of the first to remove
with Ills femily to Fare to enjoy that
privilege ; and, on the 21st April, 1821, was
bapti/ctl, on the profession of true repent-
ance and faith, in the Lord Jmus. He was
now admitted among the candidates for
Communion, and united ill Church fellow-
ship in May, 1822. His conventoti to Qod
was not accompanied with those alarms of
conscience which some experienced ; but the
growth of his linowledge, faith, and love to
the Lord Jesus wu gradual. He was one
of the most active in the native schools, and
in visiting the sick and aged at their houses,
to read to them the Word of God and pray
with them. He was among the most diligent,
too, in his attendance onthemeanaof grace ;
and his conduct was uniformly coillistent
with the gospel of Christ.

VISIT TO TRS MABQUES.

" Moil waa one, among many,
▼olanteered his services as a nati
among the heathen, and was po
simple course of instruction prep
the work. Proceeding to Tahiti
he accompanied two of the Miss
the Marquesas ; but, as it was dc
safe to commence a mission tlM
time, he returned to Huahlae.

APPOIimO TO BAMOA.

*< In the beginning of 1830, i
earnest prayer for direction, it i
mined, by dear Mr. Williams and
try to commence a mission on tk
Islands, and Moia was one of t1
selected by the Church of Christ i
for that humble attempt. We
islands in ^fay, 1830, in the ' Me
Peace,' and had the happiness tola
month of June following, at Sa]
Bavaii. Both our natite teacher:
selves were received, by Malleto
people, with far more kiudness tba
have expected. He was spared
for twelve years at Samoa.

A PROVIDENTIAL BVBN1

"In common with his comj
labour, Moia suffered much from
want of the necessaries of life. Thi
had not, like the Taldtlans, been ii
of giving food to flsitors, so that,
few trinkets Mr. Williams and ]
them were exhausted, they were !
extreme want; but even this wa
fully overruled for good. Moia hi
black coat left, which had been s
with many other presents, by a 1
factress in England. This, after mu

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547

they determined to lay at the feet of
I, as the heit preiieiit they had, and
lit support. Moia and his corn-
went to Upola, where Maiietoa then
aad found the chief in an apparently
ate. AQ the skill of heathen doctors
dianters had heen tried in vain,
a's fiunlly surrendered the sick chief
I and his companions; this wu a
moment. They knelt down and
for Divine direction. After prayer,
Bsolted what to do, and finding the
M in a high state of fever, they con«
that bleeding would be benefldal.
ineli fear and trembling, Moia ex-
blood from his arm. The chief soon
ef, and recovered his senses ; and on
I bis eyes, finding they had been the
cnta of saving his life, he blessed
Set Sm^rmfing) ; and, when acquainted
e object of their visit, gave them per-
to take food from his lands on all
nda» in vrhich his family and people
' concurred. They returned to their
md children at Sapapalii in Savaii,
ving with gratitude to God for his
ttl interposition on their behalf.

ITAirr «SSITLTS TO THE MISSION.

IB after this event, a number of
M^ fiamily and people put themselves
ht instmction of the native teachers,
gvn to attend theur religious exer-
ndtiie good work once begun spread
, mder the blessing of God, on
■id aome of the other islands of the
io tbat, when dear Mr. Willtams
tte islands in 1833, a large number
lie a profession of Christianity. The
• Boaaeott and I visited the Samoans
4^ and fonnd several small chapels
[ lor the worship of Jehovah, wattled
with lime, and a large one at
on Savii; and an increased num-
had made a profession of the
It was daring this visit that I asked
hi |fivate, what occasioned the great
\ ttMt had taken place. He answered
fc IfM m, meaning the hncei, that
tl ttie first favourable impression.
1 fvofided the native teachers with
I'vtai we first located them, and
Ahs how to use them in case of
nmmmm themselves.

** It was during this visit that Moia moved
from Sapapalii on Savaii to Falelatoi on
Upoln, where he spent the remaining years
of his labours in the Samoan Misaioii. He
exerted himself very much in building
chapels, preaching, and teaching to the ex-
tent of his limited knowledge. He was very
much afflicted with the disease of the islands ,
elephantiasis: and, his eye-sight beginning
to fail, he was, at his own request, brought
home in the Missionary ship to Huahine ia
1842. The Missionary in that part of the
field where Moia was located, the late Rev.
T. Heath, gave him an excellent character.

HIS LAST YEARS AT HUABINB, AND HAPPY

DEATH.

"Moia now resumed his place in the
Church of Christ at Huahine, and was as
active in his office, as Deacon, as his many
infirmities would allow. His addresses at
the church meetings were always listened to
with deep attention, showing a large ac-
quaintance with the Scriptures and breathing
a spirit of deep-toned piety. He survived
twelve years after his return from Samoa.
During the two last years of his life, he was
so severe a sufferer as to be unable to attend
public worship ; but the Missionary generally
visited him once a week, to converse with
him on his Christian experience. God was
very gracious to him, and gave him strong
faith in Jesus, and a desire to depart. The
last time I saw him he was free from pain,
and able to eat, drink, and converse as for-
merly. He lifted up his arms, and showed
me his legs also, which, from having been
for many years so swollen as to have become
almost useless members, were now nearly
reduced to their natural size, and asked me
what the change indicated. I told him it
showed that the outward man was rapidly
decaying, and that his departure was just at
hand. He replied, ' The sooner the better ;
come Lord Jesus, come quickly.' He died
on the 3rd February, 1854, about midnight.
He had been as well as usual during the day.
About eleven p.m. he awoke his wife, and
told her the Lord Jesus had come for him,
and desired her to call Roi, a Deacop that
lived close by, to come and read a Psalm to
him and pray ; and while the Deacon was
praying his spirit departed. Is not this %
brand plucked out of the fire ?*'

948

1CIS8IOXAEY MAOASINB

CHINA.

SlIANOHAE.

Fbov the lubjoined extrtots, referriog to reeent events in oonneskn
with the MiBrion at Shanghae, it will be seen that, notwithstanding the
public disturbances arising from the efforts of the Imperialists to repossess
the city, the work of instruction has been continued without material^inteiw
ruptioDi both within the walls and in the surrounding country.

The Ber. J. Edkius, writing on behalf of the Missionary brethm, under
date Shanghae, II th April ult., observes:—

tome itapt thoald be ttkca for their tdkL
Large lumt were •uhtcribed hf foieigii ner-
chantt, and Dr. Lockhart oadertook the
purchase and diitributionof pnyriaioiia. Thli
gave the opportanity of addreitisg large
congregationt on the lubject of religkni.
Dr. Medhunt and Mr. Muirhead ditchufed
this duty. A crowded audience, conaisting
solely of the poor, moat of them aged moA
and women, was something noreL Com*
monly impoTcrished in their worldly drcmn-
stances, they care more for the bread thai
perisheth than for that that endureth to
CYerlasting life. • • •. •

THE MiaaiOK BOIPITAI..

" Dr. Lockhart's labonn at the hoipital
have been much increased by the grtst
number of wounded men brought to reoeife
medical care. Many of the flghto that hare
taken place have been within Tiew of ou
own houses. This projumity to the scene
of conflict has filled with work the hands oC
your indefatigable medical Mistioaary i in.
creased opportunity has thus been affordad
for communicating Christiaa instruction.
The wounded were aecompaBied by their
friends; these have frequently formed a
large audieuce in the hoapital halL In this
duty Dr. Medhurst, Mr. Muirhead, and my-
self have taken part. • • • •

*' Many of the wounded soldiers staying al
the hospital have been Canton men. Agong
hu been assiduous in instructing them ; for .
a considerable time he read the gospels
with several of them daily: his reeidcnea ^
here for so long a time bu thus been turned ^
to goo4l purpose. One of his catechumenat ^
who underwent amputation of the right arst ^l.
appeared to be strongly impressed with ths ^
lessons he thus received. He wishes to give . ^
up the life of a soldier, and proCesaca grert. i

** TBB HIBOB or 4HANGIIAB

by the emperor's troops, has continued
throughout the six months whose Missionary
history I have now to record. Within the
last few days a new feature hu been intro-
duced into the conflict. The foreign autho-
rities, with all the force at their command,
ba\-e found it necessary to attack the Im-
perialists and destroy a large encampment
near the settlement. The consuls of all
nations resident here have been unanimous
in taking this step, and have been supported
in it by the public feeling of the community.
This you would learn from newspapers ; but
they would not mention, excepting inci-
dentally, that Dr. Medhurst was one of
those wl^o were wantonly and causelessly
attacked by the mandarin soldiers. He wu
near the new road recently constructed
within the limits assigned for the foreign
settlement. It was on the same afternoon
(April 3rd) that numerous attacks were
made on other foreigners. Fortunately,
Dr. M. wu on horseback, and escaped with
ease from his assailants, ten or twelve in
number, who tried ineffectually to seize his
bridle. Tlie intentions of the soldiers may
be known from the fact that one gentleman
received seven sword and spear wounds, and
that he thus suffered in panning the thrusts
aimed at an English lady with whom he wu
walking. You will join with us in grati-
tude to God that Dr. M. wu uninjured, and
that these ruffians were hindered from
taking a life so valuable, x^ * * •

DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD.

" During the opening months of this year
meat and rice have been plentifully distri*
buted among the poor in the city. The
cessation of all trade had reduced them to
great poverty, and it wu necessary that

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549

f to b< bftptiied and remain where lie
—'"*»'" a Chriitian profeidon. We
laDf obliged to look with eddnesi on
ppUcttiti at would require pecaniarj
Stm for their rapport, leit thej

be wanting in ditinteretted attach-
\o the religi<m thej would embrace;
■MttmfT leniencf it needed, from the
lal thote who really promise well

be driTCB back into the world of

tions thej would leave* The soldier

ition, who has obtained a considerable

xige of Christianity, is perhaps an

le is point. Another Dative of Canton

se, who stayed some time in the hos-

vat recently in the Nanking revola-

' army. The information elicited by

[edhunt, in conversation with him,

led the correctness of the impres-

ipe had already derived, from the

f the Hermes to Nanking and other
u • • ♦ ♦

■vfl OBaimTAircaB iit the xmicT

or TAl-PINO-WAHO.

the last few weeks three more
and Canton men, formerly in Tae-
aag^t army, have been met by us in
f . They now fight for the rebds, who
of Shanghae. One of them
attachment to Christianity;
It fret that he has returned to his
Wbit of opium- smoking, and joined
r to tlMMe who are acknowledged
ip la by no meant in hit favour. The
■I taaa of new information that we
lAftwi him are, the monthly celebra-
r Aa Lord't Supper by the Kwang-se
Ma, Hie performance of baptism by
I At tee Ib water, and the establith-
of priettt and eldert.
Fom maatoNART labour at

atrWO KBANG.

tlie recent collision of the foreign
tte Imperial army, our attention
dtreded to the surrounding
if li pietenting an open field for
|%Ule at Shanghae our efifbrts were
ML A fortnight since I returned,
I^Uk^ abaence, the greater part of
at Bung Keang. The pre-
alale of the country inter-
I preadied every day
^ toAsiKaaf and fonod the books I

had brought quite insufficient to tupply the
demand. Sung Keang is a city higher in
rank than Shanghae : it has a large popula*
tion within the walls, and another equally
numerous in the western suburb. No place
could be more suited for an out-station,- if it
were not itself made the centre of extensive
operationt. On inquiry, I found that there
would be no difficulty in renting a houte, or
taking rooms in a temple : the owners were
extremely willing, even at the risk of tome
annoyance from the mandarins. Shanghae
is more mercantile than literary, and its
population consists in great part of persons
coming from distant provinces and speaking
difficult dialects. In Sung Keang the spoken
language is much more homogeneous, and
the people give greater attention to books.
Very many women can read. If the foreign
visitor did not wish to take rooms, he might
live in a boat as long as he pleased. I found
a great part of the city accessible by means
of the numerous canals surrounding and
intersecting the city } this, indeed, is true of
all the great cities in thit part of China.
Having met with a very favourable recep-
tion, I had intended to return last week ; but
the subsequent hostilities have rendered it
improper for any foreigner to leave the settle-
ment for the present.

A CANDID ROMAN CATHOLIC.

" On the way back, wind and tide being
contrary, our boat stopped at a village twelve
or fifteen miles from Shanghae. After
preaching in the open air, I entered a tea
tavern, and soon noticed that a native Roman
Catholic was addressing a circle of listeners
on the doctrines of his charch. On listen-
ing more attentively, I heanl the words
Adam and Eve, original and actual sin,
which informed me of the theme on which
he was instructing his countrymen. On my
advancing he received me with great cordi-
ality, and from his mode of conversation I
saw that he knew little of the differences
between the Protestant and Catholic forms
of Christianity. On a former occasion, and
at another village, very violent language was
addressed to me by a native who had gone
through a course of education by Catholic
priests, and counted the Latin language
among his accompUihmentt. Me spoke In
no gentle terms of the miicUef done by

550

U1S8IONABT HADAZim

PintMUnt UiHiMuno, nho cune here to
nil«l««i< ihe people by tetcbiag them hereij.
Thii man wu of a milder diipcnUiOD, and
woold lake DO olTeiice while I objected, one
bf one, to hii dodrinn: he repeatedlv
iDviled me to addreu ttie audience that had
gathered ronnd him, vhich, after he had
•gain done lo, 1 did. Hi* piincipal labject
of diioiune wai the commindmeDtj, which,
aain Europe, differ from our own and (he
orifinil, in omiltiaf the teoond, and lepaiat*
ing the tenth into two. He repeated tbem

one bf one. on bdag KqDMted to do m; tti
I then aiked whjr the i«al lecaBd ~— n4
meni prohibitiag image and pictort wtMf
waa omitted. He aaid that all hi« tbeolo|r
came from the 'ipiritual blhen,' u ttt
prieata an hen called. I rBcommended Ui
to refer the qaeation to than, and to Mk
whether it wai right fbt nu to doge Ik
lawi of God. We then proceeded lo lb
tnbjeet of tradiiioB, and the xm tt m^
known langnage in the litnTtr."

THZOLOaiCAI HXUIITABT AT BAXaAIABE.

TsE European MiaBionariea in India, few in number, sad often
by the diaeasea incidental to n tropical climate, entertain ■ growing oo-
victioQ of the importance of native agency, as the only effcctnml mMUi
under God, for the gradual and thoroagh eraugelization of that gmt
country. At several of the Miasion Stations, institutiona for the expioi
object of training native youth for the work of the Ministry have be«n nt
on foot, and the superior character and attainments of the atudenti ei^-
ing the advantages of this training have more than justified the eipKh
ment.

AVe subjoin a notice of the Theological Seminary at Bangalore ndcr
tlio charge of the Bev. Jnmes Sewel).

■on of the late excellent FUtcI, whtSt-
tinguiihedhimtdf aomnehai a UUU ant '.
sueceiaful natiie pteacber and partnr. Tla
youth lecentljr admitted from tUi tuXmk
a j«j promiiing jouth. He -hai bMi i>
tbe boarding tcbool cleTCn jmit, iti !■
been three yean a member of tbe limt,
and ii now juat twent; jeaia of ifa. Vi
have nerer hadajroungmanaobradilMi
in hii iludieaoo entering tbe aatiiui*
thi* youth, and 1 entertain the bofO tW
with the reat of tboae who are BOW eoaAV
fotirard we ihatl be able to laite my «■-
aidcrably tbe atandard at attainnent ad
character for the offlee of aatin teadK
Thial regard aaa point of gnat ImpeataMi
in tha preient circnmMancca of India, h M
very lajad and eitenaiTO pnraloM of tta
knowledge of the Engtlah langligi. mi
literature, and aeienoe, rendA* It fanfanllH
that ow naliTe teachen aboald ba far faMMr

" Some time ago," wiiiei Mr. Sewell,
under date October 1853, " I informed you
that there wai a cheering proipect of an in-
creaie of the number of iludenti uniler my
care in connexion with tlie Bangalore Semi-
nary. That proipect has now to aome ci-
tent been realized. Recently 1 have recciied
two itudeota from Bellary, one from Banga-
lore, and one from Cuddapali. Thii makei
the preient number to be lix ; and three
othen are diitinctly ptomiied from Bel-
gaum, and one more from Bellary ii ipoken
of aa likely to came. There are also two
other youthi in our boarding ichool here
who are deiiront of devoting themteUe* to
tbe work of teachen, and who will after a
further period of probation be found, I trust,
•nch a* may with aafety be received. One
of thoae recently received from Bellary It tbe

VCR SJfiPT£MB£B, 1854.

65i

i for their woric than they htve
> fMoiU J been, if they an to Mciire
tUie raepect and ooniidence without
htj can effect bat little in the pabllc
f oftheGoipeL

LASMING TBNOINCIBS OP MBRBLT

ancvLAn xducation.
en are at the present time not lets
thowand boyt and young men study-

Bagiish language and literature in
ore alone, and from the encourage-
rhich u now given to this kind of
on by the go?emment in almost every

India, we may expect it to become
MR prevalent. We must, conse-
ft". calculate upon meeting with some
■ It tro ublesome opponents of Chris-
' aoMmg the natives thus educated,
tf is there much infidelity of various
wicat among them, and some here
hm have got hold of German specu-
■lUch they are employing u weapons
« Ike Gospel,
n oanxn or training nbcxssary

BCiaiSTIAN TaACHXRS IN INDIA.

In viD easily see the urgent necessity
Ikeoe srises, that our native teachers
M ki sUe to keep pace with the in-
Midfiacement of the people among
K%srehereafter to labour. Too much
i'Mce oa scarcely be attached to this
liieiaaaion with the future progress
V*iA in India. In it are bound up
^hfm, under God, for the conversion
HlMlk. It is most gratifying, there-
^tilid tnily promising young men
Hlfamid at this juncture to ofta
|kilBr this vrork. And while our

Bt however, in connexion with
[ isjMToportionably great, I feel
feirily the pleasing testimony borne
■l«ha have left the seminary since I
pi ^biife of it. Respecting the one
pit li Cnddapah last year, the most
PIPV ioeovats have been from time to
iJMbBd. I have now, however, a

Swho has been four years with
» win return to Belgaum, D. V.,
Ilpfar year, who approaches in all
MiMaicrt to the standard now re-
ff.Mm Mim teachers, of any I have
liiUta* His natural disposition
r, at once thoughtful, amiable,

and energetic ; his attainments and his style
of preaching are all such u. to encourage the
hope of more than ordinary usefulness. I
have witnessed also in his case, what I hope
often to witness hereafter, that the tone of
piety and morality has sensibly improved in
connexion with the course of training through
which he has passed. These things I feel to
be very encouraging, as they show, I trust,
that we have in this work the tokens of
God's approval, and that we shall, if faith-
fal, continue to enjoy his blessing.

NOT BUFriCIBNTLY APPRBCIATED.

" I regret to say that there is still a want
of a full appreciation of the necessity of more
efficiently training our native teachers, and
especially does there appear to be a want of
confidence in the moral effect of such train-
ing. Many of the defects of character on
the part of our native teachers which are
constantly felt by the brethren in their work
as serious drawbacks to their efficiency,
would, under God, I believe, disappear, were
they more thoroughly trained ; provided also
that, being more fully qualified, they were
more liberally remunerated. One most
essential part of the training I refer to is the
giving them more enlightened views of the
great work for which they are being pre-
pared, of the rich moral and spiritual privi-
leges connected with its faithful performance,
and of the allowable self-respect and self-
satisfaction and independence of mind which
disinterested labours to qualify themselves
for it will surely produce. Hitherto our
native teachers have, for the most part, re-
garded themselves as merely our servants,
and seldom or never thoroughly felt the
elevating influence of the feeling of being
not the servants of men, but of Christ. At
this point we need to toil much to remove
those servile notions to which they seem, in
common with the minority of their fellow
countrymen, so instinctively prone.

"The practice too, of setting promising
young men to work in the missions without
any systematic training for their work, under
the idea that they cannot be spared for four
or five years to attend a Theological Semi-
nary, still prevails in our missions to some
extent, and retards the work of the semi-
nary. Another cause which tends to pre*
vent its prosperity is the want of a better

tlS2

dlMrimlnttloD of utlte duneter, ud tke
•tnngteDdaCf to jndp of Hindoo ptetjbr
a Scotch or BngUih tUndvd, aod ■ con-
Hqnent prefocnce <rf ■ ■obo', gimn, ei-

with ilendcr ibQIttei, to a mon talcHtcd
dtN of Tonni meo, vho, from thdr yooth,
ud coueqiunllf immature character isd
^etj, IK. liable to oecarional dliplay* of
Tanitj ud hvitf, ud Mmetine* <rf a too
exdied temper. Tha power of a iriie and
faithful coone of tlieologteal and ganeral
trainiog, accompanied with eanieit iplritual
tlta*,teemi not to be beUered In In refereace
to )nch eatei, althou^ tliey are joit the
elaii of penoDi on Khom it telit moit
poweifallr. We cusot, of conne, be too
caiefol that candidate! ihonld be reallf con-
TCrted to God, and that tlie^ ihoold not be
meroenaiy in Iheii view* ; but, thete two
pt^ti being ucertained with ai much ac-
curacy M pouible, where there Ii an evident
aptitade to leans and to teach, we ODgbt to
make great allowanees for tboM imperfec-
tion! which are Incident to youthful piety.
BOW TO cOPsraniCT ■

UltHOMABT HAUtnn

and te^et, btgiariag iritli S ai
n Moitth, ud meifiiV, altar Ut id
eonpbtod, from II t* 80 rapeea .
ladMd I woold iMHMMly vga b
rate of allowaacea t« tkeaa wkM
taenia and dianeter render thaa '
it, at the cad of theii couraa of tl
tnlniog, or perhap* aftar tliey ha
few yean ia adoal worii a* B>
Hen I am aware there mmld baa
of opinltm among the 1
nuuiy being ao fblly pi
that it Ii imponlblB to guard ag
CTlIt of tbe moeenary ipiril ftj i
method! than tboie lutberto pnrma
by tbe way. hare not only pnrmi
ineffleadoni to eonntemet it, bat 1
lud tbi effect of bringing into en
great number of very inefldenl Met
enlightened and mare eomprebenM
are, howeier, hit giiniiig gronad
belioTe! at to do all we can to h
forward.

" The education we are now giving to the
young people in conneiion with oar mi!-
tiona, and tha eoniequent elevation of the
alandard of attainment required in candi-
date! for the office of teicher, hu a power-
ful tendency to prevent a mercenary youth
with nch attunmenta from attempting to
impO!e upon ui. He can do much better
in !ecnlar empbyment for bii worldly in-
tereati than u a Chriitian teacher, llii
education bai Btled liim for lituatiou! in
which hi! remuneration would often be
double or treble vrhat lie can now get with
ui, ud those !ituatioai are becoming more
and more numeroui every day. A prefer-
ence abo i! now being shown in many cases
for Chriitian youth who have been educated
in UiaiioD School*. Yonng men with no
higher qualification! than !ome of thoie who
ara now entering our aeminary cu obtain
uloitioni worth (rem 10 to 20 rupee! a
month now, with a prospect of !peedy In-
RMie,Hgd of altimately receiving 100, 150,
or SOO rupee* t month. Surely then every
'Ml(r menamrr aplrit will take tbU diiec-
iioa ntber than (hat of a chritUtn tVudenl

" In order, hoirever, to the pnr
tlie elau of young men I have I
above, preparatory boarding and

scarcely worthy of a great Society I
that inch inilitutioni shonld be M
dent, Id to large an cTitent aa tiM;
forlaitoui eontrlboUona, vrideh io'
large a watte of our time and eae
obtaining, and, from their irragolart
impede the efficient working of !ik4i
" I tent home to your addreu by
mail a parcel of reports of the boan
Bngliih boys' sebool, as well aief th
school! at (hit itation, from wfaM ;
easily see the importance of theae
tions in connexion with the maintofl
letter. The boys' boarding scfaod 1
bron^t up to its present intererti
by the labours chiefly of Hr. Biee
views on these topic* pretty generi
wil! find, I think, agre« vritb my tm
are at preunt in vrant of aftn m
scripllons for boya recently recdve
liope they may be apeedOy obt*iae>
full beneSt of inch a school Is only
ginning to be deariy manlfeit in the
ot^^tm ud iiromtaing yontli In K,
t^ic &«uT« 7^i^:^ wm« iA%in&v!baw

from HBPTBMBEB^ 1854.

&6d

«iM of traialBg §at tite wofk of

ihoyOTtwdl Mrtnthtt thcyetii
bottor te tiMMMlm Inairafldlf

lid alao htn rtadad yon, Htuik
MriMoriptioH fo ttodiaU tie n«
thoie raodvod nesntlf. Ten or
uida a jiv meet the aetual winti
doBta, with the exoeptUm of not
em m imall earn for the parcfaaie
Some of the sopporten appear
I7 whea atked to forniih a small
books.

ma maaioN anramALLT.

" 1 have now only to add that our work
In all its departments continues to make
steady though not rapid progreu. Obstacles
unknown in christian lands undoobtedl/
exist, and are sometimes thought to be
almost insuperable. The- effects of the
climate, too, upon physical health and energy
are often of a Tery serious character, and
greatly impede our sustained and combined
operations."

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AT MADEAS.

Society's Hiflsionariea at Madras, Iiaving long beeii desirous to
sbeir efforts on behalf of the dense heathen population occupying
re quarter of the city, at length decided to commence a School of
ior order, with a special yiew to the Christian Education of the
. of the influential classes of native society, whilst admission should
to alL By means of local resources, aided by liberal contributions
mds in England, suitable premises were accordingly obtained in
^own ; the Institution was opened for the reception of pupils in
)er, 1851, and from that time to the present their numbers have so
increased as to have entirely outgrown the means of accommo-

ig the first two years of its existence, the Institution was under
erintendenee of the Ber. F. Baylis ; but on the occasion of his
nent to another sphere of labour, this important charge devolfed
B Bey. George Hall, who entered upon his engagement in January
or every information regarding the actual state and very encou-
irospects of the Institution, we need only refer to the subjoined
firom Mr. Hall*s correspondence.

a order to provide accommodation for the increasing numbers of
9eking admission to the Institution, it will be necessary to incur
Y of upwards of £300 in enlarging the premises at Black Town,
lie funds of the Society, applicable to the object^ are inadequate,
sctoFS, in giving circulation to Mr. Hall's appeal, encourage the
at some of the liberal friends of Christian Education may be
to render a helping hand.

letter, addressed to Dr. Tidman, dated Madras, 1st June, 1884^
11 makes the following statement : —

Dg had trial of my work here^ I embrace a fkvourable opportunity of
ra the state of matters^ as I know you are very much mterated in thil
m.

554 MiSSlOXAEY MAUAZINB

'* I am now acqiiaiuted with the routine of work ia the School, and ean form •one
itl^ of the lort of labour in which I hope my life will be apent. I ean.moat ■ineewtf
say I like it very much. It ii most hopeful work. £Teryihin[( I have aeen of te
state of matters in this dark land convinces me that such inatitntiooa are cmphatifBy
the hope of India. The hoys in the school are in general of a superior eaat of miBdL
I have some noble fellows in my own class, fond of mathematica and phyaieal acinea^
and very reflective and inquiring. I know that aeveral of them totally diaMiero te
Brahminical system. Of some I hope well. It is unquestionably no insiguileaaC
matter to have twenty suck heathen youths continually imder one*a inflaenee.

*' I have been surprisetl at the knowledge of the English language displayed by all
except the vcr}' youngest. Nearly all know it so well as that it can be made tta
principal medium of instruction. To be well acquainted with English is the gmfi
desire of all classes of native society ; hence their great willingness to attend aach aa
Institution as this. I have the most sanguini* hopes that many of the yontha at*
tending this place may yet he brought to Christ, and labour to spread the Goapel
among their countrymen. Having this object in view, and with such materials to
work ui>on, I would far rather labour here than in any other department of miaaionary
work. I blcKJi God that in his providence lie has brought me here.

" I have lately made three of my best scholars monitors. They are all of high
caste, goo<l scholar*, and each is more than nineteen years of age. They are uaelU
in teaching the younger bo}'8, and for their services I give a taiall aalaiy. By thia
means I can keep them under my influence, and hope and pray that they may be
convertetl to Christ.

**The School is most ailvautageously situated for getting the nativea to attend.
The other Institutions arc about the outskirts, while we are in the centre of Bladk
Town, in the midst of the heathen. Not more than forty yards from our house ia
the lar'^'st heathen temple of Madras, and often at midnight we are aroused by the
discordant sounds of tomtoms. &'c. used in their idolatrous worship. A very great
number of Brahmins live in our neighbourhood.

" I found about ISO boys in regular attendance, and now we have rathei^ more
than l^K). The place is now ((uite filled. It is utterly impoaaible to admit 20
mere. We must have the place extended. Messrs. Drew and Porter were con-
vinced of this, but though these Brethren have said they will bring the matter
before the Board, an<l relieve me of doing so, yet I feel so deeply the neceanty
of an extension soon, that I cannot refrain from mentioning it to you. This
I do with confident expcotntions of prompt support, when I remember the
conditions on wliicli I wm sent here. I was often assured, that if I could make
the Institution worthv of extension it should be done. When I saw the wiah
of the Brethren here, and knowing the mind of the Directors, or at leaat yont
mind on this matter, I have so far committed myself to it as to tell the teachera that
we must do with bad nccommodation now, as we shall have more'room in a few montha.
So soon as the School numbered l.V) the need of this became evident, and Mr. Baylia
had a plan made and the expense estimated. After carefully considering the matter^
I am convinced Mr. B.*8 plan is the best, which is, that we ought to build a large
wing to the premises, the front of which would extend to the street, and have the
hinder ])art opening into the main body of the building, now used as the SchooL
This wouhl give us a large room 58 feet long by 24 feet broad, and would in fact be
the best \mrt of the School. Independent of tlie importance of this as space available
for teaching, it would be of great importance as a place where a Catechist or myself
could prcncli, and in which T vet hope to see a Tnmil Church of Christ assembling.

POB 8IPTEMB£Bj 1834.

tv k> M

o5ii

nil would alao be « Lectuie Boom, where I could give limple lectures on astronomy,
mt am, may other bnmch of physicil science. The Hindoos are very fond of these things,
if I eoold get the pUuBO and the apparatus I should have all my hoys and their
, to hear me of an evening. This would give me a great influence among them.
Kowit is inipowiblB to have an assemblage of people who cao all see a speaker in the
■diool-room. It is like twelve small rooms connected by archways, but
for to many separate classes receiving instruction at the same time. I am
that what we pn^ose is the best and cheapest ; in fact it is the only thing
do in the way of extending the Institution. It will cost £300 or £.'520, not less.
it ia-done we can make no progress ; and, while we might double our numbers
we moat remain with 200 boys. It will be a sad day for me when I have to
■■thai boy mway from Christian instruction for want of room to accommo-
Ubi whik we have raitable ground of our own on which we may build. I'here
a alight * prestige ' oonneeted with my commencement here, and I am must
that the interest at present felt in the Institution should be kept up. Our
depends upon vigorous mbaburbs now. Do let me hear from
jotL on tms matter soon, so that I may begin as early as possible.

* It IS Toy eneonraging to see what others have been doing in this department of
tti aisMDaiy work in Madras. The Free Church of Scotland has a noble Educa-
InatitatioB in this eity, and to this »ix ordained Missionaries give all their
Only three weeks ago I was cheered by being present in the hall of the
Cfaweli Institution, when eleven young people, the fruit of their labours, were
They have at present ten native ^ung men, who in a few months will have
a eonrse of Jtve yearif training for the Christian ministry. The Free
has done a great work here in raising up agents to spread the Gospel."

Li ft fuiher eommunicationi dated the 17th of the same mouth of Junoi
Mr. Hall obsetres s—

"Ton will have received my letter of the Ist instant, informing you of our proceed-
■|i bere, and asking the Directors to sanction an immediate extension of the
8Aool-lioiise. I trouble you with this communication to tell you of our progress
ing the last fortnight, that you may see the absolute necessity of ])ermitting us
at svcB to begin the contemplated addition to the school. When I last wrote I
Ml JOB we had about SCO boys in daily attendance. Each day since then we have
hi to CHol new aeholart. I tried to take all that came, as it would be very
to our future progress to turn any away for want of room. I have there-
I Mlaigcd the daaaes, and occupied spare corners with new classes, and yesterday
hid 94B boys present. It was, however, most insufferably hot, and the great

together binders the work of each class.
"b ny perplexity for more space I thought of a suiall room attached to the
jpftaol whidi is used by the Teachers for dining, putting their hats in, &c., and at
tMsll expense I am now connecting this room with the School, so that on Monday
I Aill be able to accommodate about thirty more boys. I cannot say, however, that
^b9 Stoke our present condition more comfortable, for I expect a good many new
have now resolved to admit and keep all that come, until we can get
I have described finished. Were it only begun it would be something
tks parents of the boys to when they bring new scholars, and sec the place
S but cspeeiaUy I should be able to point the Teachers to it when they
(sad with great reason) of having no room, and being kept most uncom-

556 MISSION ABT HAOAXINt

fortable nil the time they are in lehool. Such is tiie vgeoef of the eMB, thsft t
sometimes thought of commendng the building on my own KspoMhility, Wt aMl
refleetion has of course convinced me that this would be wrong, wad I thcrdbre W
to you most anxiously for authority to begin.

" Under the circumstances I have now stated, I must emphatiadlT entieit yoe li
sanction the enlargement of this place without delay. In soeh an l nsti i i i ti on<
this everything depends on promptitude and ekbrgt at pibst. These Hiiloil
are keen disccrners, and would soon desert our School, unless it is cAdoi^
managed.

*' I may also mention that we are getting rather a superior class of natives Vi
make all pat ualp a rupbb bktrancb money, and insist upon their
CHASING ALL THE NECESSARY BOOKS, whilc the Other lustitutiotts tskt all
op ex pbnse, and give many of the class books. It is remarkable that aU die
new scholars are caste boys — not one has been a pariah.

" I spend an hour each day in teaching nine of my Teadiers. They an
good progress in English composition and mathematics, and four of them hsve JMl
begun Greek.

"The Teachers here do not labour as Teachers of their stamp would do in Fa^wi
All schools, and especially Missionary Institutions of this sort, have m Teadisr ftr
every twenty boys, who gives his whole time to these only. It is a moie eAdal
way, but much more expensive. I am glad to see that some friends in Enghad sn
helping us, and trust you will do all in your power to get juvenile soeieties lo tdb
an interest in us, and send us contributions.

" I hope you will excuse this hurried letter. Being extremely desirous to b^
the extension, I could not refrain from telling you of our continual progress, to coir
viuce you, if need be, of the urgency of our case. I have, however, little
letter writing, for in school I work five hours and a half each day, besides sa
in my own house in instructing my Teachers ; and all my mornings I give to Tind
with my Moonshee."

BELLAET.

A LAMB OF THE TBU£ FOLD.

Among the most precious fruits of MitAionary labour ia Indin haveboM'
the Boarding Schools, in which young orphan girls, rescued from the pst
lutioDs of lieatbenism, have, through the careful training of the wives rf
tlic Missionaries, been brought to know and love ilie Saviour. The cuerf
IVances Maria, the subject of the following narrative, furnishes an init^l^
tive illustration of the value of this training ; for, to her, the Orpha
School at Bellarj proved at once a happy home and a nursery for hesfen.

Writing under date 9th March ult., Mrs. Wardlaw, the wife of fl»
Eev. J. S. "Wardlaw, of Bellary, writes : —

" We lately lost a very interesting yonng bat very soon made rapid pmgf S M bsCh k
woman connected with the Mission, Frances English and Canarese. As soon as shstM

Maria. Sbe was received into the Boarding qualified, she was appointed a moails r li

School iu 1846. Sbe was then ten or eleven the younger children, ooutinniBg aln hv

years of age. Sbe was quite ignorant of the own lessons. She was very qack and laid*

ime God, and could neither read nor write, ligent, and of a most pleasiaf

lOK tXPTEMBBB^ 1854.

657

ii with tht tnthi of God's word.
MB bar tju iU wHli tcvt when she
■d of the lore of Jesos and of hU
p lor OS. She was led to see that
dad a Sarionr, and wished to make
prafession of his name. It wu my
.*s priTilege to baptize her in 1849»
Bceive her into the feDowship of the
Her anawen to the questions then
1 to her were very simple and satis-

bg that year we took her and two
of the other children with us to
ne. She was pleased with the
nd aeeing other mission schools,
|fated to return to her own again.
■ exercised a very beneficial in-
mtr the other children, and was
Md by them alL

1m ead of 1850 she wu married
muL Dodley, after his return from
. He, u yon are aware, wu also
Bbfooghtupintheschool. Frances
klned togitemostof her time to
•Ip tm the birth of her first chUd.
■riodahe suffered much, but she was
ra^l^ mercy, restored, though never
b very strong. During our absence
t misaion^ we had frequently letters
r hosband, and occasionally from
IgB:ve a Tery nice one which I had
to a bdy at the Cape who was much
1 in hearing about her. The Lord
■Viag her for trial that she might
for glory. Last year she gave

child, which, howerer, only
nr days. Her husband, in a letter
I to Mr. W. at this time, says : * It
he Loffd to Mess us with a son, but
T to say it has been removed from
it better world where there is no
•MfOWy nor death, but where it is
a tilt angds. • * * * It is
fff mam. Being Christians, we are
IB BorselTes up to much grief, but
A fiid it. It U a loss to us, but
BVtrnst? In God. WeU, then,
nr By. The Lord has given, the

sway, bleased be the name

Sa • visit made by Mr. and ICrt.
I of Good Hope for tb« btntflt

of the Locd* His ways are not oar ways^
his thoughts are not our thovghts. Who
can lift np his hand against him and say.
What doest thou? for he u a great and
powerful God, as well u gracious. Then
let us humble ourselves before him. O let
him comfort us from heaven above, and
give us strength to walk stedfastly in his
ways.' For a length of time her hus-
band had been poorly, symptoms of con-
sumption having become manifest. In the
letter from which I have just quoted he
says, ' I have often felt unable to discharge
my daily duties, and compared myself to a
reed blown about by the wind*' Not long
after thia he died, we trust, in the Lord. To
poor Frances, it wu a heavy stroke— so
young— already a vridow.

"On our return to the Mission, she
was amongst those who first met us; she
seemed a little cheered, but never did I see
any one so changed. Poor girl I death seemed
to mark her for his victim. For a few days
she seemed to revive, but afterwards became
daily weaker. Her mind wu, however,
calm and peaceful. When spoken to regard-
ing death, she would say :' I am happy to go
if the Lord calls me, but I should be happy
if the Lord would spare me for the sake of
my child ; but whatever is the Lord's will
that I wish.' Her heart clung to her little
girl, but the bond wu soon to be broken.
A few days before her death, after Mr. W.
had been reading and praying vrith her, he
said, * I think, Frances, God vrill take you
from us very soon ; it vrould not be kind to
tell yon that we think yon vrfll get better
when vre see you so ill.' My husband
thought she looked sad, and he said, ' Are
you afraid to die ?' She replied, ' No ; why
shouhl I fear, I have a great Saviour.' She
then expressed her full trust in Christ, and
u having nothing of her own to rest in.
She continued in the same happy state to
the end, when, without a struggle, her spirit
winged its flight to glory. Her last wofds
were, ' I am going to heaven ; Jesos, Jesus,
Jesus.' I miu her much in every way, hot
over her I cannot mourn ; I feel she is safo*
We have liad sorrow and disappointment in
some of those brought np under our eare,
but I cannot say that F^ranees ever grieved ns.
She wu a favourite with all, and so nsefol

558

MIMIONAET MAOAUMB

and obliglBg whenerer it wm ia har wudmoutmn. Th««^liMeyUd

power. Ilajr her example and death be the paraats, aiay the Fiathar of the ft

meaiM of bleuiag to otben. Her little Jeaaie, look vpon her iahh great pity I"
to called after our beloved sitter,, it now

CALCUTTA.

On honoured Brother, the Bot.'A. F. Lacroix, from hU long expc
ill the MiBsionar}' Work, and his intimate acquaintance with the chi
and mental habits of tho Hindoos, has become conversant in no or
degree with the objections on which they mainly rely in opposing
tianity. A apcciuicn of these objections, derived &om so authentic a i
wiU, we are persuaded, be interesting to many of our readers.

In an explanatory note, dated Calcutta, Se])t. Ist, 1853, Mr. I
thus introduces tho subject : —

" UaTingbeen lately requetted by the Rev. Mr. Cuthbert, Secretary to the C
Auxiliary Church Mitaionary iSociety, to furnish him irith a litt of the Objecl
Chriitianity utiially made by the ilindoot, it atruck me that the frienda of o
Kociety might feel equally intereated in the tubject. I therefore aubjoin^ ai
eimea, a litt of 2.S of these Objections. With the exception of tvro or threi
Objections, with suitable answers to them, form the substance of a very good
Tract, by our late lamented Drother Mundy. It should be noticed that the Obj
on the list, with many others of a similar nature, are made to the preachera
Gospel by the Hindoos of the old iJolatt'OHit nchooh To these the ec
Hindoos add many more, 1>orrowcd from the writings of European infidel
which, for this reason, cannot properly be characterized as Hindoo Objection]

" G. Of what use is it to exhort ui
brace Climtiaoity, seeing that what if
in our foreheadt must of neoetsity
put, whatever we may do ?

*' 7. When we covmit tin, it invo
guilt on our part ; since it It God
the Author of all things» who cattt<
commit tin.

" 8. Our toult are portions of thi
wliicli afier a while will be re-abtor'
it. What vi the ute, therefore, of i
ourselves al>out eternity ?

<' 9. The age in which we life it '
Joog (iron age), in which, aooordtof
Sliattrct, wickednett nece9Mrify a
it is therefore useless for ut to ttem
rent, and to turn our mindt to rej
and holiness.

*' 10. The various gods we worth!
portiout of Urumho (deity, i. e., t
theistic ' soul of the world') ; and tl
by worthipping them, we in iati m
shipping Brumho himtelf.

I'OPVLin HINDOO OBJECTIONS TO
CHRISTIANITY.

" 1. We mutt not depart from the religion
and customs of our forefatlicrs.

"2, We cannot leave our own Gooroot,
whom we are to account at godt, and who
are our proper guides in the way of talvation.

"3. What a number of pertont say we
ought always to confonu to. At long, there-
fore, u the minority of our countr}-ineii
adhere to Hindooitm we, alto, mutt continue
doing the tame.

"4. Let onr Punditt, llalKKM, and chief
men embrace Chrittianity, and then we, who
are their iuferiort, may perhapt follow their
eiample.

*' 5. £fery one will be taved by minding
his own religion. At there are many roadt,
all leading to the tame city, to there are
many religiont in the world ; but they all
lead to hcaren at Utt. Of what ute, there-
face, is it to forsake our present religion to
embraee a new one ?

rom tiPTEMBiB^ 1854.

659

. Tm Utme on wortkippliig idoli ;
■f it h A gtMd pnetiee i for thoagli
c that Bramho hu no shape, yet in
piig him we derife greet ad? tatage
ill and imagea which haTe a shape;
MM manner as the wmmd of the
er of the Bengali alphabet has no
aefcrthciess it greatly assists ns in
Ig wbat that sound is, if we trace
: a Hgnre or shape on paper which
« the sonnd of that letter,
faay Christians (meaning Roman Ca-
imihip images. Why, then, do Mis-
lad fisnlt with ns for doing the same ?
ITc doobt Christianity to be the tme
teemse, whilst it professes to make
I, we nererthdess see many Chris •
big Tery bad lires.
Snistiatts, by the permission of their
ilna, eat all kinds of forbidden food
fai. How, therefore! can a religion
90B such a Sbastre be true ?
CMatlana destroy animal life, and
flfs of cows, for food — which is tery
sv,tlien, can we embrace a religion
sekbiis such practices ?
Kim Christ is not mentioned in the
w hs any of the histories of the four
;C8 of the world).

«' 17. If Christianity be the only true reli-
gion, why wu it not made known to us
before?

" 18. If Christianity be the only true rell«
gion, then all our forefiithers must have pe*
rished.

"19. If we embrace Christianity, we shall
lose our cute and subject ourselves to many
painful trials. Why, then, should we become
Christians ?

" 20. If we embrace Christianity, we must
give up worldly business ; for we know by
experience that, unless we tell lies, we cannot
prosper in business.

"21. The Hindoo Shasires foretell that,
ultimately, all will become of one caste. The
success <^ Christianity in our days is a foi-
filment of that prophecy ; and such prophecy,
being fulfilled so accurately, proves those
Shastres to be true.

" 22. By the tables and directions contained
in the Hindoo Shastres, our Pundits can
foretell long beforehand when eclipses will
take place. Those Shastres, therofore, must
be true.

" 23. Perform a miracle, and then we shall
believe that Christianity is true; but not
before."

SOUTH AFRICA.

LEKATLONG.

diflBcult to conyey an adequato idea of the obstacles wliich concur
k the aocial and moral adTancement of the natives of the interior of
Independently of those frequent collisions between the white and
MDsd races, which have proved so disastrous to the latter» the
mneeied with many of the Mission Stations are often compelled
. &r and wide in search of food for themselves, or pasture for their
and not rarely are the hopes of the harvest disappointed by exces-
itglit^ or the ravages of the locust. Labouring among a people
to these trying conditions, the Missionary is under the two-fold
n of seeking to make them wise unto salvation, and of exercising
■t parental care and forethought in providing for their temporal

BcQiher, Mr. Helmore, though not without some painful expe-
of tiie kind referred to, has, as will be seen from the following
kled Lekatlong, 2drd January ult., reason to rejoice that Us
hsfe not been in vain in the Lord.

560

MIMIONART MAOAXIXB

** WhM, wtuiy fburieea yttn tgo, I wu
Mltkd at thli ilfttMm, in iatcrettiDg flcid of
labourwaiopcned before me. ETerythingwM
ia iU iofaocx, and there waa rooch of ehildUh
alnpUcity io the people. Bt the bleating of
God the population increased, the church ia-
ciMiril, and the attendance at the ichooU
inuaand. Books being multiplied, and
preaching and general instruction regular
(it was formerly an out station), knowledge
Increased likewise. It was, howerer, evident
that this onward progreu would lead to re-
aolta n1f"'a*H to bring a temporary cloud
over the station. New wants arose which
eooU not be supplied on the place. The
purchase of clothing, tools of rarious de-
scriptions, wagons, and other things which
were found to be indispensable, caused a con-
siderable dioiinntmn in their cattle. It be-
came nccctsarr, therefore, to pay greater
attention to the breeding, pasturing, and
general care of their flocks and herds. This
required frequent a'lMence from home. Then
the advantages of irrigation were perceived,
and the most enterprising sought out foun-
tains in the country round for that purpose.
But, in addition to this, the rains have for
some years past been scanty, and the harvests
have failed. Contoquently, whole families
were forced to remove with their flocks and
henls in search of pasturage. When sowing
time arrived the scarcity of food obligc<l
them to make their gardens in the neighbour-
hood of their cattle posts. The evil of
this state of things at length became ap-
parent ; the children were unable to attend
school, and their parents spend the Sunday
at the station irregularly.

'* There is, however, a bright side, and to
it I will now turn. In my last Annual Re-
port reference was made to a revival of
religion which had commenced amongst the
young people. You will be gratified to leani
that during the past year tirty-fictt chiefly
young persons, have been received into the

cinircfaf bcudaa wghftMii liwi mi
tftoB of Ungopeng. That are U»i
inquirers al Boregdoog, aooM d
hope to receive in a lew weeks,
qnence of the dispemon whadi I
Bcrilied oar congregationa are mod
though, on special oecasmia, they
A few Sundays ago, owing to the
people from the out-stations, we 1
flowing congregations, many heii
to sit outside, and the school chikb
to enter at alL The temporal due
of the people are now, I tnut, i
Their harvest aeems more promiai
has done for some years past ; the
has become more abundant ; and
resen-oir (towards which the Direi
so generously contributed) is com]
station will possess a stability whi
never hitherto attained. In consi
the unsettled state of the country
unable to return to the river-woi
season had considerably advanced
not therefore completed it, but m
which is finished has withstood sev
we have now no doubt of ultimate
'* Since May of last year, this j
country has been undisturbed by E
ments. Exciting reports are now,
in circulation ; and though some o
I ho}>c incorrect, yet there is enoug
deep concern lett the Boers shou
meocc their murderous attacks
uiioflfending natives. At present, f
are only dcmsnding a meeting of tl
chiefs, professedly to form some
peace. But the ctrcnmstances i
with the demand are such as to ex(
suspicions that treachery or violen
resoitedto. Our chief Jantje, and
sellors, have left us to-day (Februs
confer with the other chiefs as to
conduct to be pursued. Should sc
sequences follow, I will take tli
opportunity of acquainting yon wit

CEADOCK.

Ik the subjoined commuiiicatiou, the Itev. B. B. Taylor, after
generally the state of his Mission, proceeds to narrate the rez
experiences of two of the female members of his flock, which servo

FOm SEPTEMBER^ 1854.

561

as ebewhere, the Gospel of Christ has approved itself the
nud instnunent for relicying the heavy laden, and for imparting
I eomfort and hope, to the helpless and forlorn.

ifd to our attiTe dinrch tnd con-
writes Mr. Taylor, in November
I » tomething to commend tnd
lo inspire hope. They have huilt
fcs a neat and comfortable chapel ,
' 22, haTing tower and belfry,
fdy at their own expense. The
a nasoniy, bricklaying, and i^las.
la and out, is their own work.
Mated the chapel with comfortable
e of which are of a superior de-
ad which, after the close of the
oidal year, will yield it is expected
ifoioe, in the shape of seat rents,
£27 per annum — a novel feature,
I Sooth African Missions. * * •
gratifying circumstance connected
pemng of the ch^iel took |Uce
wo preceding it. A subscription
!15 €«. was seat me in aid of the
d. Not only was the assistance
ered exceedingly opportune and
from the amount, but the value
y increased as it came quite unex-
■d through a source whence such
diadness could not have been at all
I. • ♦ *
rukm BitTomT of a church

MBMBIR.

rBcmbeis receiTed into the Church
I year there is one whose history,
iMpects, is perhaps without a
I the colony. The individual is a
and what is very singular she
reckoned herself as one of our
I herself of pure Dutch lineage.
^ age she was left an orphan, and
the care of guardians. Tltese,
womanhood and becoming
■ember of the Dutch church,
I her to marry a Dutch farmer,
rtote in years, and the object of
ierfff dislike. Some time after«
Mr aboirt 16 years ago), she left him
ip with a Hottentot, a servant on
, With this man she continued to
plte of remonstrances and threats,
brought before the mi-
of the church, when proving

incorrigible she was formally expelled. Her
husband at the same time disclaimed all re-
lation to her for ever. The proceedings
appear to have had no other effect on her
than that of relieving her of all scruples.
She interpreted the act of her husband,
not only u a divorce, but u legalising the
connection she had chosen to form. Some
time after, the strangely-assorted pair betook
themselves to Cradock. Here I found them,
in the spring (i. e. African spring) of 1848.
A few days after my removal to the village
I had commenced my domiciliary visits. Of
that first interview I retain little beyond the
recollection of surprise which the connection
excited, and the boldness with which it was
avowed by the woman. Of the conversation
I only retain very general impressions. But
it has since appeared that some remaric was
made» which fell powerfully upon the heart
of both the man and the woman. Very
deep convictions of sin followed, and in
course of time became developed with an
intensity such as I have never witnessed,
either previously or since. Much, very
much, of painful perplexity arose in regard to
the continuance of the connection. The
man pleaded, ' I never had any other wife,
and she has certainly been most faithful to
me from the first. I was a perfect heathen
when the connection was first formed, and
besides, as she was accounted a Christian
woman, and knew much more than I
(for she could read the Bible and say her
Catechism), I thought she must know best.'
The woman pleaded her early orphan state,
her compulsory marriage, the formal disso-
lution of that union, and a report that he, the
husband, had himself married again. These
pleas, I must explain, were urged, not as ex-
cuses for their sin, but as reasons to allow
of their now being legally married, for which
they were very desirous. I confess I felt
scruples,but thesewere snbsequentlyremoved
by the arrival of letters giring intelligence of
the death of the husband, and the parties were
married according to law. A few months
afterwards, the man wu received into the
fellowthip of the Chnrch, tliere being sofQ-

302

SCIMIONAXT UAOUIsm

dCBt KtMM to believe Lim a linecre conTOi
to Ibc £uth of our Lord Jesoi ChriM. And
BOW, during the year reported, the vomin
has aUo been recciTed, and hu up to the
preaent tine maintained a fair character for
piety. The man is now acting ai school-
master, to which office ha succeeded on the
dealh of the lamented FiUida, and, though
not eqnal to his predecessor in some things,
he is Terjr diligent and painttaking, much
to the adTaneement of some of the children,
eBpcdalljr in the art of reading.

AW KXXlirLART rEMALE TSACHKA.

"To FiUida, the deroted schoolmistress
from 1B49 to within a few weeks of her
death, which took place January 2C, 1Hj3,
something more than a passing notice is due ;
hut I can here advert to only a few parti-
culan. She had been a slave on a farm
■bout CtO miles north-west of Cradock, and
brought up in heathen darkuc«s. She com-
menced her duties as schoolmistress in tie
beginning of 1849. At that {teriod she
could read only imperfectly; but, being docile
and very diligent, she made steady advance*
ment under the tuition of Mrs. Taylor, and
aAer a few mouths was not only in many
other rcsfiects greatly improved, but able to
read well, and also to write a good plain
hand. In October, 1850, she became a
menil)er uf the Church, and soon occupied
the first place among the females for actifity,
diligence, knowledge, and every Christian
excellency. This was not the consequence
of any natural forwarducss of character or
disposition, but of her great dcvotcihiess and
unceasing efforts at sclf-improvcmeut. Na-
turally, she was retiring and very timid ; and
this latter quality subjected her at times to
much unkind and unmerited treatment, in
her capacity as teacher, from the parents of
some of the cUldreu. She wu pre-emi.
nently a Bible reader, which she read because
she thirsted after, scriptural knowledge and
loved the sacred page. Ilcr inquiries of
Mrs. Taylor, which were almost daily, and
tlie remarks which on these occasions she
would make, were indicative of a mind in-
tensely alive to the importance of Divine
truth, and delighted with every new dlsco-

Tcrj. No pmcWr had a mm
and cBCoaragiiig hearer. Her w!
meanmir and attitude infieated ll
ittentioii. She seemed to driak
word ; and I have oftea been sarpria
ftiU and aocwate report of lefmoai
by my wife, aa repeated by FUUda.

*' She had a good deal topnl up i
the parents of some of the children,!
cially from one woman, who teemi
h^ipy u in mischief. It ^ipeared a
was the great caose of her bottiBt
lida. She had at one time been a
of the Chnrch, and prided hctidf
** fueen" of it, and appeara to have
fact a soxt of female Diotrepheii
had been excluded, and aa FUlida
the latter became the object of ah
ressaut penecution. Fillida was, o
supported in all that pertained to th
order and discipline of the school ; t
were annoyances which, thongfa pai
trying to her, did not admit of oi
ference, eicept indirectly. In gem
)x>re all with patience and Christia
ness.

" But from all her lorrowi, u we!
labours, she is now released. Her
]>eacc. A calm and intelligent confi
the all-sufliciency of the Saviour s
hor in sickness, and, at the hour o
rnahlcd her to look with joyful bop
heavenly mansions as her home,
with her a few hours before her dea
All inquiry, as to the ground of h(
replied : * I trust oii^f in the grace
I.onl Jesus, and I fcel thankful tha*
over brought to this village and em
obtain the knowledge of hia love.
no fear,* and then added, with empi
ran tiittf in Hit irorrf.*

*' ller illness was only of a few vrei
tinuance. It appeared at first to b
slight cold ; but soon the loogi bee
fccted, and a rapid consumption
She died, as already sUted, the 26th J
1853. Her remains were followed
grave by a large company, and all thi
children, at their own earnest request
the procession."

FOm SBPTEMBER^ 1854.

563

ABBIYALS.

Her. James fiowrej and iamOj, from Berbice, Jane 29.

Ber. Thomas Hendenon and throe children, from Demcrara, Julj 10.

Bar. Josiah Andrews and family, from Jamaica, July 31.

ACKVOWLEDOMEHTI.

Tta ttuiiki of the DirMton are reipectftill j
■Witii l9 the fiiUqwinf . tIs. :—
n Iff. Dr. Lene. uong Kong. To the Ladie*

flf Guwm Street Chapel. Preston— For a

In of 'Vfeaiing Apparel and other Useful

AiUclis.
nr Rcr. J. B. Odes. BelUirr. To the Cart's

UaeLadleC Working Society. Birmingham

-For a Case of Children's Dresses and other

UidU Articirm ralne £67.
lor In. ETana. 3[irsux>re. To Ladies at ITad-

Wgh, per Miai Sheldrake > For a Case of

VKh\ AHlelcfl.
ivIer.T. D. Philip Hanke/. To Friends at
. Kndlbnl— Fbr a Cask of Seeds.
mUn. Xefrlagton, Grahani*s Town . To Rns-

hH Street Chapel Snndaf School. l>>Tcr.

MTlbe. Sptnk— For a Parcel of Clothinsr.

TBtht Fii^eth Chapel Girb' Sandaf School.

Ufopool. per Mn. Appleford— For a Parcel

rfdnhiDg.

Ti Vb. Capper. Clapton Terrace -For a

Parcel of Book9 and Magailnes. To Mr. J,
Frith, Highsm-on-the-HllI: to II. S. Naish.
Esq., stoke Ncwington ; and to a Friend— For
Evangelical Magazines and other I'ablications.

3[rs. R. B. Taylor gratefully aclmowledges
the receipt of contributions for the Cradock
Station from the following friends:—

To the fiadies' Society for Promoting Female
Education in India, per 3Iis.^ Adsm-For a Box
of L'seftal Articles. To the Runday Srhool
Teachers and Cliildrcn at IlanoTer Chapel,
Peckham— For Two Boxes of Clothinc and
Fancy Articles. To the I^adies' Working Sleet-
ing at Slsrlbornugh (Hiapel—For a Box of
Clothing. To MiK« .Jefn-ies, old Kent Road—
For a Parcel of Books. To Indies' Working
Meeting, Camberwell. per Mrs. Dailbme— For a
Box of Fancy Articles and Clothing. To Friend.-*
at Chelmsford, per Mrs. Wllshcre. To the Com -
mitteeof the British and Forpien School Society
—For a Box of School Materials and Maps

MISSIOHABT COVTBIBUTIONB,

From l^th Jtily, to 12th August^ 185i, inclusive.

'^K. X. Buxton,

111

Biirr i

jBLSSmlfbr
aLwwjTof a
psMc Rrsjiire-
HkiUyesr 90

*.%iJ!Tl

t' $. a.
BrcKnroffAYSviin.

IfTyoamlie mid Snntli
Bncks AQxlllary*

Wprombf,

C:-eiKluu Lane.

CulIcMTHon 4 5

MisstoiiaiT Boxes... l s

Siilncriplions.

„Llohn Parker, Ksq.... 1 1

^iHtv. H. Winsar 1 1

"'johnUutty Esq. ... o io

"Mr. W. Butlpf « 10

SS. ttratton's
P*^CIm«, for
ge Sfttfv GlrJ.
■>T Ann StnU-

"WMii; fbir

11/. Il«. 7tl.-

fc^reBqrat

iSSSffh **e-
*«»8Sdwell . i

U.^n§.-

Ckapel. P€ckkam.\ Snbscriptlons.

Stalh?BefllS 11. Wheeler. Kiwi. 1

«S1 wSS ^ s 1 «"• Wilkinson i

^^*™*" ■ \_^ Mr«. WllHamsj 1

Mewrs. Ollbort and

Mr]

1
<i
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1

Co , 10

Mrs. Fnuiklin'8 Riix I 11
IW. Sir. lorf.

I
I

Trinity Chai>ol.

Collection 4 S 4

Mra. ilayden 1 5 u

Illev.J.llaydAn I r, o

olllMColprsBox ... 1

iWPStWycomhe.. 1 n ft

S/. tn. ii!.

t f. (1.
Great il-irfoK: .

('•lUftTlccl ftflor S«'r-

' iiionii. .. 2 9

Ditto, Mrotlnv J 1 ».

>!abh!ith School . . ill,

.V. llK. 7</.

' Cote'ii Kml.

(.'ollwtM l)y Mr^.

I Woston 10

1 Mixhion.iry B«)XM.

Mm. Weston o .1

Miisi Rfinu-tt 17

Mr. Wiff<^iiii(lun.. .. n IS

Mi>»s Morri^ ■> \)

W. I^niio 5

S. .\yrv« ii 4

Siinilny S(>1iipo1 o 12

J. 8tuchb«ry, K*"!. . 2 u
Public McPtinK .. . 1 IM

7/. !'>». e«/.

M 10 111
Less Expenses l to

DOKSmSHIIiP.

£ ». rr.

Shfrf/ome. the late
MlH O. D. Hcott,
to i-dunato a iciri
in Sin. CoxN
School, Trevan-
drum, to l* called
(imcn Downing
Scott 10

T^srr.

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CONTENTS.
PORTRAIT OF THB RSV. J. OABWOOD, M.A.

MEMOIR or TDB UlTB BBT. JOHN BI0HABD8, OP 8T0UBBBID0B.
MSMOIR OF MB. THOMAS PRATT, SBinOR DEACON OP THE INOE-

PBUDBNT CRAPBIi, MITCHAM, 8URBET.
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A Portrait of the Rev. W. WA LFORD
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PMk; B. W. : T N. : An OM SabMrfbrr : Oat wIm ovm kis MatnMim u Um Bvugallcal MagMdM;
Canto; A ChurchiBaB wko lovat all kla Bnthna iaChiiaCi A Paaana ; A Biadcal aTPkapteeyi As
A Child ar Sorrow : aad teun.

Mm kavc nrtlvrd to wMny laiamtiaf caaamaaleattoBi laladva la aw aniaa of Baaaja on mDaaariaali
la hl|[h coauaandailoB. and otbcfB ia mpcctful critkiiia, thai wa eaaaol vadattaka ptr mum l a wi aa p a a dai
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imljr, th«y ahall be aniwarcd la f ha enunc of o«ar InvcatifAtioiia.

fUcalTcd lua. from " A Subacrlhar to tha Macaalae. aad a Frtaad ta tba Wldov."

CONTENTS.

Paga I
Mamoir af tba lata Bav. Joha Bkbardai of Btaur- |

Memoir af Mr. Thomaa Pratt. Senior Daaraa of tba
iDdependeal Chaprl. Mitehan, Surrey ......^^

AddreM DcUverad by tbc Rev. T. P. Bull, of Naw-

Girt rSf Ball ••••••••••.••••••••.••.••*•»•■■«.•••■«.«■•■• ■••••• m/m
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Orataful Hacollecttoaa and BeaolutloBa .^m....*. MO

POETRY.
A Sick Miniatrr*! Ifuralng Rhymea ...».«....«....» 511

A Pfayer - Ml

Ltnei Hrllten on RecoTeiy from an Attack of tha
Pravailin^: Epidemic ..^... SSI

BKVIEW OF RKLIUIOl'S PUBLICATIONS.

Burdcr'a Sermon ■ preached at SI. TbonaaV

•quare Chapel, Ilarkney ^ ...... ......... 583

Tbc Life of Mr*. Sherwo^nl 586

Tolumea V. and VI. of the EncycIupaNlia Biitan*

Bica »....«.««. 587

Macleod'* Eanical Studrnl 5U

Baek'a Ei angelical S>»tcm Conaidcrcd In iti Varloua

A-p-cta 589

Mol>ueuz' liethaemane : Lecture* deilrered in the

Lock Chaprl, in Lent, 1854.. 589

Bumaey'a Violet'a Cioae 590

OhlTUARY.

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Death of the Itcv. Jim*ph Frauce, A.M., of Ham... 591
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GENERAL CHBONICLE.

Contraatad Scenea; or, the Song of Mercy

Judgment : a DIaeouzaa for tha Ttiaaa «..«

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MISSIONABT CHBONICLE.

India.— School of Induatry In Oonnezioa wUh
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Opini'tn of an Enlightened Hindoo oa Haal
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China — Further Enlargement of tha Na

^ HUrCQOS ••• ••• •■• ^oa ••••■• «•■ ••• *••••• asa ••«•••••• ••«aa« ■

Polyueaia.— Voyage of the "John WiUIamt*
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KI88I0NABY CHBONICLE. i '. f(y >'■

FOB OCTOBER, 1854.

UEMOnt OF THE

Thk following brief memoir
■nttMi tot the sake of enlogiiii
it commemorates, tior of g
Btg tlw oanunon feeling of a morbj
t0Cf, bat rather (o satisfy the reos
"iJODi of friends and oth
:a his clianicter o
r be sacredly ensh
r. John Richards nas 1 <f
j>miU, in the city of GIod
■iOwietb of May, 177S, and wi
ew*»y tbn lUv. Mr. Ashboni a
tW BMasit Nonconformist Sancti a.

iWeiljr.Jmie 4th, 1789. In tb y
Int ofbu Uf^ Mr. lUcbards « a
v-.tBcM of the labours of the dcvolcd
kcfacrt IlAtk««, to whom is ascribed tho
faaonr of originaling the Sabbat h-schuol
iMittttc in the cathc^il church of that
«I-

On sccoant of business, Mr. Kichnrds'

fumli removed thence to Dcptford,

■f»r London. Tthcre they became con-

Hrled with the church utidci' the pas-

toil care of the Rev. Mr. Barker, and

Wh ditd, in the failh of the gospel, in

Ittlt more than tbree monlhs from each

ifttt-, in Ihc year 1813, of the ages, re-

tivelf , of Q-2 and 63.

Ddcr Mr. Barker's ministry, Mr.

'Vda became the subject of deep

Ina early friend and companioui
taBer. Dr. Colljcr, of Peckbam,

(«lioin ho has not long survived,) for
Bome time itinerated in the villages sur-
I'ounding the metropolis, preaching the
gospel in such places as be found avail-
able. His collegiate course wa:) pur-
sued at lloston Academy, under the
superintendence of the venerable He,
Simpson, the Rev, George Collisou, and
others. His course of study was intar-
ropted and prematurely suspended^
under the following circumstances: —

A change had. recently taken place
io the Nonconformist congregation as-
sembling in Coventry-street, Stour-
bridge. This congregation had origia-
ated in tile labours of the Rev. George
Flower, one of the ministers ejected
ft'oui the church of England by the
" Act of Uniformity," in 1682, and who
at firat preached in a chapel connected
with Preatwood House, under the pa-
tronage of Philip, son of Thomas Foley,
Esq., the founder of the Hospital at
Oldswinford. A portion of this con-
gregation, having adopted a cbonge of
sentiment, and removed from iheir place
of worship in Coven Iry-s tree t, erected
their present chapel in High-street,
West. The remaining port of the con-
gregation united with A nnniber of
Christians who had been gathered by
the preaching of the illustrious ^^'hit-
ticld and his coadjnlovs, and who for
some time had wonbipped in a small

56G

MSMOIB OF THX UkXB BEY. JOHX B10KABD8.

building in High-Street In 1791, these
united Christians commenced meeting
in the old chspel, nnder the ministry of
the ReT. Hsnry Hmt, Who remoTed
from Stourbridge in the yesr 1800.
Two years prerionsly, the Rct. Thomas
Best, who had been the means of erect-
ing a new Independent chapel at Crad-
ley, had conformed to the Chnrofa of
England, and surrendered the dhapel
to the establishment. In this posture
of affairs, Mr. William Grafton, of Bret*
tell-lane, proceeded to London to oon-
fer with Mr. Thomas Wilson, the gener-
ous patron of Hoxton Academy, who
induced Mr. Richards, at that time a
student, to come to Stourbridge, where
he was subsequently ordained oter the
church at Coventry-street, then reor-
ganized, in September, 1802, he haying
previously received and declined an in-
vitation to Wretton, in Xorfolk. In
1806, Mr. Richards also received and
declined a similar invitation to Henley-
on-Thames. In 1804, Mr. Richards was
united in marriage to Mary» eldest sur-
viving daughter of Mr. William Mose-
ley, of Stourbridge.

Mr. Kichards* labours having been
greatly blessed, and the congregation
having increased, the erection of a new
chapel, on an eligible site, near St
Thomas's Church, was contemplated;
but Mr. Homblower, the intended do-
nor of the ground, died on the day
when the conveyance was to have been
executed.

The present chapel was founded in
February, 1809, and opened, without
collections, by the late Rev. William
Jay, of Bath, in 1810, at a cost, includ-
ing the former school-rooms and burial-
ground, of nearly £3000, two-thirds of
which amount were collected by the
personal efforts of Mr. Richards. The
late Thomas Hawkes, Esq., of Picca-
dilly, London, and the Moseley family,
were munificent contributors. The bu-
rial-ground was purchased and pre-
sented by Mr. William Moseley, of
Stourbridge. The chapel at Wordsley
rose at the same time, and the cost was
defrayed by the same means. It was

opened hf Amd Rer. Mean. Brewer, ci
Birmingham, and Steill, of Kiddermin-
ster.

In ISlt, Mr. Iti^liftrdi rOoeived an
invitation to'Rothwell, Northampton,
which also he deelined. In 1812, he,
with other friends, was instrumental in
establishing Auxiliary Bible Societies,
both in Btomrbridge and other snr-
rtmnding towns, and he actively sus-
tained the office of secretary till his de-
partmv fitmi the neighbourhood. Mr.
Biehards was warmly attached to thia
noble institution, travelled in its advo-
eaey, and handsomely contributed to
the late effort for sending Testaments
to China.

BSective evangelical preaching being
at that time rare in this neighbourhood,
Mr. Richards' labours were widely dif-
ftised. Besides the systematic maia-
tenanoe of three services on the Lord'a-
day, he also preached nearly evez/
evening in the week. In several neigh-
bouring localities, his efforts were tha
means of laying the foundation of sob-
sequent churches or congregations, at
the Lye, Hales-owen, Brierley Hill,
Wall-Heath, Swindon, Wamboume, and
Holy-cross. He also preached at Bar-
net-lane. Kinder, and other places.

At length, believing that in the pro-
vidence of God a change might be
beneficial both to the people of hii
charge and also to others, he was in*
duced to contemplate removaL An in*
vitation reached him, in 1824, from :
High Wycomb^ which he, however, |^
declined. r

The Congregational church at Nor- i
wood, Surrey, then addressed to him a ^
call, which, on mature deliberation, he -
accepted, and accordingly resigning hif
pastorate at Stourbridge, he removed^ ^
in 1825, to the former place. Ther^
also, he was, for some years, both h^
pily and usefully settled ; his preaching
having attracted the attention, and
secured the support, of some piou
wealthy, and influential ministers az
members of the established church, h
remained at Norwood, until the illnei
terminating in death, of his youngo

XSMOai OF TBE LAXB BKV. JOHN BIOHABDS.

667

MO, in June, 1830, at BJrmingftain,
whsre he had heen noen^j aettled; on
which oecanoo, Mt. RIcharda, haying
raigned hia charge at Norwood, re*
moTcd to the former^laoe. His regolar
eagagemanti, aa a 9ttU§d paator, then
terminated. Yet he continued to offici-
ate ooeaaionally at various plaoes. The
flharch at livery-street, Birmingham,
bang aboat that time vacant, he gra-
tdtmLj snpplied its pulpit for six
Booths^ commencing in September,
1831. Abont the same time, he colleot-
ed, and piesented to the Congregational
chnreh at Bromi^grove, the sum of one
Inadred goineas toward the erection of
thwr new chapel, fat which he received
te thanka of the County Association
in 1833. Subsequently^ he undertook
to lapply, gratuitously, the pulpit at
I ^ |g e stroo t» Birmingham, till 1836,
iiDBg which time the congregation
m iwived and the chapel improved.

dm ^bB opening of the General Ceme-
kif at Birming^iam, in the same year,
bndsrtook the duties of chaj^am at
te place, which office he acceptably
■d aselblly filled, at a nominal remu-
anitian, Ibr nearly three years.

Iha year 1836 he dengnates, in his
itty, " the most active year of his life."
"lSQADgiist,''hesays, "hadUiecharge
if iSbft diuroh at Legge-street, to pro-
iMs Stourbridge with supplies, and
ttm to go there, beside other neigh-
knriag dhnrehes and societies in Bir-

Or the year 1837 he writes, ** Much
ifiged this year at Bihningham with
wvm ICssion, Cemetery, Livery-street
and supplying the neighbouring

<hi the removal of his son— the pre-

■t pastor of the Congregational church

[it ftoiirbridge — from Collumpton, De-

in March, 1839, and his settle-

at the former place, Mr. Richards*

to Stourbridge were more fre-

t| and from Jidy of the same year,

sonalderable period, he rode over

Binniogham every Sabbath to

T die dMuel at Wordsley , in which

m fiitirfA»*fl a deep interest, hop-

ing the drooping cause might again be
revived; and he continued his labours
there, at intervals, until it ceased to be
occupied as a place of worship. In the
year following (1840), he returned to
Stourbridge as a resident, and subse-
quently, so long as his strength was
equal to the effort, occasionally occu-
pied the pulpit

In 1842, his beloved wife, whose
health had been for some time declin-
ing! exhibited symptoms of that painful
nuJady, which, after more than twelve
months of protracted, and, toward the
close, of extreme suffering, terminated
in her peaceful departure, January 29th,
1843, in her seventy-first year. Prom
this period Mr. Richards became mani-
festly and increasingly debilitated and
indisposed to pubHc engagements, which
he rarely attempted.

During the summers of 1843 and
1845, he visited various parts of the
continent, preaching at Boulogne, Basle,
and other places. Whilst sojourning in
Paris, during the latter date, he was
tsken ill, and sustained, as he believed,
a slight paralytic seizure, from which he
ever afterwards increasingly suffered.
In 1847, he revisited France, and, with
his eldest son, narrowly escaped ship-
wreck on the Goodwin Sands — the
second time he had been in similar
peril.

We pass over tho interval from this
time till July, 1853, when Mr. Richards
met with a &11, by which he was much
shaken. In December last, he was
seized with what, it was apprehended,
would prove a fatal disease, which,
however, yielded to medical treatment,
and he again rallied, though much
weakened by its effects. Still ho
usually attended the house of God once
on the Sabbath; his last appearance
there being on the second Sunday in
April.

We now approach the close of his

earthly course.

On tho evening of Good Friday last,
Mr. Richards met with a second foil,
fkacturing his left collar bone. His
Bufferings on this occasion, in conse-

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MEHOm 0¥ TBE LATS BKV. JOBK SlCSABDe.

quenoe of the severe shock he had re-
ceived, together with the irritatiTe fever
and esLhaustion superinduced, were
great, and under their influence de-
lirium occasionally supervened. His
mind, however, throughout the whole
retained that unshaken tranquillity he
had ever manifested in the prospect ci
hit desired and ** expected end."

In a hrief conversation with one of
his sons on the Friday preceding his
departure, he said that his mind had
dwelt much on the stahility of the cove-
nant of grace, and quoted the verse —

"The very word of grace is strong

As that which huilt the skies," &c.;

and then said : *' I am very easy in my
mind. I know that my work is done,
and that I am going to my rest ;" add-
ing, " Who ever heard of God's unfaith-
fulness in forsaking his people when in
extremity?" He then expressed his
" gratitude to God, that for more than
fifty years he had been preserved by
his grace from bringing a reproach on
the gospel, while so many professors
liad made shipwreck of faith."

On the day following, the fever had
abated, and he appeared better. To
the writer of this memoir, on being
interrogated whether he would wish to
be restored, he replied, indistinctly,
** I wish to say, * Father, not my will,
but thine be done ;* " and then, with
distinctness, '* What pleases Ilim pleases
me."

The dawn of his last Sabbath, and
lost day on earth, found hiin, after a
troubled night, to all appearance still
better, and hope revived in the minds
of some of his family that his oft-shaken
frame might even yet rally. Under
this impression, ho was left witli his
usual attendant during the time of the
morning service. Part of this time he
desired to be left alone. About noon,
he appeai-ed in a ti*anquil sleep. £rc
his family, however, had returned from
the house of God, his spirit had received
the welcome summons of his long-
known and trusted Saviour, and they
but avi-ivc-d in time to ivitncss the ores

gently elosmg in the profoumdly peace-
ful slumber ^ a Christian's death, most
strikingly illustrating the beautiful
lines of Mrs. Barbauld —

««

How bkst the rig^iteooa when he

••

His ftmeral aermon was preached to
on overflowing oongregation, composed
of members of various religious deno-
minationa, in the chapel he had been
the means of erecting, on the evening
of Sunday, May 14th, by the Bev. J.
A. James, of Birmingham, in his usually
impressive manner, from Num. xxiii,
10. It is believed that scarcely an indi-
vidual of those among whom Mr.
Kichards commenced his ministry — and
few of whom survive — was present on
that occasion.

A momentary glance at hii characto
may be permitted.

Am a ChrtMtian preacher, it is not for
the writer to speak, (nor, where he was
so well known, is it at all necessary,)
beyond the remark that, from the com-
mencement to the dose of his ministry,
he ever gave prominence to what he
devoutly and firmly believed equally
indispensable, both to the attainment '.
of acceptance with God, and also as the <
great motive of all acceptable obedience^
viz., the doctrine of salvation by faith *:
in the one and only mediation and
atonement of the Son of God.

As a Protestant Dmenter, wbile .
liberal in his intercourse with those of
opposite view8„and unhesitating as to
the sacredness of individual conscieno^ -
he was himself intelligently and finn^ -
attached to his own principles; inillns* ^
tration of which it may be added, thafe <
in the earlier part of his ministry hm .-
was vainly urged to accept cpiscopflL:
ordination, together with the oversigUfc
of an important sphere near the me tr » '
polis, since occupied and adorned
one of the most talented and popi
ministers of the national communion.

As a Christian citizen^ his name,
purse, and his influence were ever ideflfii
tified with all that was adapted to
vale the character, expand the mil

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560

■ad ineraae tlie happiness of his fel-
low-men ; in a word, with all that was
tnlj ^reat and good.

To tho9e Jew who mavwe Auit, the
frmts of his own mimstij, his memory
and example will he predons. <* Be-

memher them that are your guides, who
have spoken to you the word of God,
whose fiuth follow, considering the end
of their conversation, Jesus Christ, the
same yesterday, to-day, and for ever.**

MEMOm OF MR. THOMAS PRATT, SENIOR DEACON OF THE
INDEPENDENT CHAPEL, MITCHAM, SURREY.

•

afterwards induced to associate himself
with the Independents. The greater
portion of his hest and most vigorous
days were passed at Phipps Bridge, a
remote district of the same parish.
There, with the active assistance of his
still surviving partner, (the daughter
of a much respected Baptist minister of
the county of Kent,) he kept a kind of
general store, or shop, where, from
smaU heginnings, being "diligent in
business, fervent in spirit, serving the
Lord," Divine providence was pleased
so to prosper him, that he was enabled,
not only to make his way honourably
in society, but also to surround his
home with many comforts, to render
effective service to the cause of the Re-
deemer, and secure such a competency
as tended materially to lighten Uie bur-
den of advanced life. While residing
at Phipps Bridge he attended for seve-
ral years the Independent chapel. Toot-
ing, and was a member of the church
then under the pastoral care of the Rev.
James Bowden. But in course of time,
he turned his attention to the spiritual
wants of his own native place. Efforts
more or less regular, to disseminate
evangelical truth, had for some years
been made there, but were about to be
relinquished, when Mr. Pratt, with
some others, determined not only to
continue them, but to have the cause
placed on a more permanent basis. The
Mends were few in number, and weak
in influence, their place of assembly
being also of the humblest order, known
among themselves as '' Little Zion.**
But a spirit of prayer and fiedth was re-

nnder
te wvcreign influence of Divine grace,
be an interesting and instructive
; but when those in whom it has
have not only ended their
honoorably as individuals, but,
thm position in society and the
hare been able also actively
ineftiTly to " serve their generation
to the will of God," some-
than admiring observation
eaUedfor; nor does it appear meet
should be suffered to pass
midst without some memorial,
simple, of their Christian
worth, and usefulness. Under
iipTcasiona the following sketch
life and religious history of Mr.
Pmtt, ibr many years senior
oC the Independent Chapel,
Surrey, is submitted to the
oC the Etangelical Magazine.
^utt was a native of Mitcham.
mxxjf too many, alas ! especially
; period when he began life, he
CB|joy the privilege of religious
training. It is not sur-
^on that he should grow up
ignorant of Divine things ; that
lore darkness rather than
that many things should
m eaxty days, at the remem-
df whkh in after time, aocord-
Mi Ofwn statement, he would
■ddcr. But it pleased God to
tj his grace, to reveal his Son
tad to make his heart the seat
datitisg, and earnest religion.
Inl aarioosly impressed under
it^f of the WeaLeyans, but was

570

xxMoiB or mt tbomab njsn^

YiTed ■rnoBf thflm, and tiie Lord giTiiig
tettimony to the word of his ^gnoe,"
thej were 80 increeied and etrength-
ened, ttiat it wai felt to he expedient to
erect a new plaee of worship. Into
this good work Mr. Pratt threw all the
energies of a warm and seaknis heart,
collecting mnch of the monej raised
for the purpose, and oontrihnting lihe-
rallj himself, eren " as God had pros-
pered hhn." The Lord folfilkd the
desire of his heart The chapel was
erected, the same neat and commodious
building which is now the scene of the
fidthftil ministrations of the Ber. Tho-
mas Kennerley ; while to preserve the
memory of the "Little One" it was
named, as it is still, "Zion Chapel."
Hie little band of fidthM worshippers
not having been properly organized, a
church was formed, after a time, of
which the Rev. John Varty became tiie
pastor, while Mr. Pratt was chosen to
be a deacon, which office he honourably
sustained for many years, adding to
soundness of fiuth, and firm attachment
to the distinguishing doctrines of the
gospel, an eminent degree of Christian
zeal and activity. So anxious was he
for the prosperity of Zion, that though
his dwelling was at some considerable
distance, yet " not coniierring with flesh
and blood," but coming through all
weathers, he was known for years to
lead the prayer-meeting regularly twice
on the Lord's-day.

In 1844, beginning to feel the pres-
sure of advancing age, anxious to es-
cape as much as possible fW>m the cares
and toils of life, and the Lord having
BO mercifully prospered him, he de-
termined upon retiring fWmi business,
hoping to have (if the Lord pleased)
years of more undisturbed enjoyment,
and usefulness in the ways of religion.
In accordance with which determina-
tion, he removed from Phipps Bridge
to Upper Mitcham, at no great distance
tram the chapel. But an attack of sci-
atica coming upon him, he was pre-
vented ftrom continuing the active part
he had so long and so well sustained,
while, no doubt, the foundation of that

atateof ^Lmmm w» laid wlddi after-
wards in tmHk a grndoal, homiliating,
but at the same time gentle manner,
brought him to the grave. Still, ^oi^gh
not 80 active as ibnDMrlj, he was Ibond
a ready and eAeient hdper in eveij
good work, of which the churches in
the neigfabonrhood, as well as his pwn
community, had ftill proof. Towards
the autnmn of last year it became more
and Buna evident tiiiat kia daja of nse-
ftdnaaaweva namberid* His physioal
and mental powers rapMly feiled,till
he sank into a state of aeeond child-
hood, in which the gentleneas and
helplessness of infhncy were singularly
blended with occasional evidenoea of
deep Christian experience and sound
sanctified intelligence. 8o that while
the ** outward man * was deeaying, it
was pleasing to observe that the inward
man was ** being renewed day by day.**
On the 23rd of March last he waa
visited by a more severe attaek; the
stroke mercifblly inflicted no pain, bat
induced a state of extreme weakneai
and great stupor. From this attaek it
was feared he would never rally, but to
the surprise and joy of anxious friends
he did, so fisr as to sit up in his bed-
room. But on Friday, the 9th of Jane,
the stroke was again repeated, still
more severely, so that with the excep-
tion of two or three instances of slight
recognition, his conscnoosness seems now
to have left him, the action of life be-
coming merely mechanical, and after
lying in this state till Sabbath after-
noon, a little before flve, on the ISlii of *
June, without a struggle, he gently hXk
asleep in Jesus, in his 81st year.

His love for the Sabbath and ttm
sanctuary was always remarkable, bel '
towards the close of life, even amidii ^
the wreck of his physical and mentat ^
constitution, it seems to have increased*
No difficulty that could possibly be wti^
mounted was allowed to prevent hilB
attendance in his accustomed plafl0u
Mliile lost to almost everything elao^ '^
his comprehension of spiritual subjeoM ~
seemed to remain singularly clear, bli
the midst of much mental aberration, §f^

UMMttam OF MB. nOMAf PBATT.

571

iMii ft wotd wftf df o py di #r a tliaiight
ezpraswd relating tm afbdpui things,
lie would immediately take it up, show-
ing the itrong and imalterable sympa-
thj of luB heart in that direction, and
that Christ and hia salTation were still
▼try precioiu. Upon being regnested
he would frequently oondset fhmily
wordiipy with almost the c^rreetoees
aad Uproar of his best day«. It wm
qtitt affiBcdng to hear him implore jAie
DifinebleMng at meals; even np to
telaat afttaflk it wii like a short and
hsM iifiil ninjai, isnnmiiinind irifTi snnh
4sflp iBioliMi that ha was oftan obliged
li slop Mbn ha had flniahed; gmti-
ta Ood» Hlimding with an orw-
of mworthiaass, being
prominaat aeptimimts. He
WM Tery fond of the 19t]^ and Stth
aoidi wwdd often repeat them,
■ aonabeaiatifiilhymna. That
it ONvpa^ WM aa «sp9(^ fitvimrito,

•^Thanhless for isToiurs,** ko,,

wi^ a Uttla prompting, he re-

wMi great aaipha^i, bat a fcw

the last atroka. He also

in ainging, and not

pfavioiia to his death, he

wi^ soma daw friends,

hyaui of Newton's,

*%v fvpcft Hm nane of J«0us sounds,"

^ flia tana, and xemanbering the
"iHtk Mng told Just the begin-

He was TSiy muoh

aa laag aa eoascionsness re-

•a aia aid and dear friends. If

jwalor, and ethers, ealled

Ua p m aUnB 3M6 woold beam

tiiligftaty the taafs would start, and

aflmi eheok his ntteranee.

a ]^lanrare to ministelr to

-iMP altlMiigh qnita ohildish,

laxHimintn, and so thankM

A ttat was done fof him, that

masliis most firagrant to

lava and patience, by the

li^^ trial, wave pot most se-

Ty aad peaeeftiUy, has

paised fttmi the scene of action to the
promised rest, in a good old age, one who
throagh Divine grace, being rescued
from the service of the world and the
paths q{ the destroyer, was preserved
to be a ffuthfnl, devoted, and venerable
disciple of Christ; one who, having
well served his generation daring life,
has not limited his benevolence to his
efurthly existence, but has made future
provision lor the cause of truth and
education, as certain reversionary docu-
ments will in due time testify. We
assert not that he was perfect ; doubtless
there were proofs, so long as he was
here, that he *'had not yet attained,
either was already perfect ;** but' none
more deeply lamented the remains of
human infirmity, and none could more
earnestly " press forward towards the
mark of his high calling;" while it must
be owned, there was much in his Chris-
tian eourse that commanded respect, in-
vited imitation, and glorified his God
and Saviour.

His mortal remains were consigpied
to their final resting<place on the fol-
lowing Saturday, attended by several
attached relatives and friends, his pas-
tor conducting the service with deep
solemnity, and delivering an appropri-
ate address at the grave. At a church
meeting, during the succeeding week, a
resolution was unanimously passed, ex-
pressive of sincere respect, the loss the
church has thus sustained, and also
their deep sympathy with the bereaved
widow, who, after a union of fifty-six
years, is now left in a very enfeebled
and suflbrlng state to close the struggle
of life alone, but, through mercy, en-
abled to wait with ardent and brighten-
ing hope the coming of her Lord, and a
reunion in glory, which shall never be
broken up. The event was improved
by the Rev. Thomas Kennerley, on Sab-
bath-evening week, from Acts xxi. 16,
" An old disciple." — The numerous au-
dience, the fixed attention, the strong
sympathy, evidently testifying in what
high esteem the "old disciple" was
held. ** Blessed are the dead that die in
the Lord firom hencefbrth : Yea, saith the

aift ADDKESa DEUVBHED BT THE BXT. T. P. BDU.

Spirit, for Oiej raat from theu Ikborin ; I thetn who flucngh fiidi tnd patMsm
and their works do follow them." " Let I inherit the promiiM.*
na then not be slothful, but followers of I

ADDRESS DELIVEB£D BY THE RET. T. P. BULL.

OF MBWPOBT PAGNELL,

It mkj not be nusnitsble on the pre-
sent occasion to state the particalar
drcnmBtanccs that led to the intro-
duction of Proteetont DiMeot into
Wohnm.

It was in the j-ear 17B2, December
Ist, that my Gather first preached the
gospel in this town, and the text on
which bis disconrse was founded was,
" Paul preached two yean in his own
hired bouse." It may therefore be
inferred that it was in a boose he deli-
vered his first discourse in Wobnm.
A Tery hnmble building wa« after-
n^rds fitted np as a chapel, and opened
for the pnrpose of public worship by
Mr. Bnll, June 4tb, 1783. He took
hiB text from Zechariah vi. 13 : " Even
ho shall build the temple of the Lord ;
and he shall bear the gloiy, and shall
sit and rule upon his throne."
Bull in thia place delivered a lecture
every Wednesday fortnight, a gentli
man then residing in Wobnm, Mr. R.
Corey, who was a member of the
church at Wobum, on these occasions
kindly received him into his honse,
and was an active friend to the infant
cause.

Soon after, the Rev. Mr. Baban,
resident at Olney, and then preaching
at Yardley Hastings, three Sabbaths
out of fbor, gave hia vacant Sabbath
to Woburn.

It is an interesting fact, that some
years afler, this worthy man came to
supply the congregation for a single
Sabbath, May 9tli, 1803, and having
preached twice, on his return to the
houBO of his friend, trod on a loose
pebble, fell to the ground, and brake

his 1^ ; and though no ol
toma appeared at firat, and everything
•eemed to be going on well, and his
fiunily were expniting bis speedy re-
, he was snddtmly attaded widi
death, while in tho aet of convening
with a young friend on the joys of

As a proof of the respect in which
this good man was held, a funeral
sermon \n» preached for him by the
Vicar of Olney, at the time of his
interment

The Rev. Mr. Hillyard paid a similar
tribute to hia memory, at the Inde-
pendent Chapel ; and on the evening of
the same day, the Bev. W. Bull preached
another funeral disconrae. The con-
course of people being too great fbr
the Meeting-house to contain, the ser-
mon was preached in the Market-
place of OIney, and the service thns
nnnaually conducted was a scene of
much solemnity and power.

In 1789, the Rev. & Oreatbeed, then
rending at Newport, enpplicd the
pulpit ; a chtuch was anbeeqaoilly
formed, and in 1791, he undertook the
pastoral charge. Under bis ministry
the congT^ation greatly increased. It
is somewhat remarkable that neither in
the Etanoelical Magazine, of which
for many years he waa one of the
Tmsteea, nor in any other periodical,
any memoir is to be found of this ex-
cellent man.

Having had the happiness of hit
intimate acquaintance for many years,
I wish to dwell a little on his reli-
gions history, and the more sc^ becaose
now he is almoat forgotten, thoogfa

ADOBS8B BSUTXBED BY THB BEY. T. P. BULT..

573

90 -well known, and so nmoli ad-»
mired and bdored in the religions
world.

Mr. Oreatfaeed was bom in London,
Ins &dier being fbr some years the
int derk in one of the leading bank-
ing honaes in town. He was edneated
in an institntion in the Tower of Lon-
don, where seTeral yonng gentlemen
vere trained np for military engineers.
Some arehitectnral drawings prodnced
hf him were seen by Xiord Townsend,
iim, Maater-Generai of the Ordnance,
lAkh he ao mnoh admired that he
taame henceforth his zealous patron.
Bt waa admitted at once into the corpa
rfAasiatant Engineers, resided fbr some
§tm at tiie hmiae of tlus nobleman, and
MfCTy prospe c t of rising to eminence
ii his p fnfe a a i on, bnt at t^s time, alas!
hi was a stranger to tme reUgion.
la a letter he wrote to me, he ssys,
*I inl more than yon what I owe to
eC Ood, through Christ Jesns,
me trmn the way of
for I don't suppose
a greater profligate than I
•0 ai the age of eighteen."
Mr. Greatiieed was sent out as an
engineer to Gsnada. While
at Qosbee a remarkable change
in his heart, he became a
in Christ Under God
eflbcted by the instm-
o£ a. brother officer. From
Mr* Oreatheed was soon after
to 8t John's, Newfoundland,
ftvther intercourse with some
people, who were Wesleyans,*
iNttcfitedhim. On his return
he was stationed at Lan-
aad while there joined the
mi the Boy. Mr. Edwards, of
whose ministry he regularly
Having tasted that the Lord
he was Yery anxious to be
ta othans, and encouraged and
by his friendi, he resoWed
iq^ all the brilliant pros-
Jum oi promotion in the
daYOting his talents to the
af winning sonls to Christ
af this purpose he became a

student in Newport Pagnell Theological
Institution, under the direction of the
Boy. William Bull. In 1788, Mr. Great-
heed left the academy where he had
officiated for a short time as Assistant
Tutor, and accepted an iuYitation to
beoome the pastor of the Independent
Church of this place, but continued to
reside at his own house at Newport;
and that the people might not suffer
by his residence being at such a dis-
tance he engaged as an assistant the
BeY. J, Scroxton, another of the New-
port students. Under their united
labours the congregation improved
and the church increased.

Mr. Greatheed was a man of superior
talents and general information, and a
student of unwearied industry. On
this subject it is enough to repeat what
his friend, the poet Cowper, said of
him, *< He is a man of letters and taste ;
meek and learned as Moses." He was
actiTe to the utmost of his strength,
employing his talents and his ample
fortune in doing good, preaching as
often as his feeble health would permit
His literary labours were considerable.
He was one of the number of gentle-
men with whom the " Eclectic Beview"
originated, and for some years was its
sole editor. He wrote three learned
dissertations on the origin of lan-
guages, which were read at the meet-
ings of the Antiquarian Society, of
which learned body he was a member.
These were afterwards printed in their
transactions. He also took a very ac-
tiye part in the formation of several
important institutions, which have since
attained to great eminence, and be-
come the glory of our land — ^The Lon-
don Missionary Society, the Tract So-
ciety, the British and Foreign Bible
Society, and others of a similar kind.
To those institutions which admitted
the co-operation of different denomina-
tions he was particularly attached.

After nearly twenty years of toil in
theee benevolent labours, the death of
the first Mrs. Greatheed, the increasing
flulure of his health, and the loss of his
house at Newport, compelled him to

KM ADDBsn munOD m

gift np hia connniaa wUli IhU am*
HMgSlloiii and, ^er midbff for a
■hiBl lima in diffetutit pUiwa. U« ftnkUjr
ntdnd ai [lubop'i Hull. Sununatahin,
IB which (wantv Ihnv waa than na
AMxibaT7 Ilililo'Sooit-fj. Mr. Orvkt-
kaad, bowerer, aldnl bjr hi* Jnlinwt*
ftiMd, Ika amiafcla Biatiap Ridn.
•ndii b IbfiiriBi one, of which, for
MM* ttaN. b* «*a aoovtaiy.

AAar * few jnan lii* JncKaaisy
bvitica omnpfllM him to icttuin
■oit oobttAnllj in iii< tunue, even
tba flkbbath. The toMovring ucDunl of
Uakteat hoanwtawriltcii bjaclenrj-
nMUl, -Kho w«a hia btotlier-ui-lair, wad
•ddMBod to tba lUv. 0. tinrdar. daU-U
Pobrtiwy 15, Ht23:—

" AfYrr a few imjt at
VHXj, for UlnoM it OU
wllad. Mr. GrNthMd hw imUh< vhM
be hul laal Sanda7 iaiiuni to ba Ua
. bigliMt (rnttiAcAlioD, that of knnwin^
ha ihinild not apond anothir Sabbath
OB aarth. At five o'clock this morn-
ing he fell m1c«p \a iewat, in a m&nner
tha mat awart and f^i'iitie, nor can «o
inSeirntly express our gratitndo for
Mich A source of coniolalian und en-
conragcinent to our foilh. Yon know
bow ouiformly hti life hoc been deroted
to the acrvice of hia Matter— what de-
light ho took in oo-opcntting for the
•xteaaion of His kingdom — how liber-
ally ho olwoj-a opened bis purse — how
ontireiy liia mind waa directed of party
feelings, and bis ihougbl* nnd hia pen
employed in the brst of causea ; yet,
with All tbc«a stltinmcntK. it waa as a
•inner he relied confidenllj' aud simply
npon the Saviour.

" Never waa death more diaarmed of
ita terrors. On Monday he aat as luiiil
for eleven hours in his stndy. He waa
unable to riic the next morning, and
renuuned in the aamc qaiet and rol-
leotad atale, leaning his bend od tbe
boMRi of hia Baviour.

" He breathed bis life out aweetly
there, at five o'clock tliia momiDg, Fc-
bniMT Ifith. 1«23."

Very aoon after Mr. Orcotheed's re-
rignation of hia charge, Mr. t^croKlon

na ■». r. r, mamii {

alao reaigned, and aabeeqnenlly ae«epted
an invitation from the Bapliat chnnrh,
Bromagrovc, where he was ordaiood
April, 1800. Here bo found in the
pwiab ehtutb an old Newport alndent,
the R«*. Bohcrt CutUm, pnmching tba
aaiM glorlnta gcape!. 'Ilieir fViend«hip
waa r«iiew«d, and Inaled while Hr. Cot-
tom lived. Mr. Soroilon eontinnod ts
lahnm-tiU IH34, when be rangned hi*
paatome. Abost Chrialmaa last, he
VHM talun by a aevere illnesa. Tha
lanRiugv of tbia good old pilgrim wb%
•* I am willing to bear all that my LoHl
deem* ncccwary for mo lo bear. If be
wilhi, 1 am willing to live a Utile longer
with mr ebildron. If it bo hia will, I
an equally willing to deport and be
wilb Chriat. I know he will noilhav I
leave ma nor foraake me." Mr. Scrox-
ton died May 2lBt of tbe preaent year,
baring been in the miniatry fifty-aiz
year*.

liaving paid thia tiibate of reaji ee t
to thoic good men, the recollection of
whtnn ia dear to me, I retam to tba
hiitory of tbia eanae.

In the year 1800, the Rev. Mr. Ow
lledcn waa choaen pastor, and nnderhia
aeeloua miniatry much good was done.
In IBOa.anewmeeling-boaae waserec>t>
ed, chiefly by the eioKiona of Mr. Caa-
tleden.on the cpot where we are now
aascmbled. After fifty yeara of labour,
the early part of irfaiob was spent at
Aylesbury, the later at Wobum. he waa
called lo his rest, and 1 am happy that
under bis succeaaor it baa now beronia
uecauary to enlarge your place of wor-
ship. Ood grant that yonr building
may bo well filled with hearers wha
will be doer* of the word, and that It
msj bo said of this and tliat man, that
they were born in the place the memi>>
rial alone of which is about to be laid.
It is onra to raise a booee to Ood, bnt
be alone con render it a house of
bleiMtng.

If his Spirit >a poured ont abun-
dantly, ibon, and only tlien, will tha
gospel prove tbe power of God unto »al-
vntion, and it will be add, Tbe Lord ia

mjMHAauMKu.'—iio. m.

878

Whifo yotLf thsfBlbMf oontriuttts fto*
eorfiag to your ftbility to th« needlbl
etpcnie, be eaniMt» pOTMrering, and
untied in yovr BsppUMitifm to ^ God
tf ill grace, tiwt he may protper hli

wofkf and aend ahowen of blessinga
npon the miniiter and the people, wi^«
oat which all will be rain. ^' Except
the Lord build the houae, they labour
in vain that build it**

■•1^^-

MIIXBNARIANISM.
No.m.

Tkni IB a daM of paaa^^ea in the
Otyjia leaembling those from the
Epittlee, on which we commented in
laat paptr, whioh we ibaU now
bfi^ to eonaider, MiUoiii-
are aeeniloined to adduce them
•a proring the pre-millennial advent
We think that a oandid examination
•f tibmm will ahow that they have no
Waring iHmtever on the euljeet We
to thaae paaaagei in which Ghriat'i
afe exhorted to watdiMnem,
of tbair ignoranoe of the time
kia coming. Am a epedmen of the
) shall quote that contained in
I4ik0 ziL 86-40.

** Jjel your loins be girded about, and

y^mr lights burning; aid ye yourselves

Kfca wBto men that wait for their lord,

m b em he will return fh>m the wed-

^Smg I that when he eometh and fcnodc*

e€i^ timy may open unto him imme*

^btriy. Blessed are those servanta,

wrhostt the kcd when he oometh shall find

wntsidng i vsrily I say unto you, that

ka almU gird himself^ and make them

ta ait down to meai^ and will come

and aerve them. And if he shall

in tiie aeeond watch, or come in

&e HkM wat^ and find them so^

are these servants. And this

, that if the good man of the

had known what hour the thief

mmM come, he would have watched,

aei have anfllBfed his house to be

throu^ Be ye therefore ready

•f te the Son of man eometh at an

when ys think not."

' Ob thhi passage ihm Rev. Mr. Birks

ffasai Ihi Mlowing comment >^* The

attitude of continual expectationy here

eigotned by our Lord himself is con*
sistent iritk the fiict of a prolonged
delay» such as experience has shown
to have been really decreed in the
counsels of Qod. But it is not ooi^
sistent with the hypothesis, that a
delay of many generations was ex-
pressly announced in the word of God,
from the beginning of the gospel. As
soon as a future Millennium was re-
vealed, the ehuroh of Christ was bound,
by the command of Christ, in these
words, to place it after his own return,
or it would have been absolutely im-
possible for them to obey their Master's
solemn admonitions." *

It is here taken for granted by Mr.
Birks, that the coming referred to by
our Saviour in the verses quoted, is his
second advent We shall not dispute
the point, though, we believe, many
would do so. Freely conceding it,
however, let us consider whither his
argument conducte him.

Mr. Birks then, in efieot, here says to
us,'— <*You are required by Christ to
maintain the attitude of continual ex«
peetetion of His personal advent But
this you could not do, if you koew
certainly from the word of Qod that
many generations would intervene
beiare it As a necessary consequence
of your possessing such knowledge, you
would be looking, not for the advent of
Christ, but for Uie lapse of ^e period
of time that was to precede it. It is
not possibls therefore that the wm*d of
Ood should reveal such a period of
time, as this would render impracti-

* Outlines of Unfulfilled Prophecy,
p. 66.

5T6

eMe obedienoe to tbe SaTiour** cotn-
mand." Hiu !■ hi* nr^mrnt, \vliit'li
m hare mdMTimred to Mate u Tor-
nblf ai we ecu. It n^n : ^c' iriilent to
mnj one who oonsidcn " . ' !: i( tho prin-
ciple it proceed* on p < mpiorilj- rc-
qnirae, in order to oar ■ i < _> iti^ Chri>t'9
■dmonitioD, tbat we '<}:ii ili] be oit-
tirelj' ignonuit that aiiv [n nmt of time
wluiterer, whether Ion y,f' "r *hortcr, or
may ereati requiring .1 luii-.r of time,
boweTer brief, tbr their fultilr>imt.iiliiUI
latenwae betbre the .ii^ond ndvont.
Why ihonld Hr. Btiku •pccify n re-

Tealed period of moity genrralirmt u

Tendering obedienee impnicticnbtr ?
Vonld not K revealed pcriud of n fne
genentionB, or even a f>.'w yearn, bare
eqiully the same eSl ' > ' \h^ ar^'
ment, if applicable to ;: i"i«e before
U at all, ii capable j:iiirh more

extennve npplicatioD ^:. .' )i<' giyn it.
On hii principle, in ordi-y !> obcdionre
to the command in q'.i'.'l'on, it would
be new—nry wo ihooM hmv rliv im-
preonon that, for aaglit ivc know, we
may mo the Sarioor comin)- on ttio
clouds of heaven Io-m»rrow, nny,
within the next hour. lit rhort, we
onght to be in the Bamc posture of
expectation with rcrercoec to hi»
" glorious appearing," that wp sho\ild
be in with reference to the appearing
of a friend, tram whom we have junt
heard that he ii on thi- wry lo visit
OS, is coming with all speed, mid will
make no delay. This is what Mr.
Birkamost mean, if ho meRngnnything
nt all to the porpoae. .So lliat, if the
woi-d of God teaohea ub that important
events are to precede thci Saviour's ap.
]iearlng, then, according to him, i[
renders im practicable complinnce with
the SavioQi's ioj unction 9 to watchful-
ness. In Ibis case, "the attitude of
continual expectation" enjoined on us
by our Lord, is a thing impossible I

Yet not only the curly Christians,
hut wo ourselvea also, nic pinced by Iho
word of God in ihi^ riry jiositioii.
The Apostle Panl oecuiiied [his po^ition,
for he knew that the dtM'itipnieiit nnd
reign of the Man of Sin were to precede

yitLEKAaumsM. — so. iit.

the SaTiour's coming. The Thessalo-
nicon Chrictians were placed by him in
a similar pgailion. by the dtscoveriea
re^tBrding the future which ho made Xa
them in hie N-cond epistle. And the
Apostle John was made to occnpy this
jMwitiOD by the sublime revelations of
the Apocnlypsc. If Mr. Birks' rc*-
•onin^ be eonnd, then, it is undeniable
that in these cases the people of Christ
weic placed by the Spirit of revelation
in the posneMion of soch knowlrdge
regarding the future, that obedience to
thu injunction of Christ was a. thing
imponlble to them.

Nay, Mr. Birks himself, with his
Millenarian brelhron.occnpies precisely
the same position. His work before us
sbowB that he expects, prior to the Sa-
viour's advent, the occnrrcDce of a
variety of events, which, if they shonld
not rcqnire the Inpse of "many gene-
rations" for their occomplishtncat,
will rcqnire at length the lajwe of
years. He believes, of course, that the
events predicted under tho sevenlll
vial shall be acoompUshod prior to th»
Savionr's odvcnt. He expects pre-
viously to it, the tripartite division of
the great cily, the great hail, and the
destruction of the spiritual Babylon,
He espert» previously to if. that tho
Jewish people shall bo restored to their
own land, and that a mi^ty confede-
ration of notions, headed by the pro-
phetic " GoR," shall be led egtunst
them. '■ The beast and his armies," he
says, "mulio wnragainBtChrist,bothby
open blasphemies, and by seeking to
blot ont ond destroy the chosen people
Israel, and to establish an anti-Chris-
tian kingdom; but in the height of
their crucify and blasphemy tbey arc
filled with tcn-or . . . and suddenly-
destroyed by the manifested presence
of tho gior?' of the Lord." " The Son
of God," he says again, " miraculously
manifests his presence, to execute
judgment upon a mighty confederation
of enemies in the land of Israel.'" But
Israel moft be restored prior to this

■ Outlines ot Unfulfilled Prophecy,
pp. 91— ita.

MtLLlCNABlAMIBM. — MO. III.

677

being formed. We do
not know whether or not he holds the
mtiment entertained by the late Mr.
Bidnntethy and by many Millenarians,
IS Uk the noii-appearanee, np to the
present time, of ** the man of sin,"
**the Antichrist," predicted by the
Apostlea Paol and John. <* The growth
of this spirit of infidelity,** says Mr.
Biekersteth, . . . <* will probably issne
k the PABTicuLAs or personal anti-
cailST, an avowed and open opposi-
turn to the Lord; the Man of Sin in
kb fblness, and gathering under his
knaer all that wickedness which has
hitherto been working in secret."*
Whether or not Mr. Birks adopts this
fiew, there are at least stupendous
creatB expected by him^ to intervene
the Saviour's coming. These
will require for their accom-
it a considerable interval of
It cannot be within a very
period that the predictions of the
Lth vial shall be accomplished:
IjKael restored to Palestine, and dwell-
ing .there ** at rest " and '* safely,"
^wiUioat walls, and having neither
nor gates,"! and that Gog shall
n mighty ccmfederation of nations
their destruction. There are, as
jet, no dear signs of these events even
lomnlng upon the horizon.} On Mr.
Birka^ own showing, therefore, the
cooung of Christ must be delayed till
tiioae events take place, and therefore
debjed for years to come.

CSan he then himself, consistently
With his own expressed views, be main-
taining that " attitude of continual ex-
pcct a t i o a" of the personal appearing of
ikm Saviour, which, he affirms, is " en-
by our Lord ?" In the very na-
ot things, it is impossible he should.
Mr« Birks cannot bo looking Ut-day for
on his own principles, he must be
cannot happen for years. He

• Woiks, vol. viii. p. 149.

t Ssduel xxxviii. 11.

{ We OQ|^t to say that we much doubt
ibs •onectneas of Mr. Birks' exposition
«f (Okb passage hi Baekiel.

is now daily looking out, not for the
personal advent of Christ, but for those
events which, he tells us, the word of
Qod teaches him shall precede it JJter
those events have occurred, then he may
maintain '*the attitude of continuid
expectation." It is impossible he should
before their occurrence. On the suppo«
sition, then, that Mr. Birks' exposition
of the passage quoted from the Gospel
of Luke is sound, and on his own prin-
ciples as given in that exposition, he is
placed by the word of God in a position
in which it is ** absolutely impossible
for him to obey his Master's solemn
admonition ! "

He cannot get out of this dilemma by
pleading that there is a great difference
between the delay of a brief term of
years, and the delay of a whole millen-
nium. In principle, we reply, there is
no difference whatever. If a known
"delay of many generations," or of a
millennium in the Saviour's coming, ren-
ders it impossible for us to maintain
" the attitude of continual expectation,"
so also does the known delay of any
term of years, however brief the term
may be.

Besides, why should Mr. Birks take
it for granted, (as on his own princi-
ples he must do,) that the inspired
writers of the New Testament were
Ignorant that the periods of time re-
quired for the accomplishment of their
predictions would be of great length,
and that the events foretold by them
would fill up, as tee see they have done,
at least eighteen centuries of years?
Was the Apostle Paul necessanly ig-
norant of this ? Was it necessary that
tlio Apostle John should not know that
the 1260 days of which he prophesied,
meant 1260 years? On Mr. Birks*
hypothesis, it was absolutely necessary
they should be ignorant of these things!
Knowledge on these points would have
rendered obedience to Christ's admoni-
tion impracticable! The more fully
they understood the revelations with
which the Spirit of Christ inspired them,
the more impracticable would it have
been fur them to obey Christ! In short,

ITS

MILIJIKlldAIIUH.— tlO. Ill'

m fu tu this pntycet i« conMmvd, on
Mx, Birlu' priDciplw, nod Oumo at mil-
iMUmnii grn«i«lly. iImi Biblo is a book
wU«h, the more cUttrlf il u umlanitoud,
tfa* Um poMiblv u il lu live in h&nuuii;
witk its iirnx'iiU I lfi nccordiii); to Ito-
aukU, '■ ignorauv* b tht motht-r of
dvTotWD," hate, MoaHiBC to MiUwift-
tiHU. icMfaBM fa MMrtUl to «b*-

U fa vvUMt. thM, ttat Mr. Birki
Mart hata aiitMjr mi(niid«nlot4 and
■faialarpntti Um Ungues n( our So-
vlmr in Um p*fl>g* in ijusation. We
MBBot tot • awniciit imagine tlint
Chiut givM nn injunction in one ciiap-
Ur of Luk«, to which tho pradiclioim
1m detlTpra in anothn chapUr raodci
obediettco iinpoHiblD. Mr. llirki, iu
■hcrt, ha» fkllen inla tiu u>nal error of
bringing tho clrawnt of tuno iulo con-
nexion ivith a. duitriDu whiab ithould b«
r^ard»d aliogtrlbir iudeiwodentl/ of it.
Quiatuna ar« to view tho conung of
Quut M a bright and glorioui cor-
tmintj. However f^ off in point of
tinM, il ia to be rogftrdod \ij tht-m u
nigh at bund. Like Abrnhoin, who,
the distance of nearly J(M)0 yi-ar». n
the day of Chriit's JlrtI coming, w
vaa glad; lo ahould thcf, however far
off in the falure it may bo, ace the iay
of his tiKond ooming, and rejoin) in
prospect of it. It vaa no obalAEle to
the Apoatlo Foul in looking for " the
bleaaed hope," that ho knew the rcvelo-
tioD and rcigu of '' the man of a~
to prccode ita reatiiation. I'he Apoatle
John could aee Christ coming, and
coming quicklj, though he knew that
the pi«dictioD8 of the Apocalypse muat
bo previouiil}' acconipliahed. Ho thould
it bo Willi us. With the eye of failh
we ihoulil bo alwaj'4 looking for Uim
who ifl ti 4pvo^vof, the coming one. it
ahould be uo obstacle lo our living doily
in believing hope of his "glorious ap-
pearing," that wo are at the same timo
pciBUodcd, from Ihc woid of God, that
hia apiriiual roigu over the whole earth
U to prcoedo it.

In connexion wilh this sut^cct, it
ihovld be remembered that to us, proo'

tically, tha Savionr'a coming in tha
article of death, ia largely tqtuvalent lo
bis coming on tlie clouds of h*«ien.
'IlicD, " aWnt from the body," eai^
fuitiifsl servant ia "present with the
Lord." Ho is •' with Christ, which i»
far belter." In his Snviour'a cmbnoc
he reats in patient and believing eXr ,
pevlatiouuf tlia glory that is afterwardl ,
lo b« revtaled. ,

Wc have no rvAson to imagine, more- ,
over, that, in the diaembodicd stale, the
con(«iouanoM of duration vrill be to us
what it i* in the body. It is highly
improbable that, in tho spirituai world,
wc ahall have the aama consciousncai of
the lapsB of time which we have in colt'
ocxioa with this material orgBni7Ation.
\\\ have the foUovFtng passage from
the pen of )Ir. Bickorsteth on tliia point,
wliicli we qoolu with much pleasure ; —
" If this difficulty be felt, — the prwaiaM
of coming cjuickly were made to the
cliurth nearly eighteen centuries since,
how thuu could it be true in their cave,
that he ahoutd come quickly, when it ta
clear that bis coming must have been
tliua distant P We may reply, the whole
of the case is no! before na. ForinatAnce
wo know Ibat dopartcd spiriu are with
Christ, aud happy in him, but we d«
not know bow periods, long to ns, maj
be I'apidly )HUsed through by a disem-
bodied spirlL"* This point is neces-
sarily a. specuhitive one, bat we regard
these observations as very important.
There ore good reasons for believing
that our present couecptious of timo, or
concciousnesa of duration, arise mainly
frotu oui connexion with matier, and
from tlie laws of the material world.
Wo have no reason to believe that dia-
ombodied spirits reckon timeby monlhs,
years, and centuries, as we do, or that
to thoso who are " at home with the
Lord," dwation is the same Uiing which
it is to us who are "at home in the
body." For aught wo know, "a thon-
Eond years may be to them as one day."
Tbc interval that elapses between the
death of a saint and the coming of tliB
Saviour, however long it may be on the

' Works, vol. YiiL p. Si. .

riSM.— MQ. zn.

679

grcmt dock of the natural world, may
le Tery brief oti that of the t^ritual
worid. ThoA, it may be the case, when
(hritt at length comes to recoTer his
fftsflb from the gntYe, however leiig;th»
«nd tho period of delay would hate
itMMd to their eoneoionsnese in the
loty, it shall hate been almost as no-
Mag to their consoioasness oti^ of the
Wfy. If so, the issue trill prore that
ife language of inspiration was the
haguage of one who knew man's 9pi-
HhMrf naiore, as well as his material

f The ibUowing passage, bearing on

ftls Mil||eet, frfxn tfie writings of one

«f tha most eminent Christian philoso*

jriiers of the present day, wfll be i«ad

fvitii lotet«st-- ^Funillar as we are,

hsTe always been, with the equal

that are marked fbr us bythe

and telliffic revolutions, we

it only natural, and a matter of

that our individual conscious-

of duration should flow on equably,

Uut this consciousness of time in

mind should pretty nearly keep

with the same feeling in other

But a little attention to some

iiicts, as well as to the reason

thing, will convince us that, for

eqnable consciousness or percep-

of the steady flow of time, we are

wkofiy^ indebted to external and arti-

I, deprived of which, our no-

of duration, and our recollection of

Nseeeaaive parts of it, would be the

t variable and illusory of all the

of our existence ; nay, utterly

and unfixed, so that, accord-

%% to €be ever-varying velocity of our

states, a minute might seem a

jt €X a centuiy a minute

lift iEbm reader, by a little effort, ima-

Wtmaolf to be totally cut o£P from

aoancxion with the clock-work of

il universe He must

'W iOQiiy or as soon as the previously

red habit of the mind had become

kiaety cease to be conscious of any

w diftrenoe between a long period

laahoti one^ than thatwhidi might

be derived from the actual equableness
of his thoughts and emotions ; and if
these at some seasons, as in hot they
do, followed one the other with incal-
onkble rapidity, whilst at another sea-
son a single idea or emotion remained
fixed in the mind, there would be no pos-
sible means of his ascertaining whether,
since a certain mental state or epoch,
he had existed an hour, a day, a year,
a century, or a thousand years. Thus,
insulated from equable motion, we
should not be able to correct our indi-
vidual consciousness of duration by
comparing it with that of others under
like circumstances; for while one, by
the peculiar constitution of his mind,
would tell us an eternity had elapsed
since we last conferred with him ; an-
other, either more inert, or more ad-
dicted to dwell upon abstractions, would
say it was only yesterday when we
compared eras."*

Our argument, however, is perfectly
independent of this metaphysical specu-
lation. It is not on this ground, but on
the fair and open field of Scripture in-
terpretation, that we wish to meet our
MiUenarian friends. But we leave
them for the present, requesting those
of them who may read this paper, to
consider whether we have not fully
proved the point we have been seeking
to establish : viz., that if Mr. Birks* ex-
position of our Saviour's injunction to
watchfulness for his coming be sound,
then he, and those who think along
with him, arc placed, by the word of
God, in such a position of knowledge
with reference to events which must
precede that coming, that obedience to
this injunction is a thing impossible.
If convinced of this, they will feel the
necessity of seeking some other exposi-
tion of the passage, and will see, more
over, that such language has no bearing
whatever on the question we are con-
sidering. — ^Will the advent of Christ
introduce the Millennium, or will it be a
subsequent event ?

• Physical Theory of Another Life.
3rd edition^ pp. 26^27.

GRATSPTL 1KC0U.IOTI0N8 aKD RGSOUTIOKS.

GRATEFUL REOOLLECnONS AND RESOLUTIONS.

"Wkalakill I nad«i>ta tk* Lart he ill hli tvMilli W*w4B<f-~PitLii cirl

Osmof* nligim li almTi tru* to Itu-
nui nUnn. It >rtdTMiw itaelf to nun
u »B iatelliient and ■ceonntaU* cimi-
tnra. It mcngaiiw in him, notwithrttad.
tag the fearful haTOc which lin hu awdtk

I nodentand thoee

WTdatJom of DtTina truth vfaioh God
haa been pleaaad to make to him, the
Other exLabling ^'"^ to onicrieiLCO tho
Taiioiu emotion* and igbctioni which
thoae lerclationi are fitted to call Cnth.

tow-minded, cold-hearted thing which
•oue luppoae it to be. It ii in itaelf the
be*t, the highest of all knowledge. It
calli into operation the nobleet and the
moit aalutary ezercUea of man'a mind
and heart. Stlf-eonvtrii is one of thoae
ezczciiea. The power la coiiTerae of out-
•elvei ia one of the moat wonderful and
valuabla of tho powen with which our
gracioua Creator h«a been pleaaed to fui-
niah ua. Often ia this power aboaed, juit
aa every other power ia. The converaa
which the mind maintaina with itaelf ia
frequently of a low, poltrj, grovelUng,
worthless character. But while tlie evil
man, out of the evil treasure of hia heart,
ia ever bringing forth evil things, the
good man, out of the good tieaauie of liia
heart, brings furth guad thinga. It ia
affecting indeed to think of the extent
to which mind is givLii to the contcm-
platian and pursuit of oLjccla that arc
trivial and worthless, to tho neglect of
those objects that eie of paramount im-
portance— of infiiiilc value. It is the
child of Ood alone who, on just princi-
ples, gives his mind to the high exercise*
of religion— yields hia heart siacerely and
unreservedly to the affections which rcli-
gioQ ioducca. We see him doing so when
he rectivM the knowledge of Christ's
truth. We see him doing su when he
t the import of Christ's word.

We >.

; him doing

e grows

iemblance to Christ's charatlcr. We see
him doing so as he becomes gradually
matured for the full enjoyment of Christ's

prenciice. But all Ihia ia connected vifk|
msDy ucu of aelf-coDTCiso. Olten will
Ctie soul seek to derive fiora those V^W
ritual exercises of which it is the
motives to growing love, and i
holiness ; and as it doc* so, it ca
to axpteas ita manifold obligatioua, M
it* deiout purpoaes.
'It is as tho result of much self-M
verse, that the Psalmist gives utu
to the iinguage of ttiankfulue»s, «
hai so often been employed since bts til
to give expression to grateful recoUecliw
and resolutions.

"Benefits" imputed to us by "
Lord" — ^oll tho benefits, of every k
and name, which Sow U
linucd stream of blessLngs &om thelMlll'
tiful hand of our Heavenly Father-^
tlieas excite our grateful r
There is a recoUeetion of God's
which is general — which embrscgs 11
species at large — vhich comprehends H
the manifold blessings which the I
OUT God BO spontaneously and so ,
rously imparts to all his creatures.
interesting ia the review of auth blft^l
ineti '. In undcavuuriiij^
pluce outlives in the midst of the gK^ -^
fiunily to which we belong, and the graie'
ful recollections of our hearts rise oni ^
swell in uoiaou with the chiuccst remem-
brances of ten thousand other hearl*-
Iniportant aa auch a rwollectioQ is, ihet*
is something that is still more impcO'CaDV-
Wt mupl advance frL-m what is gcncr»*
to what is particular^ — from what btloDS"
to ir.aii at large to what belongs to uu*"*
selves. Every one of ui haa a pt-rnJH"*
history which, though it may seem ^^
others untntercEling nud unimportant, a^
fraught with the deepest inlcresl and tl»^
greatest importance to oursclvea, W^*
scenes pass before ua when the vario**^
evtuts of that poraoaal history ore re
viewed ! Imaginatioti dwells on c^
which must have preceded evcijl
that raemoiy can recall. We pictui
ourselves helplesi infancy and though
childhood. What tender care was 1

6BATEFUL RECOLLECTIOKS AND BESOLUTIONS.

581

expended upon us ! A father and a mo-
ther's affection could haye availed little
for the presenration of our feeble bodies
from the many dangers which beset them,
had not the Lord himself protected and
pKserred us. Memory rererts to the
Iright and sunny days of youth — ^to the
fint dawnings of reason in our yoimg
Binds. What occasions for Divine guar-
disnship and guidance often arose then !
How, amid the many follies and sins of
yoath, God eyer watched oyer us — Qod
thiays did us good — bearing with us
onid our many errors, and blessing us
•otwithstanding our great forgetfulness
flf Him. Subsequent years, with all their
nried experiences, pass rapidly before
our Tiew. ** Benefits ' ' characterize eyery
fine of them. Who may not say, —

'* When all thy merclei, O my God,
My ritiog soul aarreyt,
Tnnsported with the view, I'm lost
In wooder, love, and pniMf"

What temporal bounties has God be-
Mvsd upon us ! All our wants He has
Hpplied. Day by day He has fed and
lioUied us, and giyen us comfortable
Ines. What abundant mercy has God
MaUed us to enjoy ! Our sins have
lAai cried to Him for wrath, but in the
■idst of wrath He hath remembered
■oey. What spiritual privileges has
God showered down upon us ! All
i|iritiial blessings in heavenly places in
Gbist Jesus He has set before us. What
iBcial comforts has God enabled us to
Mdiae ! All the relationships of life —
btics dear and close binding us to one
Mikcr— He has made the means of
jhttag us comforts of various kinds.
VWt Cuthfiil discipline has God exer-
M towards us! The chastisements
. He has visited us with have all
kind and faithful — the chastise-
of a loving Father seeking to ad-
his children's highest interests.
pk/L eoDSolation and support in trial
trooble has God afforded us ! Amid
sdMquered scenes He has been with
to cheer our hearts in gloom — to
tfftmk us with his own Almighty
^|th. What exalted hopes — ^hopes
tf iBmartality — ^has God set before
i Heavenly things He has enabled us

n>L. xxxii.

to anticipate, while we are yet on the
earth. Eternal things He has permitted
us to expect, while wc have yet to do
with time.

And in the review can we overlook
those seasons of especial converse with
TTimgplf which God has enabled us to en-
joy ? Never can we, while memory holds
her place, forget what we saw and heard
when he manifested Himself to us in the
time of conviction and conversion — ^in our
first commimings with Him in the closet
and in His house — in the great and
mighty things which He has often done for
us in answer to the supplications which we
have addressed to His throne — and in the
wonderful way in which, by the opera-
tions of His wonder-working Providence,
He has, in seasons of threatened calamity,
brought good out of evU, and caused us
to see all things working together for our
good.

The grateful recollections are well
fitted to call forth grateful resolutions.
The inquiry, '* What shall I render to the
Lord?" is an inquiry which the soul
makes of itself in order that it may the
better learn how to consecrate itself to the
Lord.

What shall we, as intelligent creatures,
render to that God who is the author of
our intelligent nature r Our minds, our
understandings, our hearts, our souls, be-
long to God — are giycnus that with them
we may serve God. Let us consecrate
their noblest powers to Him who has
been pleased to make us intellectually
and spiritually what wc arc.

What shall we, as sinful creatures,
render to that God who has revealed to
us a Saviour and a salvation ? Sunk in
misery wc must have perished for ever
but for the great sacrifice of Christ. Ho
gaye Himself for us. He died that we
might live. He rescues our souls from
hell. He raises our souls to heaven.
This salvation from beginning to end is
of the Lord. To Him let us ever pay
our grateful tribute of praise for provid-
ing it for us, and applying it to us.

What shall we, as spiritual creatures,
render to that God who has given us our
spiritual nature, and has provided means
so abundant for our sp-ritual enjoyment ?

ft w i M Bm br 0«d, w« m far Him

MMUd «w«— b«m ■gain— bukI* 0>»
parukcn of k Diitn* Dtmr*. H^ih tn>
drnl vr thr nuc-tpululillu of tiut no
tor*. &n}afaiatu, pvi* mai niatusl.
Mcni« lo ■>■ tiam it* wnrkiiif , ud bMB
ibo manifold bleuinft which Osd ha*
fiTon la at, adapted to all it* warUnf*.
Willi our ipiriif, th«n, H '
hoDoui and t\atUj Oi>d.

What iiliaU i>(
nnda M tliat God who baa mada koOWB
to lu uul conbrmd upon ub Ufa and in-
monaliiy t Wa Un (o diir, but wa dl* to
lin. U<>d ii th» autJim of that blghar
md DuUMlUiaROT wtUchnBowaapln,

aod of which Ba bmt «Ith m ika Mm*

«aU. PoaaaaiUji lifa In HIdi, let <nB
U'W «nt tu lonaccralad U> Him.

Tba jriiliLnft up of tha heart — the mb>
miMiali of tha who)* Ufr— the active Mf
ticc rallad toi iu tk* world— the bumbU
walttan In th* jiriTuf of the clMct — aO
■n dmianded ; bnt afUv all are firldA^
wa ma* wall mt. " W* are unproAuIll*
•omaM." Oofht not tlu language ol
tjaj ana of ua Is bt —

TTutvi

A. a.
F, 1854.

9»trp<

Btu> 1 that oTowins arary BMnhig,
(Hf'at thf uighbotin bithAil
That tba uifjit la pMt aad gcna,
And BiiTth waiting tat tba Bon {
CarelaH, though thy voica be aligklad,
Though thy leal be unrequited,
Careful only day by day,
UcsTcn's wise mandata to obty.
Thou to mc a leMon ait,
And I take thee to tny heart ;
For to me a charge la giTCn,
Like thine own, of hlgheat HeaTm.
On the TFTge of light and dark,
To prorUim TTuth'i moniing.— BaA I
Far apent the night, — the day Ii naar,
Christ In Uia glory eomea ; He 't hat 1
Already on all lands Hii Initre biMlu,
And the dull earth to expectation wakea.
Awake ! awake I awake '. ye deeping men.
Awake to righteoutnCBa ! aleep not again ;
Caat deed and dream of darkneat Ikraway,
Come forth and walk M children of the
day.

Such ii my morning meuage, faltbAil

Bird,
Like thine, too oft unhaedad, oft nn-

Bnt may Ood grant m« graet like tlia* to

A elaar and GonitMit wituaM all ny dayi i

And tboagll Wt* mtdUBUt's ciiea ba

■U^toiorBlMika,
htt lb* Chueh hav at langtk hm hetA'i
awB TCtoat aad wakc& I

I.O.
An/ml, 18M.

ArKanx
To pray aright, my Ood, to thee,
I aik that I my wanta may aac.
And thou thy Spirit give to me.

To teach me how to pray ;
Bleu'd with hii aid I lift mine eya
By faith to Calvary's lacriAcc,
Ajkd Jeaoa paned beyond the akiet,

Vfiio ia to Thee the way.
Uaka me thy wondroui love to know,
Life, healing, itiength on ma beatow,
Let all thy grace to bm o'erflow.

That I to thee may lire :
Call me thy child, thy aerraiit, friMtd,
Comfort, uphold, reriTe, defeadt
And I my all lor thee will apand,

U yaalf to that will give.
Qiddanoe in doubt. In darkneta li^
To walk by blth and not by alght.
To hm my footatep* tnni'd triglrt,

I lupplioata from tbM i
That I Ibe tempter'* power maymMt-
Sit meekly at my Saviottt'g feet,
And aland in «11 hia will etrntpMrn,

TlUIUa&e*ahanaae.

asmw 09 nvuiuovB publtoatkhib.

668

\ej wiUi xae thy tmth may psov«»

B in J^y may mftt aboTtt
1 •hoMn, p«ftet bind t
IB I varg^ all plfltt in cna.

Taughl by my LonI, thy blaiied Bon,
Patlier, thy 'will, not mint, b« donti
liy tin&it are in thy hand*

fhme$f Auguiif 1S54<

B«

m WBifm on mflcoTUT tnoii iir AttACK of nn prnxvAanro viDiicxc.

Tbb glorioiia antamn sun was sinking
In his resplendent beauty on the deep ;
And with his golden parting rays was linking
Shadows to soothe creation into sleep*

OsftHy the eye of day was sweetly closing,
WhUe on the eoneh of pain a sofferer lay»
No balm of etening, with its breath composing,
Could Inll hit Ibart, or charm her pains away.

Affection smoothed her jdllow with all softness,
Its eye spoke all the sympathy it felt.
And gentle murmurs of the heart's deep fondness,
Breathed accents that the sternest heart might melt.

And then two lotely sisters ftom the skies.
Sweet Faith and Hope, came with their potent Sid ;
And, midst the tumult of earth's agonies,
A TOice was heard, <* "Hs I,^be not afraid."

This Toice soon hushed to rest all anxious fears,
And caused the tempest of the soul to cease ;
Ihis Toioe soon stayed the mourner's flowing tears,
And to the troubled soul brought heayenly peace.

Dett feUow-pilgrims, in the darkest hour,
View with the eye of foith thy Satiour near ;
This win disarm the grave of all its power,
This will diipd aU sad foreboding fear.

His light and lore will shed a radiance o'er
The darkest shadows of death's gloomy Tale ;
Look up, and trust in Him, and then no more
Csn sin, or death, or suffering prerail.

Ibpi^ %^ lUh, 18^4.

M. A* xf*

lUbiefo of BtKgfouK 9ttiimat(ottt(<

R^^V^^M^^^^^P VHr i^W «* ••^W»P^PW ^*»jSeWP» w
JSHlaiir, By HainiT Fobstbb

!i%]UO« %fQ* pp.480.
taalM: Wart saA C».

I Mtidt and American press

Mil awtgry hare produced

«v Jt i|HMBB which would not

KiMWrfHB with the most pow-

erful and finished composi^ns which
have appeared in any other department
of general literature. It has been very
much the taste of late years, even in
religious circles, to make light of pub-
lished discourses; but we very much
question if family religion is in so healthy

a condition now as when it was the Yi«&AV

584

BSTISW OF BXUOIOU8 PUBLUUnOHl.

in almMt erflry C^riitiwi houie, to call
the childna and donmtuM toftthor, at
iome conTcnient hour on the Lord's-day,
and to read an appropriate aermon, from
aome laTourite author of the age. We
often aak ounelTea anxioual j, and in no
qnenilooa mood, if the familj literatore
which now obtaina ia of as healthy a ten-
dency at that with which we were fami-
liar, in eminently dcTont cirdea, fifty
years ago } It may be more exciting, and
more palatable to the imagination, but
we exceedingly doubt whether it be
equally promotire of Tital godlineaa and
holy character. The current popular
works on religion, in our day, which
find their way into our families, arc largely
of the ieniimenial class — tales and fic-
tions, often meagerly and miserably got
up ; — sickly narratives, as unlike nature
as they can possibly be; — something to
whet the appetite for reading, but un-
fortunately only for the class of publica-
tions to which they belong. Indeed the
great and crying evil of such, books is,
that, practically, they diminish or destroy
the taste for works of a graver and more
substantial character, and produce a
cra>'ing for excitement which the sober
lessons of the Bible cannot meet, and to
which the Christian pulpit dare not stoop.
Wc believe it to be a great mistake to
suppose that solid instruction, or strongly
formed character, will be the result of
the formidable prevalence of this febrile
species of religious Uterature. Tlie more
it is cultivated, the less acceptable will
be those works wliich tend to improve
and mature the judgment, and to form
the character for the sober realities of this
present life, and for the dread account of
an approaching eternity.

It is high time that works of solid,
practical theology, fitted to the exigencies
of ever}'-day life, should regain the posi-
tion they once occupied among us. A
tide has set in upon us which requires
to be checked. Ministers, heads of fami-
lies, and thoughtful Christians generally,
should do their utmost to encourage the
circulation of volumes like Scott's Es-
says and Force of Truth, Baxter's Call,
James's Anxious Inquirer and Christian
Progress, Burdcr's Village Sermons, and |

other woriu oC rimilar and unmistdcable

Nothing eonld b# more hopefol for the
age« than an in ci eee ed eraTing finr cb-
lightenedv f Tiicat HHicMi t*'^****^ fton
the pu^itt and a growing diepoeitiim to
peruse and ponder Tolumea oC eermooa of
the flnt daaa Cor intellectual ability end
aound theoilogieel teaching. Heeda of
fkmiliee need not look fiur for the right Bt»-
teriala; they will find them in the Dis-
counee oC Doddridge, Wardlaw, Chal-
mers, Foater, Hall« Payaon, Jay, Beddomeb
Bnrder. Wataon, Harris, Fuller, James,
Rafllee» Bradley, Parsons, and many
others that might be named. It may
comport with the general tone of the
aecular preas to tmdenralue the power of
the Christian pulpit, and to represent
Tolumea of sermons as a drug in the
market; but a more impartial estimate
of their comparative merits will, we are
assured, in no way diacredit the preten*
siona of our pulpit literature.

We cannot but congratulate our readers
upon the appearance of another Tolume
of aermona, of standard excellence, from
the pen of one well known to the public
as a successful pastor of a large church
for forty years, and a tutor in one of our
Colleges, at a time when it was honoured
to send forth some of the most distin-
guished ornaments of the Congregational
denomination.

The volume has beoi solicited as a
memorial of the author's ministry among
his former fiock at Hackney. We honour
the request, and no lesa the manner in
which it has been responded to. The
selection of subjects is very judicious;
and the manner in which they are han-
dled will, we have no reason to doubt»
sustain and even increase the reputation
of our venerable Mend. There is a rich
vein of pure spiritual Christianity pervad-
ing every discourse ; while the composition
is remarkably chaste and accurate, some- ^
times very vigorous and elevated, and
always pre-eminently earnest and devout.

We shall lay before our readers an out*
line of texts and subjects, and an extraet
illustrative of the theology, style, and'
general spirit of the volume.

The dedication of the volume to his

BS7IKW OF BELTOIOUS PUBLICATIONS.

585

finmer flock is alike dignified and tender,
■nd eneh m it is most giateful to peruse,
mittr « pastorate of Ibrtj years.

Thm discourses occupy a wide range,
tbs author's sim lumng been ** to make
dvAee of subjects of primary importsnce
and o€ common concern, regarding the
artidea of the Christisn fiuth, and
poweiful bearing on the conscience,
tke lieart» and the life." They are thirty
IB Bvmbery and are arranged in the fol-
kmiBg order : — ^I. Yaut Thovohts, from
^BB. €9dz. 113. — n. Thb ArOSIOLIG

OOKTKMDIUX or TBB BlXSSIHGS OF SaL-

▼ATioir. 1 Cor. i. 30, 31. — III. The
TBAawiovBATiON, lioke ix. 29 — 82.—

XV. Tmx Tbabs Aim thm Pj&atxbs ov
OsnsBiAVB, Heb. t. 7.— >V. Tbb IiIfb
•r Farm on tbb Sob ov Gk)i>, Oal. ii. 20.
^n. Tbb. Ibitabd Witbbss, 1 John t.
10. — TIL Thb Cloud ov Witnbssbs,

Bii. 1. — ^ym. Isaiah's Yisiob, Isa.
t. — ^IX. Tbb Sotbbbigbtt of God,
m 1XB XLBcnoH of Obacb, Eph. i. 3—5.
— JL JvsTuiOAXKOv, Bom. iii. 21 — 26. —
XL SAJicnFioATxoB, 1 Thess. iT. 3.^X11.
Cacttiobs aoazbst Qbibtino thb Holt

r. ^h. iT. 30.— Xm. Tbb Sblf-

m BBQVXSITB TO TBB PbBSBBTA-

or A Good Coxscibmcs, Acts zziT.

!••— XIT. Sblf-scbutxbt, 2 Cor. ziii.

A»— >XT« Tbb Fobm of Qodlimpm con-

YiTB rrs PowBB, 2 Tim. iii. 6. —

XVI. Thb Pabablb of tbb Tbm Yiboins,
Xatt. zzT. 1— 13.— XYn. HoFB cob-

WRB Dbsfaib, Jer. ii. 26. —

XVm. Tbb Ublocitbd Bbsoubobs of

WHO tbbst IV OoD, Isa. xL 28 — 31.

Tmi BuFFiczBVOT of tbb Obacb

r» SCor.Bii. 9ir— XX. Subbmsxon

Job BBziT. 33.— XXI. Thb Pa-

Dbmifubb of Afflzctiob, Heb.

#r— 11^ — XXlT. Tbb Blbssbdbess of

IkuBT IB God, Heb. z. 35. —

Tbb Dott of a Public Pbofes-

Faxtb of Cbbist, Bom. z.

\ Tbb Law of tbb Sabbatb,

AT Cbbatiov, Gen. ii. 3. —

T. Tbb Law of tbb Sabbath, as

sannD IB TBB Dbcaloqvb, Exod. zz.

!•— XXVL Tbb Changb of thb

flv THB Sabbatb, Bst. i. 10. —

. IL Xmm Jhn Obsbbtancb of thb

ML 13, 14.— XXYHI.

Maztms fob Time and Etebnitt, Psa.
Izziii. 24— 26.~XXIX. Thb CnBiSTLkn's
Tbiumph. — XXX. The Heayeblt Home,
John ziy. 2.

It will be seen from this list of subjects,
that the author's plan comprehends the
great outline of Bible doctrine, practically
and ezperimentally handled. It would
be difficult to name any topic in Christian
theology, or any phase of the Christian
Ufe, not glanced at in this Tolume. If we
mistake not, the great peculiarity of these
discourses is their richly Kriptural chsrac-
ter. They are not religious essays on
biblical subjects, but, what they ought
to be, simple and forcible illustrations of
the portions of Holy Scripture upon which
they are based. They are, in fact. Set'
motUf which is saying a great deal in
these times, when a taste for elaborate
disquisition in the pulpit so largely pre-
vails. Yet there is no meagemess or
attenuation about them ; but everywhere
a strong mssculine sense, combined with
most enlightened views of Christian truth,
and a close and fervent appeal to the con-
science and the heart.

We should like to let such a volume
speak for itself more abundantly than our
limits will permit. But our readers, if
they take our advice, will procure it for
themselves, with as little delay as possi-
ble, as it is no commonplace production,
but a work which ought to have its per-
manent position in the household religi-
ous literature of the country.

In the fourth Sermon, firom Heb. v. 7,
on « The Tears and the Prayers of Geth-
semane," which is a very instructive and
powerful discourse, we have the follow-
ing passage : —

" Now it becomes an inquiry of deepest
interest, what was it, in those awful mo-
ments, which was the chief object of our
Saviour's fear and dread : what was the
appalling apprehension, from which he
implored, and from which he obtained,
deliverance? Was it the ezcruciating
agony which awaited him in the linger-
ing tortures of the cross ? Impossible 1
Many a martyr has both anticipated and
endiured the fearful agony, without the
shrinking or the trembling of consterna-
tion. Was it— that which must have

mlMng of dMtk, «Bd« the mM or tha
VtelaMd IkW, M tk« MbatUwto at the
gufltj ; and, therefore, dealt with by tka
■oTOMigM Bnlarof iMann md Mrth ai
ttengk hcUwelf had bM« ahWRMfab
wifli lunuiBbK^ fadquideat Thia it
WM, IndMd, whiah cooitilstad the bittar-
neM of the ciq> ptaeed in hi* hawU; aad
wUeh ooiHtndnod Un to ta j : ' O m^
ftther, ir It ba poa^bkr-if it b* can.
pUCbU irlth thy tlocr, and wtth the •«.
BOMpUahoMat of tha wotk to wUdi I
eatna into tkaworid,— let tfci* enp paaa
few ma.' BKthewldedi'0B7'>A«^.

naapt I diink i^ thy wtH b« doM.' ,
that win MM doga^ and that eap ■»
dnmk to th« -nrf dnga I Ha wu >or,
thM. ■dellverad' from aaj part of the
Intanaa aaflMng terolvad in drinking
Aatrapt Baithar wai he ' deliTored from
daatt,' in the aaiua of balng axamptad
htm U. It U tma that ha vat aAcnnnla
and apaadHf daUvwad from the powei
af daalh, hy Ui nmraatiiM i and thU ia
the aenaa in which tha worda of tha text
He nndentood hj Bunf. Thna it wm,
they tUnfc, that ' he waa daUverad from
that wMeh h» faafod.'

"Thla int«rpaetation of the worda la
not, to my mind, at all aalia&elary | naL-
Aai <■ any oth«a, azaapt one, wliich I

prayer, offered with ationg erying and
teaxt, but to be pn«ervcd &«m dntii, tQl
he could CriumphBiUly exeUim, ' Ii it
ilui*hed 1 ' ' Uc w«« beard in that he
Untd.' Ho iraa delirered from the diead
of nufcitig and fainting, under the pan-
lyaing aSeeU of tlw uuleaciQiahle agMiy
of bij aaul. OB the body of ftsab HtdUoad,
An angel, deapatched from haana, hid
the ineffiibie honour and *^ft*fgb^ rf
■trengthening hie corporeal frune. Hi
wu ihtu relioTcd from the apprebenaoi
of becoming tlie uncoaaciout viotim of Ul
foes, or baing unflltod for a tranqiul di^
city of d^meiaour, before hii jacigci lad
Vibo can uy. whether lUi
ef tha tow If

rdiem and aatiellM my own aiiad. It
appears to B|e that great atiaaa may be
jnady laid •« tha fcroe and emph»«M of
the worda i ' My lovl fa •zeaodlng aairow-

M,«

■ lei

that anch waa the acutaneaa of hia mental
agony, and Buch wu beginning to be it*
eCtot upon Ua bodily frania, that lie
feaied leat Ufi ilUmU ivaiM aatiaH, *mi
itfiirt ht BmU raooA IA* tntt, tmd titrt
eaiHplttt tht grtat atmtmiuti jhr €^ir tdu I
He began to feel aa if it maat ba impoa-
tUAe tor hia eoiporeal eonatll«tioB leiig to
anataln thepreaaiue of anguiah ae tntenae,
withcrat being craihed eres to diaatdK-
tlon. New, if aneh waa the fear whieh fra
worda of Du teit are deaigaad te aat toth,
whatwaaitbntthaeTownlBgmaiulwtatiM
of the itrengtli and leBdameaa of hia h>*a
leva! What waa the aljaotafUaaaaMal

It ii a IcBg lAUa a
voloma of avmeoa ao raplata with all ll
beat elamanta of pnlplt inMnetiM. li
wa may add, that Cjr tonUy aae itwi
bafcnndp

Tmi Lm e

M. 8anwa«B^ (

Mr. aMrweet$ Jmm^im^ im i»

frit mtmmit fia nmmt$ tmd amUmttt <*
/•uKa. Eilttd hy Mtr Dm^m; a^Ut
JD%, mMartf of tim «■ A oyM,"
" HAtr* an* F<rtdtrm," ito^ i*i. tio^

Uatae laa C<^ EiAwa IB.
A BBT of grailtnda wauU ba daa »
the memary of Mia. flhaipiiad. if riM
had Karar writlan aBy oatea mlaM
bat "litUa Henry aad hU Bimw."
lliat w«U-aouerrad, vMdly iefaii<,
and toneUng Utda atoay, wlU maw pM
bom thamamaayef theaa who wera jA
TilagedteraaditindiaiiawlfywaB. 1

wa ahould aaj, aaliaillaliagly, i
Henry and hi* ftaana."

ButlatuaaotbarnktakMi m»w9M
not ba anppeaed to aalliimta anah aa Nit
nent and aaaomfbahad petaaa aa Hn-

ala^ idjlrtilMt Wm fe*B It. W*

aifiiw er mauaromi fubucatiovs.

587

mj bo right or vrong tbovt "LttUe
Hduyind hk Bettwi" UHm onnot

bt w snstaka wkm w nj ^uA Mf«.

Skffwood WM opa oT tlM ami rmariL-
abte Ghriftua iraiMn of Ur age. She
hid fraat TWMtilily of toknt, onabUng
hg to wriU w i oo M ofh Uy on >Taot Taiioty
of topies; and, what io te bettor, ohe
tfinood • oloepUii bonorolonoe of eha-
netor wliidh nerer fimoofc hor, dnring a
Ufc of mof than aidinory Tiriiritniio. No
ooold ho at a gioator mnove
iphMO than that of Mn.

Woknovanid^of her from her

wittinca ; but tiie intaroft Mt in hir

iumtty owhinoart by tiio diadooimaof

IhiM Momoiw. IMy hor kmaf and

gifted I>aacJUirhaa pcribnned an acoopt-

•bla ovfiee io tho Chiietian ehnreh, in

•apptfipf ao fidthftU a udnor to refteet

te haaniifnl eharaoter of her aainted

■eUiar. And though tho labour haa been

fMt of •decting materiala from a jonr-

aal eoariatiwg of fifteen TolTunee^yet it

luH bean perfomad with ao much diaere-

tion aad filial aflbetion* that few, who are

capable of forming a aound Judgment,

viU £ul Id adknowlodgo the auoeeaa which

kai emvnad her anzioua toiL

The woiii may atriotly be regarded aa
m Antobiography,— "the more preoiona,
W ia u B wfitton by one who waa acena-
tmod to the tea vaa of her pen, and who
m a been and eloae obeenrer of the
ivmtB of awaryH&ay lifo— eapacially of
Mch etenta aa had any important bearing
ipoa hiunan hap^neai or miaery.

Hm book ia altogether one of the moot
fbnnag paoeea of Biography that has
Ma the U^t in our day. Whether we
iMtnaplale Mra* Sherwood as a Daugh-
ter, a Sister, a Wife, a ^ICodier, or a
Hmd, wo aaanot but admire the beautl-
Mffwnatry of oharaetar by which she
m iiatingniahod. Whether we traee
Wratapa, aa we are enabled to do, from
t fc ihiho a d «p to maturity, and thence
thmai^ all the intereating aeenee and
lUHtedaa of domeede iifr, both at home
md afavoad f or whether we view her in
the fijaiifaa ^ age, when oyertaken with
the faiio w a of widowhood, and called to

npon tiM wiflowa, and to

taato the bitter eup of bereavement, wo
eannot but be thankful to i>erceiye such a
rich diaplay of Christian graces.

Her path waa that of the just, shining
more and more unto the perfect day. Her
piety, her Tiews of diyine truth, her sym-
pathy with all that was spiritual and hea-
Tonly, were all on the increase, as she
neared the haven of eternal rest.

We cannot but hope that this life of
ICa. Sherwood will haTO a large circula-
tion. It is a noble aequel to thoee writings
which hare edified and delighted so many.

YoLiTMxa y. and VI. of the Ejtctclofjb-
niA fiBlTAJnriOA, or Dictionmry o/ArU,
Sciences, and General Literature. Eighth
SdiiioH. With Ezteneive Improeemenie
and Addiiione, and mm^eroua Engravmge,
A4sm and Cbwlai Black, Edinbiiiib, ItM.

Taia noble undertaking progresses with
unabated energy. No outlay of money,
and no literary paina are spared, to make
this Edition of the Encyclopsedia Britan-
nica the firat work of its class extant. As
in the first four Yolumes, we perceiTe
that the two before us are great improye-
menta upon earlier Editions, eyen the laat.
Some new articlea of great ralue are in-
troduced ; not a few are rewritten ; most
are retouched and corrected in thought
or expression; while all scientific, geo-
graphical, historical, and philosophical
papers are brought down, or rather up, to
the present stato of our knowledge. We
feel it a sacred duty to our country and to
the age, to do all in our power to promote
the circulation of this standard work of
general knowledge, which well deseryes
to be regarded as a great national enter-
prise, though originating with and carried
forward by a single powerful House.

One thought has presented itself with
oonsiderable force to our minds; and if
we should succeed in conveying it eifect-
ually to the minds of others, so as to lead
to a practical result, it would greatly en-
hance our happiness. This is an age of
Teitimonialt to ministers. But how many
of them are compelled to content them-
selyea with scanty Libraries, in order to
secure bread for their families. Would it
not be a fine thing for the churches to
roaolve, forthwith, that their pastors, or

r BRUfitOnS pmiLtCATIOKS.

MWMVr It TtTdlfMcmIr,

1b awT chiireh, thai twn nr tln«a BiArttcd
indlTidakl* ihoulil taV* up Ihii propam^,
ia ordar to lu full iupcch. A {tvm dral
of mady mnncjr would not ba ToquirM M
Snt, for the purrtiufl r>f th? tix t-uliim(«
•Inad; puhliJhcd : inil >n •dititianil vol-
nine ■ftenuM*, rrttj Ttco Uaiiihi, until
the work i* rompUto, wnuld nui be fouod
bnrdammr, even to jiocn chnnhcs. Lrt
tIkU Ihaaubt be hilly pondtn^ ; uid In
Uie chnrrhci rrnrnnber, that to oaltrK«
tt* ua«iu of thric Futon' ^vn«r») knnw<
Udg* b onlf to bn»flt thnoMlrvii.

K&N M^rt.BoD, UiniMrr of the Bareng
PariiA, alatytnr. Crown 8td. pp. 141.

BvaUlon. Adimi. nt r*,. I^nilitii.

Wrm >ue}i a line luKjrct a* John
HaeUntnili, and >uch a biofp^phET a*
Nonuan MndRid, it wa* next to impoa-
■ible tlua tlie public ahonld be dianp-
pointed in a book, of atirrinfi !nt«rot.
And diFappoinled il cannot, will not be.
when it has feaatrd itaelf with iheae Tcry
Tcmarhalile memorials, ai we haie done.

Ho would be a man irith whom wp
could hare but Ultle mental sTinpathf,
who could enter on the perusal of aoch a
Tolume u thia without ai speedily as
poaaible completing his task. Wo can
tfaoTOUBhty credit Mt. Mavleod when,
with hii own transparent ■implicit]', he
«4ri : " One thing I can assure the Trad-
er of — if lucb an assurance b needed —
that, ao far as I know, ihcro is here ■
biography as true as can be wrilicii. bj-
one fallible man of imothcr. I hare con-
cealed notbing, coloured or exaggerated
nothing; nor hare I selcetcd mcmorinls
to picture one as he ought to be, but one
aa he really was."

Thia nialclilcss excellence in Christian
biography runs through every page of
these memorials ; and inspire the raind
of the reader not only wiih conHdence in
the itriking subject of the volume, but
■lao in The generouH. truthful, amiable.
Hid aoeompUahed biographer. In the

•ntlre production there cannot be de-
tcrted a abglo egotistic remark on hii
part: w)ilcli.eoDaidering that John Hadu
intoah gava his oonsritnileuj adheatca
to the Free Cburdi, is a remarkable ia*
atanoe of true tnotal dignity. A snialktf'
man than Norman Uaeleod. in recordin|:
John Mackintosh's reasom for not cnle^
ing the Bpiteopal Church, luid not h*^
eoming a parish miniitcr in the NorlhciB
Establishment, and ultimately lldapti^|J
the principlf* of the Free Church, w
have put In his owu denominatlooA
caveat. Dnt. no ; Mr. llacleod led hh.
noble and lordy hero speak for hinudf )
and never aeenu to quail for his owa
church principlea in so doing. This i*
an example so noble, as rarely to be mat
with in this imperfect wadd.

And surely, if ever any young nU
might be allowed to lell his own tale, an<
to record the facts of his own historjr,
without unneccaiary niromcnt, it wm
John Mackintosh. Tliere is inimitable
humility in whot the biographer aayi:
'■ The book, in crerything which gives it
any 3und of value, belongs to him, and

There were tn-o remarkable character-
isticf pert sin in g to John Uachintasb.
His great intelleelnal industry and am-
bition, which indicated themselTea, in
early boyhood, in the Edinbu^li Acade-
my, and which were AiUy developed at
the Univeisitiee of Glasgow, Edinburgh,
Cambridge, and subsequently in tba
College Hall of the Free Church. I'ba
second peculiarity pertaining to him waa
the depth and fervour of his piety, which,
after many vidaaitudes, became an all-
pervading element, and made him tin
omonetit and the wonder of a cirela
eminently devolcd to God.

After having read with great care theat
memoiix. and followed John Mackintoali
step by elcp through bis interesling and
affecting career, we are decidedly of
opinion, that ho injured and impaired ft-
fine constitution iireporably, by a degcaa
□f miaital application incompatible witk \
continued physical health, and even lift
itself, in a frame most delicately and
sensitively attuned. Ix>ng before syrnp*
toms of fatal disease developed them- j ■

msYiEw OF RBitianms publioatioks.

580

we em penMiTe cUitiiieily that
Utemrj labouzs depresied his
fpizitBy denmgod his nervoiis sys-
id gsfe a eertam cast and com-
»at timfiiy to his reUgioas feelingSy
, to hio settled conTietions of Bible
injimoiis to his hahitnal peace.
fllory of such a candidate for the
if while it will stimulate manj
spirit, and will make many
of their apathy, in pieparing for
of God, willy at the same time,
• wholesome check to those who
wrhm s l energies which ought to he
Ibr the labours of the pastoral

to see this
of Christian biogn^y in
of erery theological student
Ikmmf^tmX €he reabn,and indeed through-

CrONSIDBBBD

m TASious ASFSOTS. A Book fir

Bf the lUp, JoHV SoKX,

of SalentUne-nook Chap^l^ Hud-

Beeond Edition, Rerised and

Crown 8to., pp. 212.

Wsalil— and Stoncmaii.

woliinie is ingenious in its plan,
ii written with much perspicuity, and
A aigvmentatiTe force. The Author
Bvangelical System in its rela-
ito CImet;— to the Holy Spirit;^to
BMae Perfections, Offices, and Pur-
fM0| — to Human Nature ; — ^to Holiness ;
^^^'Bmma Happiness ;^to Eternity;—
irftfe fSb» Universe.

'^ Vii csrtiine of thought we regard as
and by well and logically
Ids theme, the Author has
ont a Tery strong and resistless
in &?our of the Evangelical
k of Christian doctrine. Indeed the
fiw«il calculated to set aside all
riews of diTine truth ; and
■M^ \ff their own blessed tendency,
^ eamoC but be dirine.
MsoaBOttead the volume to young
Hjr Mfusstly, as ftiU of wisdom
jMi jlfwiftniiB

Trx Hofb of t&e Bersavsd ; or, BMog^
nUitm in Heaven, By the Bev, Edwin
Dayies. Second Edition. 18mo.

Hamilton, Adami, and Co.
This little volume will be found to be
a very valuable companion in the house
of mourning. Its scriptural and forcible
views of the state of those who have died
in the faith of Christ ; and its vivid and
just portraiture of the commtmion of
saints in heaven, vrill prove a great balm
to broken and bleeding hearts. The
question of mutual recognition, in the
disembodied state, is we think disposed
of satisfactorily, by the Author, upon
Biblical and other grounds ; and the en-
tire tendency of the volume is such as to
command our cordial approval.

Qxtrsbmakb: Lecturee delivered in the

Lock Chapel, in Lent, 1854. By the Bev.

Capbi. Moltkbtjx, B.A., Minitter of the

Chapei* 8vo. pp. 220.

Partridge, Oakey, & Co.

Thb high position which Mr. Moly-
neuz has long held, as one of the most
gifted and devoted of the Evangelical
clergy, gives him a very select place in
oiir esteem and respect. We confess to
having perused publications of his, from
which we seriously dissented, particularly
his " leraeti Future" It is, therefore,
the more gratifying to our best feelings
to be able to speak of his *' Gethsemane**
in a tone of high satisfaction and delight,
as a volume of extraordinary pathos,
vnritten throughout in an uncontrover-
sial tone, and exhibiting views of the
humiliation and deep sorrows of the In-
carnate Redeemer in strict harmony with
the doctrinal teaching of Evangelical Pro-
testants throughout the world. The Lec-
tures are of a high order as to their style
of thought and composition. Subjects
which one has thought of a thousand
times are presented in new and striking
lights; and the heart that pervades the
volume can scarcely fail to aid the great
and solemn process of religious convic-
tion, by which, we are happy to find, the
ministry of the preacher is blessedly ac-
companied. There is something vron-
derfully real in Mr. Molynetut* descrip-

tlMM. Ha B*TW hU« ta ptMMtt k WMW

M it might ha** t«kvn pUe«, uid duavforc
ke usTtr fail* la >w«k«) true ■ymiiUh'r
in hill ai>pCkU. U* ii untaisCcd by all
Ih* haWjodasiE* u( the tgc, anil mlt'
not to j^rodaca imprcuiun liy uuVBlliu
and atJUtlilig tlwotia, bat bf good iild-
fc»hbiiad BiUi>>traih, clMtlf •tM«4> vtil
|ogio»U]r atid trtmiljr CRfarv«tl.

Ths IiACtHre* uw iix ; I. Tai Dntui-
in>n or tiuksairt. II. Tas Pkatia.
III. Tai URvoNnuNca. IV. The Db-
TAitAt.. V. TsiSciixsiiDMi. "Vl. Tun
Dnunoa.

A tpccimni of the ■ulbor'i forcililc
Mjb mAjr be MlRoted bwa tlu fini La»*
tUTO on "Tbi BMiNHma or tiuKROvx i"

■'7/e fontlA to U»h»emant! Yo, uid
full WL'U did Hp know all thai avuccd
Him Ihrrr ; open and naked were nil
thine* bafara Uin i not > drop in th*
•Hp, oat an iafrvdisat in iu lauttuia, but
Ra ka«w it klto^thvT — Dm pawn of
duknoM, and ila tenibl* pr««»tiTe ; Iho
■goujr and bloody iwmt ; tb« betrajni of
Jndu I Iho dManion bj hia diaeiples ;
■U, kU vm b«li>Te Him, M though da-
piot«d in k iBcPi 7^1 ■ U« Cometh.' — de-
■pito it <U1, ■ Uc romcth I ' nothing doubt-
ing, nothing hc«ilatiiit;. Ua tomth to

"And Uu kn«w the pUc*, and He
knew it well : oft htid Ha rtaortfd thilluer,

oft {at prayar and eommimlDnwidi O^l'
fbrprwytr; y«. It ««■ ■ pU(v of pn J«^'
*nd tfacrafort, olao a place of aafxy.
Uuk thi> wall— prsjrn and aafat;
inaaparaUj Unked loc*th*r-. make ertfy
plan a plaao of fmjtr, and fmi naki
viTFty plaoa a place of uf«tj. Tara]>IHkB
may (till ramt, a* come it wUl, but fm*
U«It then mav jou meet it j S«taB USk
buAire Qod ; icmplalion >a panarif
Bgitiut prarot. Jmuk knFw tkia, and
theTclim tiie plaea of prayer waa cboaw
bf Ilitn w (be pla(<* whera tempiaitaav
in ila dijMt form, •boulit be permitted M

In lliis striking manner is every paga
of thaao Lcj^lurcfl written, thm etteet i*
nol mora anlemn and *lriking, than the
Impnaaion la holy and devout. On Ika
aocnea in the Oarden, wa have aeaa tt».
thing more striking than thja toliune.

Tug ViOLBT'a Ctoaa ; or, Ammh Dole. 4
CBi^iaHion to •• Tk* litdtmud Abh , or,
WillU't Ritt." By Euia Rcmsst. Std,
pp. 110.

A LiTTLB Tolumf of inimitable bemity,
and of the beat pomible tendoncy, which
wc ihould rejoice to aea in cecry youth-
ful ciicle. We recomniend it rery au-

tftftuarp.

JOKx wiuta, ua.
It ia oui melancholy duty to racord
the daatb of John WUka, Gaq., of Fiiu-
biuy-t^uare. The event took place on
7t^j, .Augiwt Utk, in Uu aightiath
year of ki< afa. Having had the konour

nearly forty yaan, and haTtng alwayi
found bim a vary ganeroua and kind>
hMltad mail, wa owmot but drop a tear
of aflectionate aynpathy over hii grave.
Wa are old aooug k to have had an oppor-
tunity of wateluDg what toay be danomi-
BM«d the wb«U of hia pubUa caraer. We
were glad to aee him in the Honae of
Coaunooa, and fully eatimtted hia public
•porit and indabtigaUt WTvica* in that

aaaenbljr. We ijimnfluwij ia tkat ap-
pointment which plaaed liUB in tha ooBt-
miaaion of tha peaot far the cmstf «f
Uiddleiex, and believ* that then wm
not, In bia time*, a auce ■«*■?" j-rT or
upright magiatiale on (he bench.

But wa ahonld be ■^i*'it>'M te vtt
conviettona, yitn w« not tq ix^nm it
ttrongly aa our convietion, Uut he ]m4 '.
done bia ^oot verli to the istcnHe tt '
Froteatant Piaaeut before theae latw '
bonoura fell to hia lot. He made a noU
contribution t«w*Tdf the caoH of Balip- '
ouB Liberty, hj teacbiog — ve might alouw
aay compelling — NopMOfpnnilU to fi^V
their own battlea. It ia eaty for ui t)
talk now about onr Ufaertiea, when liboty

OBBIUBT.

601

t popnlar thumti tmd irhtm
«• Mftlt^yiiiff mi th« tic^
lli» Mti bol /olm Wilki» m
Mi doqimit and buzning uddmia^
ma. teg«t who «?« liUMied
«l th« inraal SMtdiigt «£ ih*
8oci0tr» bd§md • ipizH into
f#lfoaindof dMoowitnr, mpedtilf
NrnteonfofBiiti, vbi^ han ao?«r
$o ilifVt wiii«li orifiaatod and
f fiwh agtMiof on tha
tU$^Uimtfi Md lowlufibwo an in
dflpnaa indoblad fo tho oomu
poaitSQA iriiM, ■• I Miiapt i ta
flrooL dbe National Eetablighment, we now
AU lumonr to the memory of
who tanght us, mor^ ikm My
% of Mm day^ to rely upon our
under Gk>d, for the tri-
«f f^Ml prinelplai.

or Tis msT. roflspH tbahob, a.m.,

Ow gainf ta pnaa wM the lail AatI of
»t iM ha^a Joel K a aad tlia
tidfaigB of the daeeaae of thla
eld Aiend and OoUa^ eonpanlen.
Sa waa taken 111 of the ^eraUing ex»i-
X^oMTa^dayi the IvHi oeptem*
e3i pw ed on fne movnlng oC loe

IM. VBrther partfeulifB nest monlh.

mum ov wmow tiiALB.

*« X^BATB thy ftittiaileia children to m9i
■id I wfn pteaerre theon aliTe, ^d let
^ widowa tniat In nie/' is a promise
Hlkbt tluw^ andoity is aa to the hnm-
Mi #Mipto of Jeaus Just aa fresh, as
jefMhing now as it was
ft ftll ftota the eloquent Up of
~ panrant of the Jiord.
tUa prondaa haa lost noi|je of iti
19 ^oniola tiiia bereay^ eren in
^a dariuat Jionr, or to spstain in
of aztreme weakness^ S^ <^j
;|MpttWL Otrikipg instancea of the
[^BffMlloiiof XM?fno Prorldenoeonho-
^«S^ diO iHdov and th# fttheileas w121
iipaqaflBllj pvRMnt themf^TOs to
viD view l3ie moral gpyernment of
n ^ 1i|^ i(h^ on U hy Dlvino
His* 84A«P^ p«ihapa ner^. has
M^tf 7e|K>T|^ to th^ promise In
. %k fefli ecnaed the widow and

fatfiarlaii to hope, bean -displayed mora
beautifrdly than in the oasa of the lata
raspeoted Widow Smala, of Torquay.

Thia OTcellfmt woman, who was per-
aittad to toueh the Ijait which ICoMa
tnoed as the boundary line to our pini*
aent atata of probation, fimnd herself •
widowed mother at the early age of
twenty. Sar husband, a healthy and
poweHulman^-wasablanohedandstifien-
ing oorpia, within the brief period of ionii
foty<ei|^t hours*

Ha died of an attach of inflammation of
Hm btain. Mis. Smale thus became a
widow, and her infant an orphan, ahnost
before she had time to anticipate, much
less perfectly realize, her irreparable loss.
This eyent occurring in the north of
Devon, to which place her late husband
had remoTed her on their marriage, aha
now returned into Cornwall, and again
toojr np her abode at Boyton. In this
linage the had been bom. There her
only anrviying parent atill taaidlad. Hista
diligently ualng the means iHueh a gra-
cious ProTidenee supplied, she realised a
fcUUment of tiiat sweet premise, ** Leaya
thy fiatherlesa ehiidren to me, I will keep
themattTe.widlet thy widows trust inma/*

Subsequently, this widowed mother,
with her orphan daughter, now grown up
and become a eonatant companion and
friend, remored to the city of Bath. In
this city they resided many years, enjoy*
ing the mliUstry of Mr. Owen, of Lady
Huntlngdon'B eonnexioB.

In 1048, they were led by the provi-
dence of God to Torquay. After wor-
shtpptng some time at the Independent
Chapel, Union-stvcet, they baaamamem*
bera of Uie church assembling there lUMler
the paatoral care of ^e Rot. John Orange.

Widow 0male continued to en^oy a
happy state of health, both temporal and
spiritual, till nearly the doae of last year.
Then it was timt the outward frame be-
gan to yield beneath the p g o aa u ie of a
aarete and protracted ilineas.

Often when Tisited by the paster, and
other Christian friends, she was fbund
calm, and even grateful, amid keen and
protracted bodily pain. By Dirine grace
in her *' patlono^ *ho possessed her soul."
It was then lAce 4bund that Jeaua whom

HOUB OHBOMICLE.

.693

•lie IumI h> long Ildowii and loTed eepe- '
ciallj " ptcdoiw."

On the &ithfnlnc-!i of God to hU pro-
miu to th^ irido« uid fnclierleu ^ho
ddigbted to dwdl. With gratitude she
nriewed »U the way bj whith the Lord
had led her through the wilderness — lo i
do her good in her latter end. Ac a
moment when not kt all expected b; her ^
weeping dknghter ind other tiieiidii then I
in the room with this " molhei in Uraei," .
■he imperceptiblj bi-cathed out her gentle |
•piiit into the hand of biic by vhose
I blood it had been redeemed.

Ere thou aroutid het couch n
of the glorious onmsitian, the wai
sent &om the body and pteaent wi

Uer funeral was attended by %

number of friends, many of them in

bers of ihc church to which she hadlj

many yean belonged, preceded by d

deacon.

On tbc Sabbath following a
was preached by the Itev. John Orao^
to a large and deeply-affected aadimc^
trtim the words of the prophet — "' T
wurfare ia B«^mpliahed."

^omt Cf)roimlr.

AvmafUi Hiamas of th

TIOHAL CKIOH O? 61I01,»BD iNB WALKS.

Thb Sixteenth Autnnmal Meeting of
the Union will be held (D.T.) in New-
caatle. Shield*, and Sundcrlimd, on Mon-
day, the 16th Octobn next, and three
foUowing days. The Rot. Dr. Brown, of
Cheltenham, will preside st the Seiisions
of the AtsemblyonTaeBday, Wednesday,
and Thunday mornings. Mcciinga for
prayer will be held in the three towns on
the Monday evening, when addresses will
be delivered by the Rex. Dr. Stowell, the
Rer. J, W. Richandson, and the Rev. S.
McAll. On Tuesday evening, meetings
will be held in favour of British Missions,
of the English Chapel Building Society,
and of the Board of £:ducation. On
Wednesday evening, public meetings will
be hdd for the statement und enforcement
of Congregational principles. Sermons
will be preached oii Thursday evening,
by the Rev. W. S. Edwnrds, of London ;
the Rev. Profesaor Thomson, M.A,, of
Glasgow i and the Rev. Dr. Lfgge, of
Leicester. Pastors and other brethren
intending to be present, are requested to
intimate the tame, without delay, to the
Rev. G. Smith, Congregational Library,
Blomfield-street, Loudon ; or to Ihc Rev.
B. W. McAll. Sunderland.

DtAK Sis, — Will you peituil me In say
> few words respecting tHs Soctet? Vn

' your valuable UagaiiDe? I ampentiidil
that its claims need only to be
known to secure for it a far gRsler
amount of support, thereby enabling tin
committee to confer a larger nimiba of
grants than the present income Till ]
justify. It is a serious fact that maiir o!
our ministers, tlirough the strailneie of
their means, find the utmost difficult in
maintaining their families; while tbn
cannot lay aside the Smallest sumtomcet
citra demands. In a letter receatij
received, an excellent minister tbs*
writes; — "My dear child, for whom I
am anxious to make applicadon to yon
Society, is in his sixteenth jetx, nilhool
ft trade or employment, and so unliqi-
pily he must remain. Unless yon csa
kindly assist me, as my means qmis
prevent my doing anything to get htm
placed out apprentice." The appeal re-
cently issued to the Independttit and
Baptist churches, through thcit deacon^
has mst with a very general response,—
upwards of tiro hundred and Gfty ■ob'
scribeiB being the rceolt.

In the name of the committee I would
take this opportunity of thanking thow
churches, not only for their conCtibu-
tions, but also for the wsim interest £nej
have evinced in the Society's welfin.
Many churches, who, through inability
have not subscribed, express deep regnt,
sjid fervently bid Ood-speed to am
i\tbiiMn. Kxkc:u»&eii3.vEuiuster in Con-

HOm CHROKIOLE.

SOS

«■ :— " 11ien'uB'iiuii7 tocietiM
r EUifQinuIeuidimpartanec, but
not one which, according to its
' and extent, i* more juitly enti-
■nppoTt than the Societf for
in plead, and to which wa wotlld
idiljr contribute, '' '

« it in '(

of our largeat and wealthieat

have not yet responded b> the
I doubt not thtough OTcnight —
, inch the committee (till hope to
t favourable reply. Tlte inm

ia very small, jet Ave ahillingi
im each church would giie the
(uch an income aa would render
le measure, adequate to the re<
ita of our beloTed but poorer

in the mlniatrj.

ing you for the kind aid you

et been ready to aflbrd the

ere me, dear air, yours truly,

I. Valb HtrifmBT.
a Ooilagt, DaUton.

Btavjorl, Natcport, lien.

StpfmJxr 4, 18(4.

DocroB, — When I called upon
Moary last, you eipreasad a wish
le means should be adopted to

a more extensiTc circulation of
IBBUCU. HxoAziNB in the Welsh
1. The language of Wales of
I a barrier against its circulation
xtCDt it deserres ; but notwith-
that, if the miniaters and the
■calleie of our churches were to
duty, a large number of new
■■ might be found in W-Alea. In
n laat, I atated the daima of the
UCU to my people for the first
id althongh my congregation is
'«tela*i*ely of Welshmen, Isuc-
I ffMnfffoKfttm subscribers. If
UateiB were to do the aame, the
Mli nkdoubtedly be similar.
ttita of the United Kingdom lo-
'iHndi benefit from your fuuda,
■liaB to- the circultiion of the
tWate - 1 find, by looking orer

your liata in the numbcsa fbr March and
September, that you have liberally voted
the noble sum of £1S6 to oui Welsh Wt-
dowa this year. Certainly yfm have laid
our churches under lasting obligations.

If an earnest appeal to the Welsh minis-
ten and churches &om you and Dr. Bui-
der were inserted in our periodiceli at the
eqd of this year, I am confident that at
least a thouaand new subaciibera migllt
be found in the 700 CoDgregatio&al and
the 800 Caliiniatie Methodist churches
of the Principality,

Should you approve of this suggCitioil,
and iorwsrd me a copy of such an appeal,
I should feel most happy to translate it,
and secure its insertion in all the periodi-
cals of the Independents snd Calviniatic

My decided opinion is, that an appeal
from you will be more efi^tual than any
thing from the pen of a Welsh brotherj
and your appeal in a Welsh dress will be
more likely to touch the hearts of Welsh-
men than if inserted in the peiiodicels in
'Bngliith.

Fraying that our gracious Master may
prolong your singularly useful life £»
many yeais,

I am, dear Doctor,
Yonra, witli Christian esteem,
Tsoius Rus.

P.8. Will you kindly permit me to
tranalste your inTsluable Lecture on the
Sunday School into Welsh. It is cvi-
dentl; adapted to do incalculable good.
I trust thst I im able to do Justice to
your gentiinenta in translating them. I
have already translated five volumes of
Barnes on the New Testament, and the
reviewers bave done me the honour of
stating that the translation is in every
respect equal to the otiginal.

N.B. The Editor need scarcely inform
the sealous friends of the 'Bifaiav.iotJ.
UiaAziKB, that be lias complied with Ae
IUt. Thos. Sces's two rcqueatsi and it is
hoped thst when Dr; Burder and he ahall
appear, for tha fist time, in good clssiical
Welsh, our friends in the Frinoqielity
will be stirred to do their duty in th«
circulation of a work whidi has relieved
and oanforted sO'DiBnyof their widows.

Bt4

till micuun wbo,fift7 jrcm Bfo, pTMChni
■[ the opening of tlie old cbapcl.

In th* eomK ol Iii« higUr utlercttuf
ftddrm praviotu to UTing the fltonc. Hit
Hetaeod Oeotlcuwa referred, in ■ hkmI
pleuing mBnnar, to tlie wmcet of tht
Rbt. Bemuel Oieatheed tad othen, vfao
were the firjt pastors of this Chriilua
chuich, itntil the RcT. MicfaaEl CuIlFdeD
cune Bmang thrm, in the jcix ISOO, mi
by hii ferrcut and moat efficient eenicn
— eit«nding OTei neulj half ■ ccntutT—
greatly improTed the mum, and woi t^e
honoured iiuDnmciit of batlding tht old
chapel, vhich -wta opened Jane Ulh,
1804, and of adding toonj aotili uata llx
Lord. Before Ur. Bull proceed«d to laj ^
the atone, Mr, Andrmra pr«s«nted bta '
with a Silrer Trowel, bearing the bllMT'
ing inMription — .

PaMnrmt i

To TUB Rbv, T. p. Bcw, I

On Latixo ■nm f otrxDATioii Bmi

WoBt-BH IWDIFMSDMIT COATtL,

Jl-lt aoia, IBS*.
The reading of the Scripturea and other
devotional leivicea were condoEted bj Ibt
RcTs. W. C. Robln«on, of Ampthill ; B.
Adcy, of Leighton Butxord ; Jooioh fiuU,
A.M., of Newport Fagnel! [ J, Sleigh, of
UocUiffe ) Samuel Cowdy. of Leighloa
Bucinrd ; E. Muscut, of London; and J.
Andrew*, the prcoeot Factor of tb«
church.

We ore informeil that their Oi«c«* tb*
Duke and Ducbeu of Bedford, and te
Kigbt Bon. Lord and Lady CliarlM Bi»
cell, ore uaong the number of kind eoB- ~ j
tributon towstda lhi> tmdertaking. Th( i

iiiied or already paid, and wUd
were read orer by the IUt, J. Aadn«t |

the ceremony of laying the itau,
amounted, up to that time, to £Si6.
After thia aerriee the Sabbatb Scbool
weatmx jmn,L^vw csaph.. ^^„^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ proceedod to

Ok Thtindsir, July 2Dth, the Ms- Wbiu'* Lodge, for the celebration of thdi
■oKiAt, 8Tom In connection with the ro- annual C'MtiTal of cake md tea : tsd
building of Wobum Independsnt chapel, among the many intereeiing and hippy
It laid by the Be*. T. P. Bull, of New- seaioaa which thcee aoboole, through the
port FogDoU, whoac father, the Rev. W. distinguiahed kindiiesi of both the l»te
Sail, Tutd to ririt this town mote than I and the present Duke of Bedford, hart
etgbtyjeMta ago, in d pteuch the KOKp<t\\ Yiemiwon^ to<nv^ti<; oiviliiit t^t, perhapa
onet • ibrtnfgllt, uul who waa also one oE\TUKt«'b,«,-vB ^jeeu uunn iEn.\iA^ '&m.-te\

AxoM A* dotlee devoWing on deacon*
id ChlMan aliUche* and monagen of
•hapelii tka cania pre«errstion of the
pl«e(f of VOnUp committed to their care
ii BM Ike iMM important ; and yet there
i» nuOB to bdte*e that many of «itch
bw Udtn gti fat various ports of the king-
don, ore not huuted sgalntt Ore. That
lUi U a lerioiH omiision- cannot be
dMibted, vAm «o comider the riik to
irtdeh all bulldfaigs are eipooed, and the
outlay required fur the re-eieetion of a
ehapel. Fnr cbiigregatloni are rich
tnongh to nbvUd their own chapels
without lielp, and fewer stUl would jus-
tify the iM^eet of their deanmt in the
•1«al of Are. Tht cost of insurance is lo
nuall, being in ordinary cases only U. Sd.
p«f *I00 per UBum for ioaurance, and
it. for Ute gorenunent duty, that there
•an be no rewooablc excuse for negleet
when once attentioii Is culled to the duty.
To insure a chapel worth £1000 would
coat only £3 U. per annum ; or it worth
£3000, only £6 15t. ; and yet what enor-
mooi liaki are incurred through the
non-payment of tuch small suma t The
recent calamity wliich has occurred to
the late Dr. Cox'i chapel nt Hackney
•peaks loudly to all who have hitherto
neglected the duty uf insurance; and the
wisdom of the dcocous in having pro*
Tided agaiiut the loos entailed by such a
calamity, by having insured to the amount
of £3700, i* highly to be commended.
The deacona who, after such a warning,
will allow their chapcla to be uninsuied,
desarra to ba conaideced either foolish or
wicked. I,et lu hope that none auch
will be found among the leaden of this

»96

t mftt AlMgt

ItOUAT, TOXXtBlBS.

Ob fUday, Jiui« SOth, 1864, <Im IUt.
■Mi WonnMOIt, Ute of Sttdlbid, WM
ovdaiMd pastor of th» Indt*
tunBfui iBjd ooBgn^iitlott mmoi*
i» Ike Old Chapd, Moriqrt it it
HMhif tlM oldMt IKMiiiting pkce of
iA tiio Mngdnw, lukting boon
iHig bilbro a fiturt nigiiid In
and is to tlM friMnt da/
vith the royol armst bearing date
M4. Tto fie?. W. GhMrt» of LeedB,
Ihe emieM trtth leading and
A& ittlradnotofy rtlenoimi on
nd natoe of a Ohflstian
dilitertd Iff the Ber. I. a.
IWI» of Bgadted» yrho pi eflmd hitre-
■tebyitt intmoting hietorieel aketoh
f Ihe odiiee in ^whieh they ware mim*
M. TlMBeT.Qeo»8w«nn»ef Btiflbfd,
Ibi «nud qnektioiui, which were
to by the mlnitter, and on behalf
r Aectaoeh and oongregation by Joteph
r, Biq.* iHm> stated the oircnm-
wiiioh the nnenimmie end
given end accepted. The
Iw; Walttr Beott, Prof aeaojr of Theology
C AlBidole College, oilhred the orcUnation
p^mm the Bar, Samuel Davidson,
iJI., M« P., of Leneashire Independent
^dettvared the eharge to the young
2Tim. 11.16. TheRer. jr.
of Moiley, oonduded the service
ny»» when the minister and
(upwards of two hundred) ad-
the sehool-room to partake of
ItiBation, provided by the generous
-heartod people of the Old
In the evening, at six o'clock,
was commenced with reading
by the Rev. B. H. Weeks, of
and the Bev. John Morris
Is the ehurch and oongrega-
VhlL L S7 1 his sermon wss
^ japwrtve from his having
rM the Pld Chapel, amidat the
p$k of hie people and the neigh-
i, t»beeome Prseident and Pro-
ifTheology at Brecon College.

were crowded and deeply
ri the Bev. Mesars. Willan, of

BfistoliBeantofHeekmondwike; Oddie,
of Oasett; Bateman, of Hopton; Bell» 01
Wortley; Home, of Heckmondwike ;
Qladstone, of Goole, fcc, also took part
in the engagementa of the day.

MBW OOironnOATXOXAL OHAm., >A1RSW10C

BDOB.

Ok Whit Tuesday laat, June eth| the
fottndation*atone of a new Oongregetaonal
chapel waa laid by the Bev. B. Feraons^
of Sbley, in the presence of from nine
hundred to one thousand apeetators. The
ceremony was commenced by Mr. Joseph
Knight, of Buscomb, a venerable member
of the Congregational body, at the id*
vaneed age of 97, who gave oat a hymA
from the Congregational Hymn»book»
after whieh a prayer, remarkable far ite
energy, waa oftr^ by the Bev. 8amusl
Thodey, of Bodborouj^ The Bev. B.
Parsons, of BUey, and the Bev. B. Panton
Hood, of North Kibley, then addreased
the assembly in support of Congrega*
tional principles. After the Hallaltjah
chorua had been sung, the party ad-
journed to a tent, when about four hun*
dred and fifty i>eraons sat down to tea.
After which addresses were delivered by
the Bevs. B. Parsons, D. J. Evana of
Stroud, S. Thodey, and E. P. Hood.
Painawick Edge has been a preaching
place for the laat fifty years, in connexion
with the Congregational denomination^
having been established by the late Bev.
Cornelius Winter, when pastor of the
church at Painswick, and the late Bev.
William Jay, who was one of his pupils,
and preached with him in the villagea of
this neighbourhood ; and for now about
thirty-four years, Mr. Pitt has regularly
attended without fee or reward, although
busily employed in the week, and living at
a diatance of sin milts, llie chapel has
been vested in twelve trustees for the use of
the evsngelical Christians of the Congre-
gational denomination for ever. The
caae has been recommended by the foU
lowing ministerat— Beva. B. Parsons, W.
Wheeler, D. J. Bvana, S. Thodey, and
A. Oilliman. Any subscription from the
friends of Congregationalism can be for-
warded to the treasurer, Mr. Samuel
Pitt, King Stanley, Stroud. Tha <i«yaX oi

596

HOMB OHBOnOUB.

the ekapdy indodiiig piiiehaM» will be
£^00.

omoniATioir

SBBTICS. «— » BAJnOll«0V*
HUMBBE*

Oir May the 81st, 18M, the Her. BTtn
Lewie, B. A., of the UniTWslty ofLondo B,
and of Airedale College, was ordained as
pastor of the Congregational ehnroh in
Barton-on-Homber. The morning ser-
Tiee was commenced hj reading and
prayer by the Ber. Mr. Bome, of Hull
(Presbyterian). The hymns were read by
the Ber. Mr. Thompson, of Hull (Bap-
tist). The introductory discoorse was
delirered by the Ber. Daniel Eraser,
A.M., Professor of Classics, ftc, Aire-
dale College. The qnestions were pro-
posed by the Bev. John Winterbottom,
the late pastor; the ordination prayer
was offered by the Bev. James Sibree, of
Hull ; and the charge given by the Bar.
Walter Scott, Principal of Airedale
College.

The erening service was commenced
by reading and prayer by the Bev. Q.
Biohards, Howden, and the sermon to the
cliurch and congregation was preached
by the Kcv. H. B. Beynolds, B.A., of
Leeds.

After the morning service a large
number of ministers and friends partook
of an excellent cold collation provided in
the school-room.

CBRRIO-CADARN, BRECONSHIRE.

On the 23rd and 24th of May, 1854,
the neat, elegant, beautifully situated
Independent chapel for Divine worship,
was opened at Ccrrig-cadam. On the
first evening the Rev. Messrs. Jones of
Aber, Qi^'ion of Brecon, and Davies of
New-inn, preached. On the 24th, at
ten, sermons were delivered by Messrs.
Davies of New-inn, Davies of Builth,
in English, and Williams of Troed-rhiw-
dalar. At two, the Bev. Mr. Morris,
Theological Tutor of the Brecon Aca-
demy, preached in English ; Mr. Uavard,
Tredustan, and Mr. Williams, in AVelsh.
At six, the Bev. Mr. Davies, of Hay,

pnachad; Fagli, of Bmltii (B.) in Enf*
liah, and MatguaBt of Ifcrtliyr-eyaflf.
The oongrsgatioBS wen large, the coOso-
tiona libenl, and the pifeenfe of Iks

great Htad of tlie ^wch was vndm^ j
H^ and alloyed. A gnai eAat «tf !
made by the Ber. D. M. Vmm, iSm
miirietar, ior hafiag a bnryiBg-plaei^ «l :
the beaatiftil pieee la glfcn bydtfUaii
and liberal gentlfiman, Henry TInmh .
Beq., of Lhrynmadook; and it iseoHi- '
derodone of the asoat diegOnt jimmd
wQcah^ in the comity*

AXXlVXBaaBT aBKTIOBB, BAllBVBl.

Qjr Wedaeaday erening, July Mi i
1854, anintereeting tea meeting wss ^M '
at Banbury, to commemorate the in**
▼ersary of the Ber. J. Parker's miniit'T
in Church-lane Chapel. Bxeellent i^*
dreesee were delivered by Mr. CricM^
(deacon), Mr. Councillor Wallord, ^'
Perry, Mr. Henry Wallbrd, and ^^^^^1
Messrs. PariLer, of Deddington; Cric3^
of Adderbury ; and Nicholaon, of 'S^^
ton. During the year the congreg^^
has increased at leaat threefold,
thirty-three members have been w^^
to the church. The funds were rep<^^
as being in a most prosperous condir -
as also the several institutions conne^"^
with the body. Extensive visitatio]^^
the town had been completed, and o^^^
air preaching commenced with gratify^^
success. On every hand there is
most abundant reason for gratitude
encouragement ; the feeling of the m**^^
ing was of a heavenly nature, and
warm congratulations of young and
attested the depth of affection w'
bound pastor and people togethe
tender and sanctified fellowship.

SWANI^Wn, HEAR HULL.

Wa understand that the Bev.
Wishart, M.A., late of Thurso, has
cepted the cordial and unanimous ci
the church and congregation assembl
in Swanland chapel, and has ent^^^
upon his labours in his new sphere vi^^
very encouraging prospects.

OBNBRAL OHBONIOLB.

507

(General Ct)ron(rIt.

xniTBArrsD fcsKxa; ob, the bono of

MEMCr AKD JUDOMEKT: ▲ D18C0UBSS

vom THX mns.

** I will tinf of mere J and Judgment ; no to thee,
O Lert, wttl 1 sing."— PsA. ei. 1.

Tris psalm exhibits the character of
DtTid as ft sovereign, in a light most
striking and sublime. We here contem-
plate him in the retirement of domestic
li&, and become acquainted with the
pmposes and principles by which he
dctennines to regulate the affairs of Ms
own private household. If we except
tihe theocratic element of this royal ode,
Wf may regard it as a perfect model for
tihe study and imitation of all patriot-
Wferdgns who would be the " nursing
Alhsn and mothers ' ' of their people ; and
who, in their own domestic rule and
fsvcnment, would furnish an example
kt the real benefit of their subjects.

Thii view of the psalm will be consi-
^knhly enhanced, if , as is most probable,
it b to be regarded as composed by
Darid between the time when Qod pro-
filed him the kingdom, and the period of
yk actual and plenary possession of the
^3ciDS of govemment. In that case, it will
aidieate the holy and deep-toned feelings
'vitk which he anticipated his new and
^vponsible position ; and will show with
I'Wt profound sentiments of religious
^■« an right-minded sovereigns will look
iinrard to the duties of their exalted

There is something very grand in the
<f(aing words of this psalm. Viewed
^tiieir relation to David's own circum-
^tinees, they are replete with instructive
*«Qestions. **I will sing," said **the
*ia after God's own heart," ** of mercy
•4 of judgment," We may regard this
*Kisd purpose of David's heart in two
*iNbct but connected lights ; either as
filiates to Qod's providence towards
^■iiel( or to his own determined course

I V letion towards his people. As an
'ikioidedgment of God's providential

I ^'iBBgif Dftvid here proclaims with joy-
^%s the mercy which had so signally

f 'W.. XZXIT.

followed his steps, and led him on from
obscurity to the greatest renown; and
celebrates with pious awe the retributive
justice which had overtaken those who
had tracked his path with a bitter and
relentless cruelty. '* I will sing," said
he, " of mercy and judgment." He
traced both the '* mercy'* and the **Jtulf^'
ment** of his lot to the same great and
overruling Providence ; and resolved that
both the *' mercy'* and \:tie** judgment"
should be the theme of his song : ** I will
sing of mercy and of judgment; unto
thee, O Lord, will I sing."

If we regard the words as the motto
by which David was to conduct the
affairs of his family and his kingdom,
they present a noble example of princely
virtue, regulating itself upon the inmiu-
table and eternal principles of the Divine
government. He makes the subject of
his song t?uU which was to be the model
of his government. As "mercy" and
"judgment" are the two great pillars of
the Eternal throne, he determines that
he will sing of them, and celebrate them,
and exhibit them, in all the acts of his
auspicious reign.

By these general x'emarks you will be
aided, I trust, in forming a correct esti-
mate of the meaning and import of the
text, in its relation to the feelings and
circumstances of the inspired Psalmist.
We must so interpret the word of God,
that both its immediate and prospective
object should be distinctly seen. David
here sings " of mercy and judgment," in
the immediate position in which he was
placed; — but, in doing so, he enunciated
great and prominent principles, which
will remain in full force while the world
stands. The principles are, that, in God's
government of the world, *• mercy and
judgment" are the great characteristic
elements; and that, as such, they are*
equally the subject of the church's song
of praise in every age.

Now, dear friends, 1 intend this morn-
ing inviting your very thoughtful regard
to David's song as it bears on the cir-

698

cnnutancei in which oui counlr; ia now
pl(fed. Such a UH- of the puasgel con-
sider to be quite legilimalc, and in full
accoidance with tlic ipirit of DiTinc
teaching in th« ucn?d oracles. Wc may
now hew diitinctlT-, if wc do not shut
OUT ean, the Toirc of "mercy" and
"judgment," in the dispensation* of
Ood'i providence; oai if our hcsrti arc
rightly attuned to God's Tnriod ind con-
traated dealings, we shall feel that a song
of praise is demanded in reference to
them all.

We shall look thoughtfully at the lui-
jiirt of our tang; atid then at the long
ittlf. " I will sing of mercy and judg-
ment ; nnto thee, Loiil, will I ling."

L LW OS LOOK TllOVOlITFULLT iT TUB

•aBiscT or ODB fcoNQ ; " Mercy and
judgment." "Were these elements ever
more remarkably combined than at the
precent moment, in God's dispeniatioui
towards this highly fiivourcd land !

1. Hoic tlriking it tloil'i mtrci/ to ui ai
aptoplt! I will nol allow niyiclf to be
drawn away&om the object which I have
In view, by any mere gmeral Tcmsrks
vpon the matcUesR displays of Divine
goodness towards Oreat Britain. Wc
may well exclaim, irith the pious Psalm-
ist, as he thought of God's merries to (he
chosen tribes : " ^e hath not dealt so
with any nation ; — praiBo ye the lord,"
"Were we to attdnyc any thing like a
review of Ood'a great goodness to the
inhabitantt of this insignificant speck of
ocean, from the earliest times down to
the present bright era of our national
■ history, we should find ourselTes actu-
ally bewildered in an attempt to do justice
to the theme. We might point, indeed,
to some bright memorisls of the Divine
&VOUr, and then we must aland in mute
astonishment, while in our hearts we
breathed forth the sentiment, '* The
Lord hath done great things for us,
whereof we are glad." — We might point
to the early triumph of Christianity in
the British Isles, and to the consequent
downfall of Dniidical worship. — We
might point to our Magna Charts, and
Dur Bill of Rights, wrested from tyrant
and nowilUng hands. — We rolght point
wiUi «xnIUtIoii to out Reformation, by

OKKKnAl. CQHOXICLE.

which our country was rescued tna lbs
spiritual and temporal grasp of the Ita-
lian despot; and by which priesla*
received a deadly blow &oni wliicli it
will never recover in this land of Bibl*
— We might point to the Commonwesltb,
in which all the gieat principles of en
national liberties were nourished ints
^ant strength and maturity. — WenigU
point to our Revolution, which set u
free for ever &om the reign rf ths
Stuarts, and prepared the way for iklt
progress in the science of good loreni-
ment and social melioration,' which has
made Great Britain the wonder and mtj
of surrounding kingdoma.— We mi^
point to the vast extent and the growiif
pioaperity of our Colonial posscuiaii^
which has called forth the remark, thai
our beloved Sovereign aways a tocptn
over a territory so vast that the ana
never sets on it, — We might point to out
&ce institutions, the progress of knn-
ledgc, the general coutentment of tlM
masses, the rapid increase of capital, tlic
multiplied tokens of national ptospeiiw.
Above all, we might point to thit gntt
revival of religion, which dates to its
limes of Whitfield and Wesley, and
which issued in a vastly extended laia-
istration of gospel truth in our Jlisiiaiii
to the heathen, in OUT Sunday Scboolfc
in our Tract Societies, in out City Mii-
sion, and in a dispereion of the word of
God, in the languages and diolecli of
mankind, far surpassing that wluch bad
taken place for 1800 years before. A*
we glance at such an array of facta u
these, with all their subordinate ietvk
and results, we might well erect, in each
of our hearts, a memorial of the Dirioc
mercy to our country. But I mnH
Icf ve such meditations to youi calm and
retired momenta, as you reflect on tl«
reasons which make you grateful tlist
you were bom on Briluh soil, and tb*l
such a country is indeed your /a(**-
land. Yes, I must leave snch genenJ
reflections as these, and strive to avikei
in your minds the thought of Ood'i
mercy to us at the present momenl
Need I say that I refer more inunedi
ately to the bounteous harvest whic)
\ Oa& ^aa \M!Mi ^eucd. ta vouchsafe t

OENSIUL OKBOHIOLE.

699

hi;—* bleasixig wliioh, in our drcum*
iteiiees, it is impoasible for us to oTer-
flitiiiiate^ With the masset to be fed, —
vitii iSttb dearth or famine which failure
iB^t hare prodneed, — ^with restricted
N^pfifls from the Baltic and the Black Sea,
vhst tongue can set forth the proTiden-
tiat iDircy of so abundant ar harvest I As
ve gaae on the well-replenished form-
Meads of the sooth, and see the golden
ieUs of the north foiling ' beneath the
mpcr's toil) we may weU be reminded
of tiie wonders which Qod hath wrought
for as. The drought which so long
lievailed in the early part of the season,
M wdL-nigh led the huabandman to
doipair of the appointed weeks of har-
fut-;— when it pleased Qod to open the
iMtfles of hesTen, and to pour down a
llflBtifol rain; and so to quicken, by
Maoqiheric influences, all the powers
tf TBgetation, that the parched fields, in
niiidi the precious grain had been de-
posited, were, in less than a fortnight,
emnd with luxuriant Terdure, and the
fMgtct.ci plenty, for man and beast,
opened to the view of the grateful be-
holder. Thus did God bless the spring-
bg of the earth ;— and when the waving
Wi had reached that stage of growth
itei " the full com in the ear " began
to diow itself, and bright suns were ne-
fmuf to perfect the good work begun,
Amu did the glorious luminary of day,
M liis Udding, come forth *' as a bride-
|ioom out of his chamber," and by his
Kght and heat, mingled with soft re-
frBding showers, mature the waving
golden fields fbr the reaper's sickle ; —
Ad now. He who ** visited the earth,
mi watered it," who ** made it soft
iritk showers, and blessed the spring-
ieg thereof,** has "crowned the year
irilh ffis goodness," and filled our bams
end storehouses with plenty, showing
kow speedily he can dissipate our gloomy
ftars, and "do exceeding abundantly
above all that we ask or think."

Had the event been otherwise, — had
t scanty produce covered our fields, or
had our *' harvest been a heap, in the
day of desperate sorrow,** what a scene
of f t^V*"*! calamity and distress must
liaTe mma^dl We txemhU at the very

thought of the catastrophe which Qod,
in his infinite goodness, has vrarded off
firomus. We might have had cleanness
of teeth, or such exorbitant prices for
bread and all the other necessaries of life,
that multitudes of our starving popula-
tion might have been driven to despair,
or goaded on to political vnrong ; while
pale and haggard famine might have fol-
lowed in the rear, with pestilence, its
invariable attendant, to complete the sad
tale of our national distress, and to im-
fori in the midst of us EzekiePs roll,
on which was inscribed, "lamentation,
mourning, and woe.**

Surely, when we refiect on how it u
vnth us, and how it might have been, we
cannot but feel that God*8 mercy haa
been great to us in granting us the ap-
pointed weeks of harvest, and an abund-
ant supply of the precious firuits of the
earth. And as America on the one side,
and France, and Belgium, and Holland,
and Spain, and Portugal, on the other,
have all been similarly favoured with
ourselves, we may hope that no combi-
nation of the great monopolists of the
day vnll render it safe for them to hoard
up the abundant supplies of Divine Pro-
vidence, to enhance the price of com ;—
but that the middle and hximbler classes
will be able to secure abundance of
bread, at a rate proportioned to their
scanty resources. " Oh ! that men
would praise the Lord for His good-
ness, and for His wonderful works to
the children of men ! " But,

2. How monitory it God's judgment to
u» at a people/ David could sing of
" mercy*' and "judgment;" and so may
we. It would seem as if these combined
were the great elemental principles of the
Divine government in this sinful world.
In God's dealings with individuals and
nations, it is not all mercy nor all judg-
ment by which He regulates His pro-
cedure, but by the mysterious blending
of both, for vriee and beneficent ends.
Now you see the one element prevailing,
and now the other ; — and again you look,
and both seem to be in proportionate
action. Were mercy only mingled in our
cup, we might forget the Giver in the
gift;-M>r bad ive orl^f \o ^fa^^^^^£^

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of JudgflMBt, wt dionld fink down in
dttpftir { — Imt it is tha nioe MaMJiag of
the two clMMntt, bj a Difiao hand* that
ptoduoit thai diaponaatioiial iiifln«iM
which works out tha holy and btnignant
{Nirpoacs of Qod's goranimant among hia
rational and aooountable ortatiu«a. At
one tima marcy aaama to retira into the
•hade, and only judgment it teen bran-
dishing his sword of Tangeanoe, and pro-
claiming tha anger of the Most High
against the sin of his creatures. At
another, mercy stands in angel-form, in
the rmj front of Qod's procedure, and
judgment, which is *' his strange work,'*
retiree altogether from Tiew,— the bright
blue heaTcns aboTe, all calm and tranquil,
teapond to the peace on earth and the
good*wiU which is proclaimed to men
below. Again the scene is shifted ; and,
en the same stage of obaerration, you
bdiold the almost equal display of mercy
and judgment, and can hardly tell whe-
ther the light or darkness, the terror or
thejoy,preTai]s. Such mysterious blend-
ings of " mercy and judgment" haTe
been wonderfully realised in the past,
and may be looked for in the future,
under the goTcmment of that all-wise
and inscrutable Being, ** who giveth not
account of hia ways;" but who •• is a
rock and whose work is perfect," —
*< wonderful in counsel and excellent in
working ;" whose ** righteousness is like
the great waters," and whose "judgments
are a great deep."

Do we not see in our own country, at
the present moment, this mysterious and
admonitory blending ** of mercy and
judgment." God, indeed, hath crowned
the year with plenty, and prepared the
way for an abundant and cheap supply
of the staff of life. But while we pause
to think of this his great mercy towards
us, and seek to adore him for the gifts of
his love, — we see other and contrasted
elements, in the form of war and pesti-
lence, meeting us as it were on our way
to the mercy-seat ; — we pause, and listen,
and from ** the excellent glory" there is
heard proceeding a Toice from the dread
Sorereign of the universe : ** Be still, and
know that I am God." Well may we
axdaim with the patriarch Job, to hia

ii^iiidk&o«0 frimdi who co«ld not i^
conaila •« jndgva^" with ^^aoey,**-"
•< What! dmU we vaedTn good rt d»
hand of Qod» and shall we not neiim
•viir For tha TK7 laae laaMm AH
oor pkntlftil hartaat waawadbMrvsti^Miy

wanot oonehide thai war* with Ha an?
trila, haa baen anflbiad to diatarb At
trangnniity «f tety yein'
that paatileaoa haa again
aionad to nail o«r ahoiaa } ifcrff,
brathran, ia always wtdmtrmdf SHMag
sinful beings; hot Jmi§mmi ia in te
natural order of that ausnd ^jcmammk
wliioh ia alwaya idming at our rafenaaF
tion. And, it may ba preaumed, tiMI
m m ixy could never aoeompliah tta soia-
reign and gradoua mlasinn, if it w«e
unaccompanied with/a^fwiwl.

I see war to ba a great calaasity, a
mighty and complicaiad evil, both to tha
aggressor and the aggrieved; but, unA
the world ia much better, and Ita de^ol*
isms are greatly abated, vre may eiqiaol
to see it, from time to time, let looae, by
Divine Providence, aa the scourge of ovfl
and tyrannical powers. But vre waap
over ita bloodshed and ita Crimea, and
long and pray for the time when men
shall '* learn the art of war no more.'*
Whatever may be our estimate of the
part which Great Britain has taken in
the war with Russia, — and no one enter-
tains a firmer conviction of its righteoua
character than myself^— vre osnnot look
at its mournful results and oonsequeneea
on thousands of our brave countrymca,
without feeling that it is a painful visita*
tion from the hand of the Lord.

And is it not truly admonitory, even to
the most thoughtless, that this myste-
rious disease which is afflicting and deao-
lating so many families, in the lengtk
and breadth of our land, pervadea, at tha
same time, America, Europe, and Hia
greater part of Asia. Medical acienee^
and good arrangements for the deanlineoa
of the people, may do much to arrest tha
progress, and to mitigate the alarming
virulence of this prevailing epidemic ;<*•
but I am compelled, from aU I have seoa
and read, to come to the conclusion, that
it is a thing which gosa and cornea at
God's bidding ;^and that, whm it haa

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d iot iUBnatatile nxitsion, tlio
* power that bade it come will bid
it drpwl. The use of aU Ugituuate
■mi lo ward it off, or, when il baa
d iu laT^ea, lo leraen ita pto-
I, and, if it be the will of God, to
ITS it tram the land, ii a dulj which
a and Scriptore alike enjoin. But
k if bf ow ■anitary arnuig«nienu, or
iw medical leience, we shoold be
d to think that the direct and
Iwitd of Ood i« not in this ii»it>-
t will be Ml «nl cf incalculable
nde. If ever the intetrogatian of
iphM Amos may be applied to any
OB <d DiviDG Providence, it may
J wmtj b» lo thit : — " It thtrt evil in ■ cUy,
I m^Hml^rdaalAmal diuitr I deem
t. In aaj prapa eenae of th« tenn,
mhmie, to mj, that Qod ia calling
Mfto at latgo, by this awfiil nula-
•• rapentanoo. By the iadden
ml both of the right«otu and the
( tha high and the law, — by
fciiffwitu and tcfribla malady, he
am areiTwIuEte to Kpent. By
(■^ p*u«ful daatha of hia own
m iriu) tnut in him, and hope in
mej, h» ia showing to all the
I and undecided in what a
I. of iiuecarity and danger they
O, if Ood (hould aee fit to
/ tkit calamity, which hai over-
K ■§, in bringing OTer men'e minds
thoBghtfulneH about their
L inl«ie«U ;— if be ihoald make
la of awakening piecioua eoula
■ aleei} of carnal 100011(7; — ^ '*
l«*d to greater Sabbath eauctiftca-
id to s more general and eameit
a all the neon* of grace,
a fin gratitude iball we have
w of Ood'a mjitcrioua danl-
' BaKly tbeae are not timea for
If aad inconaidesation. If ever God
• to wmtAr, and turn to hiln. it
A prostnte prayerful people
_^^^ 1 aoon have the answer of their

^^ " "~-i», in the rcraovBl of God's chaeluii-
t|| mA — «t If it WB» eontiniied, it

^ mtr te te btlwily lore, and for

^ Pl^ ^* vwt look to Qod's

. .mAvWb. MOW great hop*, in

^ flWh U la tkay «]» plead wiUi

him. and pTBf^. ^tay oaa turn a*

buttle from our gates, and the pealilenoe
from our ihotee ; and a thoughtful re-
pentant people would aoon be awed with
the thought that " Ood wUleth not the
death of alnnen, but rather that they
should repent and lire."

Having looked at the subject of the
Bong, in Qod's "mercy and judgment"
towards us, I now proceed,

U. To DRAW lOUB iTTBMTIOF TO TSI

8ai<o ITSELF. — " I will eing,' said David,
" of mercy and judgment." It ia no
wonder th»t he should ling of mercy, —
though, nils 1 thousands forget to do so;
but thore is mystery, at ftrst sight, in
the determination to "ling of judgmBnt,"
We begin with th« first put of the iong,
and would inquire,

1. WAat U u to ttHff (tf Merejit Initi
lowest e^iCTcise, It supposes a thougfathil
obaelVBtion of the Divine hand in the

Many have an instinctiTe and animal
enjoyment of Providential blessing, who
cannot be (aid to have any penetrating,
religious sense of tho goodness of Ood.
They not only lose sight of his inun^
diate hand, but they altogether over-
look the fsct that every bleasing of their
lot partake* of a character of many, aa
conferred on dnftd and guilty beingi.
If, at any time, they have aome faint
consciouinesa of the God of nature
pouring hia rich treasures on this lower
world, they se e m never to rise to tlta
true concFptioo ot the Ood of gtaoa, and
therefore nsvcr feel With the patriarok
Jacob, when he amd at Mahanaim, " I
am not worthy of the least of all the
mercies, and of all the truth, which thou
hast shewed unto thy servant."

And how many are not only unmind-
tai of the ipecial intcrpoaition of Ood in
their merdea, but evince their awAd in-
gratitudi; by employing God's gift* of
mercy in ^e actual dtthonoiu of hia
name, and breach of hia law*. They are
both uiiM<m^ and tmholf. There are,
it is to ba feared, multitudes who have no
more sense of Ood in their merciea, than
if thay emanated from hlind ehance, and
wara no indication of his Paternal can
and boon ty.

eoa

osmiAL cBwunauL

To *'iiiif of mercj" is Tcry dilEeftnt
from all thU. It U to cnltiTtte m hft-
bituii dtfpendenoe upon Ood,— to lo6k
for trtTj mmej to him,-~sad to htTO
tlio heut erer rising to hia in thank-
ftilncM and praiae. It it, indeed, to lire
in the element of gratitude ;—>to feel all
Qod*8 merdee enhanced by our own aenae
of onworthineae ;— and to determine noTcr
to ceaae our aong of praiae while being
laats, or immortality endurea. This
habit of praise ean only spring from a
view of wurcjf in ita highMt forms. It
is a great miatake to suppose, in our
fallen and apoatate atate, that we begin to
praiae Qod for ProTidential blessings, and
thus aacend to the higher notea of praise,
and adoro him for redeeming mercy and
grace. No, dear friends, we can only
truly begin to ** sing of mercy " at the
cross ; where the humble penitent caata
off the burden of his guilt ; where he is
penetrated by a sense of Ood*s unspeak-
able love, where he realixea the con-
ception of a reconciled Ood and Father
in Christ Jesus; where the feeling of
adoption takes possession of the soul;
and where the whole life and being is
consecrated to God. Then gp^titude to
God becomes the clement of a new and
hearenly life; — the pilgrim bound for
Zion's sacred heights begins his song of
praise ; and, as he passes along through
the wilderness, his constant feeling and
his resolute purpose is, — " I %till »ing of
mercy." The song of redeeming mercy
will thus ally itself closely with the
tony of Providential mercy ; — for he who
has learned the gratitude of a redeemed
sinner will find materials for praise in
eyery blessing of his lot — from the <* cup
of cold water'* up to the most magnificent
bestowments of God*s unwearied bounty.

O let Christians, then, remember, that
they only are in a condition to sing of
God*8 mercy for the bountiful harvest
which he has granted to us. To them,
as his children, he is looking for the full
tide of grateful acknowledgment. May
many, hitherto unmindful of God's mer-
cies, smitten with a sense of His great
goodness, — especially in His wonderful
love to i>erishing sinners, unite with
them, that from this highly fayoured

lattd, sa mds flOVir es wWDBCWHuadflMnK
may rise a 6kmd of gratefbl iiiomi ti
the thiwie of God, mingling ntkiSm
I rapta io aa praiae of idl holy and xedHMl
beings ! — ^But we m lemindad, bj tti
esaaple of DftTid,

This seems, at iliat a^;ht, a vs^ilm^
But H ▼aoldiea as we drmw near, and «»
templats it. The Qod of msnqr is aln
the Qod ^iMd^sMiif;— and \^jmi§mm
are, M Mw li^ bat mmeim in diagdta
If they proclaim hia right to rule in oK
worid;— if they aet forth hia uiHtliA^
his truth, his holinesa, hia hatred of A
ain ; — ^if they are oaleulated to arreat tht
current of human thoughtlesaneaa, and
to bring men to repentance and aalyi^
tion ;— if, to hia own children, they an
but fatherly chastisements, that they
*' may not be condemned with the world***
but trained and prepared for hia unsnf*
foring and glorious kingdom, — ^then as-
suredly they are the fit subjects of song.
O, I hope that many, in this day of
dread yisitation, will join with the Psalm*
ist, and aay, *< We %nU ainy afJudymmUj*
Good and merciful will be that judg-
ment which conducts suffering sinners to
Christ. If, when ** men's hearts are
failing them for fear," they are led to
turn from their refuges of lies, and to
betake themselyes to Him who is ** an
liiding-place from the storm, and a
covert frt>m the tempest,** how will they
bless God, in life and in death, for hia
Judytnentt, which arrested their impeni-
tence, and led them to cry for mercy }

But I cannot close this already length-
ened Discourse, without reminding yon
aU, my dear hearers, that there is one
hallowed spot where we may all ** sing
of mercy and judgment.** That spot ia
the Cross, on which the Prince of glory
died. Never were mercy and judgment
so wondrously and harmoniously blended,
as when Jesus " died the just for the
unjust, that he might bring us unto
God." Look here, my dear friends, and
you shall see that "mercy and truth
are met together, righteousness and
peace have kissed each other.** Look
intently on the loving Saviour, aa h^
pours out his soul an offering unto

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603

fietdi,— and yoa aihaU aee that Ood ii

*<A JQft God and yet a Safioar.'' Here

ii n^teousneae exacting ita utmost

dniv— holineaa lindieated in the death

of the iinner% Surety, — ^law magnified in

in precept and penalty » — and yet mercy»

iblksbed mercy, beaming from the

Qam on a guilty and perishing world.

OoBie with me, then, all of you, this

MniBg, to the Groas, and let us *' sing

ef merey and judgment ;* — and while we

kkld God*a only-begotten and well-

Mofed Son, bending beneath the load

ef haman guilt, let us lift up our voice

ef pnise, with the prophet Isaiah, ** He

VM woonded lor our transgressions ; he

mhmised lor our iniquities ; the chas-

tiMBent of our peace was upon him, and

\j Ids atripes we are healed." O look

oa Him whom by your sins you haye

{ioesd ;-^bok unto Him, *' and be ye

amd, far he is God, and beside Him

tee is none else," and you shall

ka ee fo rth be enabled to adopt the words

of the text as the motto of your life : —

**IwSitmff o/ntercjf and judgment ; unto

tkte, Lord, wUl I iing." %

Bm^fton, J. M.

OOLOXIAI* XISSIONAKT SOCIBTT.

To the Editor.
Mt Di^n Sib,

Will you do our committee the
&Toiir to insert in the next number of the
Bf AvexuoAX. Maoasixx the following ex-
taet from a letter recently receiTcd from
our bdoTed and honoured brethren, the
Be?. Messrs. Fletcher and Poore, whom, it
vill be in the recollection of your readers,
ve eent to Melbourne at the dose of last
yen. It will be read, there can be no
doubt, with intense interest. If it should
iadiioe-any who may peruse it, to aid the
ttMBinittee, by pecuniary contributions,
to comply with the earnest appeal for
additional ministers, we shall be most
thrnkfiil. That this may be the effect,
a the sincere hope o^

Yours faithfully,

Thos. Jambs.

<« On our arriyal in Port Philip becom-
ing known, great interest was felt ; and
idiea our party landed from the steamer
at the wharf, we wisre met by most of the

Congregational ministers of the city and
Tidnity, and other friends, who heartily
welcomed us to the colony. Vehicles
were kindly placed at our disposal to
conyey our families to their new homes
at Prahran, a yicinage of Melbourne,
where, by the attentiTC care of one gen-
tleman, and the liberality of another,
house-accommodation had been tempora-
rily proTided for us free of charge. We
are still at the same place, and when we
shall be in more fixed and x>ermanent
residences is uncertain. It was on Fri-
day, the 24th of March, our families
landed, and on Sabbath, the 26th, we
were all three engaged in preaching ; we
ouraelves occupying the pulpits of Mr.
Morison and Mr. Odell morning and
erening, and Mr. Day preaching for Mr.
LandeUs at CoUingwood, and Mr. Moss
at Prahran. On the next Sabbath, April
2nd, we preached for Mr. LandeUs, and
Mr. Ross and Mr. Day took the pulpita
we had occupied the week before. Some
of our party haye also preached for Mr.
Simper at Richmond, and Mr. Dewhurst
at St. Kilda. You will thus see that all
the brethren have, at once, opened their
pulpits to us, and given us an opportunity
of preaching to their people. We had
unequivocal tokens of wdcome on the
part of the ministers, and of deep interest
being awakened in the congregations who
listened to us.

<* We lost no time after our arrival in
obtaining interviews with most of the
ministers, and with several of the leading
laymen of the Congregational body, to
converse with them on the objects of our
mission. We were delighted to find a
hearty joy at our arrival, and a universal
conviction that there was plenty of work
for us to do. It was soon arranged to
convene a meeting of the Congregational
Union of Victoria, in order to confer with
us. This meeting took place on Tuesday,
April 4th, at Mr. Morison's, and was well
attended, all the ministers and delegates
of Melbourne and its vicinity being pre-
sent, as well as Mr. Scales and Mr. Ap-
perley from Geelong. On our part, full
explanations were given of the intentions
of the Society in sending us out, and of
I the objects axui viova -w^ Xiaii \el xvk<« \

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and, on the part of the mMting, a frat
diacoaaion waa carried on upon ikm aal*
tera we had brought forward, ae wall ae
upon the fielda of labour which were
open for na in the coloniea, and the beat
inethoda of entering upon their ontere.
The reault waa a delightfiill/ harmcnioiia
atate of feeling, and a general co i n d danc e
in opinion both as to oljecta and meaaa ;
and Tariooa preparatiana were made fear a
public meeting, which had been an*
noonoed for the li:dldwing eireuing, April
6th, in Mr. Moriaon'a chap^

*' That meeting accordingly took plaoe,
and, but for a aerere thnnder-atorm which
came on at the tvj moment appointed
for aaaembling, the attendance would
hare been crowded ; aa it waa, it waa
excellent. The intercat awakened waa of
the deepeat kind, and aympathy in our
objeeta waa erinced in the meet marked
manner. A. Smith, Eeq., waa called to
the chair. The speakers were, in ad-
dition to ourselTes, the Rer. Messrs.
Moriaon, Odell, and Landells; R. Sar-
good, Esq., member of the Legislatiye
CounoU ; and T. Folton, Esq. After the
chairman'a introductory address, we all
three gaye fall explanatory statements of
the feeling in England regarding the re-
ligious condition of the colony, the yiews
of the Society in inviting us to leave our
beloved spheres of labour, and enter upon
the mission here, and of our own partiou-
lar ideas of the way in which we thought
our object might be accomplished. Our
explanations were received vrith much
approval by the meeting. The chairman
gave us publicly the right hand of fellow-
ship and welcome, in the name of the
assembly, and two resolutions were pro-
posed, and unanimously adopted, — the
first expressive of cordial satiifection with
our communications, and full concurrence
in our objects ; and the second proposing
the immediate raising of a fund in order
to assist in carrying out our plans. On
this latter point, the raising of the ways
and means, the lay gentlemen, Mr. Sar-
good, Mr. Fulton, and Mr. Smith, spoke
with great seal and liberalitj ; and they
backed their words with corresponding
deeds, each of them promising to aub-
scribe £1000 per annum, and adding the
naine of Mr, Jamen, of St, Kilda. foe iltv

other £10M. Other gentlemen

fat the mttUxDg^ and announc

mmm^ out for £500 a year, ant

£30$. a third for £100, togetl

wetenl odien for smaller sun

M«M WM quite an animating

higlily anooiiraging to us. A

£1000 n year, raised upon the

help vm to cairy on our miaaian !

the hand of God waa in this m(

This princdiy contribution is a c

of the apirit of the people, and

high approval of the course take

Soeiety in sending ua out. Itisi

aa Soon as the acheme of oper

aouewhat brought into ahape,

menee a vigorous canvaaa among

pie Ibr ftuthar subaer^tioos, tl

may be no lack of means, and

many at. poaaibla may take pax

movement. The distiibfttiott of

ney is lelt with the Committei

Union, who axe aummoned to m(

early day, to consider how it can

used with advantage. It will, d(

be appropriated to the purchase

of preaching sites, the erection

porary places of worship, the paj

ministerial and other expenses,

hope also some portion will be

your Society, to stimulate yon

out a further aupply of minister

money already raised towards om

may seem to the friends bk 1

almost more than enough; but

thing here ia so preposteroudy

price, that it viill scarcely do on<

the work it vrould do at home.

Our frienda in England, who hai
so lively and prayerful an interev
departure, will, we are persuaded,
with us, and give thanks to God
behalf, that, in answer to many ]
we have had so wide and efR&ctua
opened to us, and been favoured
abundant and auspicious an entrai
the colony. Let them continu
prayers for us, that we may have gr
wisdom corresponding to our oppor
of serving the cause of our Divine '.

** We are, beloved brethren,
*' Yours most faithfully

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The SocirtyVs >[i:(8iiin at 8alem haa, for the last thirteen yean, beoi
under tho siiporintonileiu^o nf the Kev. J. M. Lechler, at present on aviiK
to thi:i count n% and his labours hare been attended with many grati^rnf
tokens of success. We feel pleasure in inriting the attention (tf ourfiieBll
to the subjoined notice of the Mission, communicated bj Mr. LeeUflk'
more particolarij in relation to the School of Indu9trif, which forms marf
its most important and efaaracteristic features : —

" The Salam Missioa, wluch has been in existence for upwards of twenty ycsi^ ik
situated in a distnet awitMntiig 1,900,000 inhabitants, superintended by one Xnt*
pesn Missionary. Considering its inadsqnate agency, it has been greatly hlswi|
more Aaa AOO sonia hate been led to embmee Christianity, many of whom bni
rrmof ed to otiier pbeas, 'or been- eslled into etcraity. About 300 are now reeovag
Cliriatiaa iaatruction from nine devoted liaahan and siteolmasters; of tfacMb
tweaqr fcmilles ars loeated at Salem, and aboot as many ia ab Yahgaa of tlw
triet. The Mission oomprises, in mdditioa« a Oiria* Boarding Bahoal of ifty i
a Bojfa^ Boarding School of forty children; an Indnstriai Behool of nearly fortjkh
and an Ba|^h aad Tamil Day School of seventy heathen childreB.

''Tho School of ladasliy was establisbad fourteea yaara ago, with a wiew of •=
aecasiBg fartiMr iastmction for the bojs tnmed in the Boarfiag School, and of pi^ ;
vidi^g Ihasa and other yoang converts with the means of obteining an honest sal *
respwlable ttvclihood ; thus making them independeat of tte heathen, by «hon =
they ara cast ont, and forming them gradually into a aslf-supporting Mifsioany
Church; giring them at the same time aocb mental aad moral advantages si wfl
qualify the 01, if tmly converted, to baeomo evaagelisia to thair heathen countiynas
and helpers to the Missionary.

*' The importance of sueh an Inititatioa in India will be lUly understood by thoM
who are at all acquainted with the Buaaers and habits of that country, and especisDy
with the condition of native inquirsra and Christtaaa. That at Salem is now ao
longer nn experiment; it has, under the blessing of Godt met with eonsidersbla
sucrcts, as the following foets will shows—

"In the year 1840, the School had aude such pragitSB that two of theyoBSg
men were employed as teachers in the Mission, one withont any remuneration; twea^
lads were instructed in tho respective trades of cabiaet maUng, carpentry Oadsd-
iii^ house-building), turning, and maaoniy. The Mission-house, two school-home^
and several other buildings, were bnilt chiefly by the hands of these young conveitii
aNo, a church [are J^n^roou^] 70 foet long by 46 wide, the first ever raised in Inis
by Christina worhawa, aad at a eost of only £Z3ld — ^being half the estimsle sf'
heathen builders. There is, however, a debt upon it still of jCl30, nor is it jit*
vided with any furniture yet.

" Wy industry, and the help of a few truly pious young men educated in it, the =
Srhool has gradually acquired a capital in buildings, tools, and materials, of £600*
It has twelve carpenters' benches, three turning lathes, &c. For two years it msia- »
ttilned ail European Missionary artizan, Mr. Boesinger, who erected, to the g;rat -
astonishment of the Hindoos, an English forge with apparatus, a smelting furnace, loa

"The institution has had to encouuter great difficulties, occasioned both by thl^

pom ocTOBEB, 1854. 607

hntben and by usgodlj Emropeuit, bat it hM itood its ground and has become a
great blessing in its missionary as well as its industrial character, not only to the
Salem district, but also to other Mission stations. It now contains nearly forty la-
howers (about ten haTing already left and set up in business); and eight or ten families
m the Tillages— among whom we obserre an interesting religious movement — are de-
of partaking of the European skill of the School for their smelting furnaces,
are still in their primitive simplicity, producing only five pounds of iron at a
From this Sdiool two similar ones have emanated, and are now in operation
mnuiflfveiUy and Cuddapah; and twelve lads from Coimbatoor, Santhapooram, and
Figereoil, are under instruction in Salem, with a view of promoting industry at
Aose MisBions also.

"The Msajonary having been obliged to visit Britain on account of ill health, the

lipoiirtendenge of the Mission, particularly of the Industrial School, is entrusted to

Ifr. Bahm, a German Missionary artisan, whom the London Missionary Society has

■Mtadned upwards ;of three years. Mr. Boesinger has joined anotiier Mission,

■id. in his place two Missionary artisans are now reqidred, as the School in-

■nns daily in extent and importance. The Society not being at present in a posi-

fkm to lender assistance in this matter, the undersigned earnestly requests the friends

rfMinons to help him in procuring j£BO, to enable two Gennan mechanics to go

- Mi as sleenge passengers, and to be employed as general agents in the Mission,

A^ l e qulriug only such allowance for their future support as the Industrial School

iM aftrd them.

* Frienda irtio are disposed to help in this undertaking, or who have it in their

to do aomething for the general purposes df the Sidem Mission, will be kind

to fbrward their contributions to the undersigned. No. 44, Princes-street,

iMMuthe; or to the London Missionary Society, Blomfield-street, London.

''J. M. LECHLER, Missionary of Salem."

MADBAS.

Tm fidlowing letter was recently addreaaed by a yoxmg Hindoo female
to Min. Porter (the wife of the Bev. William Porter, of the Madras Mis-
tioii)» at present on a visit to this country. The writer formerly enjoyed
tte advantage of Christian training in Mrs. Porter's school at Madras, and
ia now united in marriage with a native teacher in the service of the Free
Chnrch Mission in that city. The letter, be it observed, is not a transla-
tion, but the original production of the writer, who has acquired a familiar
^equaintKnce with the English language; and we feel assured that the
(boa and affectionate sentiments it breathes will find a response in many
lieaiti:—

'' Uj dear and bdoved Mother, u ever. Their names are often remembered

"I fiBd it to be my doty to write to yon by ns in our prayers. Nothing wu more

a fnr Bnes. Though I have not written psinfnl to ut than year necessary departure

yoa say y»^ your departure to your native with yodr predoos ones then in ill health.

hsl, yet I fed thesame love and aiflBCtion The tidings of ^the recovery of that dear

Wa aOs yiw and your sweet darling children chOd brought gUdness to our distressed

m to ttak

fMlM fMMV Mi

tkt Laid lo dMl vilh yM 19 t«idi4r tt«l
youMgraoftbafftnonthaa yoamn aMi
tobetf. WtwooUIlkAtolltn^iBwliMi
ibovt tin dour ptti^ beeuM «c m nff
uakm to hear tbiml tlitai. Row ii b^
irUBttirtM Q«dtoctBBo'Iiiiy*«tai he
was Torj lick ud ttM$i I hope he ie
etTOBgnrfwdlaowi eboffe dl, I trait nd
hope thil aO yov ddMM
OMi. Biay be ndaeMd by
UaadaTovrtafiaar.aiid
«iltl8B te the Laoib^ Baoh ariilb, to thU,

Ml aaa the* tea la

Aoia ia a«r IMhai'a have. Ian|)adto
hear that the Uid hai aoM ««rk fat yaa
fai Bi^faad, fai vWth« joor Meade, aadte
nekfag kaowB hie woaderf al worUage in
thii beathia lead. I hope thai yaa witt ba
tha BMaM of fiWag the haarta af aaajr
towaide tUe aoaatiTi wbidi b aader tba
power of mpentitloB and thU daifcaaieiea
that their hearts aiaj be meltad tewarde tha
periihing milQoat of it, in order to be en-
abled to give tbemielTee to prayer to God on
their bebtlf,tiU be bet competsion upon them,
and lete them from eternal perdition. May
the Lord blest yon and make yon a bteaaiagf
end bring you here tefe, in bis own time,
ialo the midrt al ne. Fleeae gife aeybeel
loia end regeidi to Mn. Bowmar, with aqr
Venke'i, end with oar tender lo?a and auc-
tion to the dear children.

*«lfy dear mother, yon would like to
kaow abont our wunfe and the dtfldrea'i.
Wa an ell wall, by tha bieeiiag 9t oar
leader Ibther. I aaa maA e taa ag a r Ibaa
erer I wee bafbre, bat itfll I have aot gal
rid (tf paia in my cheat. It oeaNa oa me
^benerer I cetch a Utile cold. 8ach little
things show that the sentence of deeth is
upon me, that a small trifle may teke me to
eternity. My hnabend la going on with hia
dnUea aa nsnal, altbongh he needa aome real ;
bat I thaidL God for Us mercy to him in
aot aemfing any heaTy aickaeaa upon him
dariag an thia tfane. May the Loid apaia
•MdbleMhfaBfaBd make hfan a Ueaaiagto

inm Maylhataiijpapdi w

fa.dlhkdiflaritte n4 ^A^nai

bat Ml jiif iiiii tad lihiUw- Jri

MwllwilktlHirlMmi, ThflrJM
tMther the aaaaa leeaDBiiCaiM^ia'

ThaftBawiaig M^hf^pOey ata^
apaa UaaiT «IMa>Uthart JBIatacyi

aiadthe'laaMllfeMha.' thiybi

fa witta. Kia^ AMHtada a

hapathay wa aaaaitylaani a»il
ha* haaa the fnr afflad la
lir^lhafwareadiilha
dooL' May the Lord
gnaaiathaia»by#«faig tlMaaaaav
aad by aaaatit^ Ihaai te hb aa
tUa heathaa lapd* vhen thaaa ma a
to aanra hte MthMy, LitUa h
liay lltUe thing, bat U ftOl of life aa
She is able to apeek, end to walk tpA
The little bebe ia a nice one, aad ie 1
BeeuU ftdly. I eeanot ezpreea my g
and thankfolness to my God lor all
epeehehle merdea towards a poor ai
creetnre like me. I fed aiy helpleas
ooaaaalaa with the tniatav ad aqr 1
aheige s ha* I hope any Ml viB Ml
gifiag ma noia of bis gcaae oal aplii
that I coald feel aaca aaijoag ah
aofeam reapoaalblllty laid ea ma fa t
of my ciiildraa. All Aeft aia la the
era qiaite w^, aad Iha Laii la addia
ta oar ohanh aaeh aa Aaald ha
May they be kepi perfeel aala Hm ai

new Misaioneriea are helpifbl to biaa.
Regahyspel and deer Roee, with th
children, are quite well; theyaleoea
kind k>Te to you. Vtiih aor baal,
wi^^ ailbctioB aad love^
'*Iremein,

" Tonra affectioBatetyy
" Ivmca VaifXAT4JU

MA'OgvoBBi^ 18644

609

OJT Oy AN ENLIGHTENED HINDOO ON HEATHEN
FESTIYALS AND MISSIONABY LABOUBS.

I MibjaiiMd letter firom % native correspondent of the Bambtij^
fjfat «nd which has since reappeared in the Oalcutta Ohristian
win he found evidence, most conclusive and satisfkctoiy, of a
lisposition, on the part of intelligent and educated Hindoos^ to
nance and condemn the ohscene rites of heathenismi and to attri-
I salotaiy change of sentiment to its legitimate souroe-TBugliah
, and, mare pariicularfy, the teoMng oj

ilTIMBNT mSOABDINO THS HOU
kL AND THS lfI88I0NA»IB8.

e Editor of the Dnyanodayi.
'49 Skntri, the Superintendent
Scfcttli, wtt reotntly st Ahmed-
the purpose of inipecting the
e. His Titit betog at the time of
nHval he wu invited by tome
Mjiii inproveaient td make la
la the totject. Thii tddreti wat
a ttte BncUsh fcbodbouie oa

I of March 17th» 1864. ^ The
of hit remarks I send for the
our readers.

lew introductoiy remaricshe said :
feast does not appear to be a
Hfieni rite, ft>r nea do aet rap*
bej acquire merit by its obserr*
Homit any sin by neglecting it.

qC the festival aa stated ia the
M aa foUows : — At a oartaia tiiae
NBoa aaed to tiouble the people
They si length oamhincd and
flwt*"gi and great power, over*
od hunt her. From that time
iwatnmiri at the return of the
ibrate her deatruetioa with great

But the maay ihameless doings
paaeat attend this festtval may
ppoeed to have oome gradually
•B. People uaturaUy prefer the
gMdf aad hence uiea at length
netiM aaf oTil that ease iato
laltUsiiitival.

llataihet theae file practieai are
i la aBtainly wrong to tranifom
eaaaed of leason and eonaetenee,
t. All men who think about the

II that theae pnetioea are utterly
taMM that there la aathori^ la

the Shoiiras for keeping this festival, yet it
is plain that God could never have com-
manded the performance of such low and
wicked works. And though there may be
authority fbr the ebservanee, yet it does not
appear that any sin attaches to the neglect
of the festival. The SMatirtu no where tell
us that any one has lost his (aeaf in heaven)
by the aoB-obeerfaace, nor that God has
ffunished any one itar the negleet of it.
Ueace, aa this festival ia utteriy abhorrent
to that oonsdeace whieh Qod has granted
aS| it is proper to leave off its observanoe
ourselves, and to use every effort to induce
others to discontinue it also.'

*' In the course of hit raaMrks the
ahattri said, * It is matter of praise to God
that we have at length heeome to much e*-
lightened that we can speak against this
festival, mad make an eflbrt to put a stop to
its obaervanee. And we may well eoaddec
whence, and by whose aieiaap we have ob-
tahMd thia eiUi^teament. Plainly fraa
the EngUah, and perticnlarly from the Ilia*
aionaries. Had these mea not come to ear
tend aad endeavouied to bring ap our people
froaa their state of IgBonnoe to true know*
ledge, we should aever have attained our
pmseat pedtioB. Had we regained uadar
a government of oar own people, and had
these benevoleat rafonnera aever eeaMhere«
theevU piactiees of thia ieatival had doobt-
kse greatly ucneaed. InsteedaC being here
to apeak agoiaat tUi vite feast ia the pM-
aeace ol aodi aa aaaemhly, I myself Mgh*
have beea hi the stwete eagagf d iathe saaae
filthy sports. We ought then gratefully to
acknowledge the benedts thua conferred
apoaui^ Aad if these fa cdgag a aaaka each

610

MIWIONAmT lUOAiniB

we to striTe for the leformaikMi of ov own
countiTmen ?' The Shaitri ^oeed with the
ezpreMioB of hit detire thtt God would
crown these eflbrta at refonmtion with

** I wish to make one or two renunrfcs to
my ooontrymen, suggested hj this address.
Yon see what is the opinion regarding this
ffestiral lield by an intelligent and learned
man-gleamed, not only in the Shmgtrmt^ hot
n the sciences of modern times. Then say
no more that it is a part of yonr reUgloB to

oliscrro tUi ohtMM IbmL CoHUar Mi
vile and OMinpling pndloaay aad Ita di>
stiniilia finlti Md ilion imtliidj rtjmii Mi
praetiee. Bit espeeiBllj I wish yon to lotloi

BghtMed man raganding the Wmkum^lak
Do not any hmger damfaa the afcta if
these benevolent men, war vqjMt thrir
teachings nnta yon Iwvo given the aakjset
a ftiU eonsidention.

«<To0itraly«

"AHkuub."

CHINA.

rUBTHXB IKLiLBOBlCnrF OV IHB KATITB OHUBOHBS.

Fob that most decirive proof of guccegs in the Mignoiuuy wosk^-tta
conyenion of souls to Christ — our devoted brethren in China have waited
long in the patience of hope. But, during the last few months^ aona
remarkable indications of the near approach of a new and brighter en
have become manifest. In our number for Julj we reported the baptini
of seventeen individuals at Amoy and five at Hong Kong. We hsfe nov
the pleasure to announce the further addition to the Chineee Christiia
communify of twenty-two persons^ namelji eighteen at Amoj and four sk
Hong Kong.

Our first quotation is firom a letter forwarded by the Hiaakmaries il
Amoy, under date IGth June ulto.^»

'* We are lu^py in having to inibrm yon
of the continued Divine blessing vonchsafed
in connexion with onr labours here. At the
end of lut month, on the mendng of Lofdls
day, May 28th, we had the privilege 6f ad-
mitting, by baptism, other eighteen Chinese
into the visible chnrch 6f Christ. Five (tf
these are Chinese women ; eight are men;
foor are young lads, scholsrs at Mr. A.
Stronadi's school ; and one, a scholar of Dr.
James Young's, is the adopted son of one of
the female members of the chnrch. As fer
as we can judge, we think vre have satia-
fectoiy evidence, in regard to aU these
eighteen Chineee, that they have been rego*
neraied by the Holy S]^t of God, and
are, indeed, believers in the Lord Jesns
Christ.

" five Chinese infent children were also

haptiaed on that occasions of whom three

am tbo cUldrsB of membsn i wi as il y la-

ceived» and two were baptised ahag nah
their parents.

«« We held a meeting lor the exaadnallMi
of Chinese female appKoaailB on Tassdif #
May 23rd, when, of thoee who than flSM
forward, we considered that the feOavlif
five should be immediately itc s t fo d , vik fla
Swa-so, lim Hwat-so, Ang SnI-eob Ihf
6iok»so, and Tinn Bng-ninn.

« Go Swa-so is a vridow. She k te
mother of €N> Kan* one of oar chnich mw*
hers, and is sialer-ln.law to Go Waa-hvai^
mother, Go lo-eo, who waa biplind en te
B«h of Mardi last. Her simplOt y«t
profession of fUth la Chrial, ofloM
him and towards his peoplOf aad of har at'
sire to live h en c efetth as Us disc^la^ ^ai
pleasing and satisfectory.

'* Um Hwat.so Is a wonaa of aapukr
anderstandlngv and osm wIm \m iNiriiiii*
flneaoe ever tke

Mft 0C10BBB, 1864.

611

MA A hMier oltbeGotpd lor a
f 7«An» Aid appain now to haye
la kiva of tha tnUh that sha might

, iHriah tha laada mpadinK har
hiarty aad of the iriavi whi^ sha
lafanUag tha Difiaa Ba-

it a aatr aaSghbour of Lim
. and hat alio bean .for Mfaral
adiAg OB the preadiing of the
lar viawi of DiTiiie truth are dear
■al; aad the ezpretted an earnest
e ariwiittad among the loUowen of
1 to walk with them in 'aU the
tantt and ordinancet (tf the Lord.'
patat much peneention at home :
laady to bear all that may come
m aeoonat of her profettedattach-
• SAfioor. She alto taid that tha
ted to have her in£uit ton bap-
pwithhartalL

it tha wife of one oi onr
She and her hntband
I tha truth at the chapel in Dr.
jfii hoota; and both of them ap-
■a been tangfat from aboTe to un-
ai to lofa it. She ezpretted her
A tiABar» whote only hope of tal-
h ChritI Jaiat : and the ardently
il her hatband and the, and their
r, might be bi^tized together,
r, devoted to the Lord,
it an intelligent interett-
whOy after long attend-
of tha Word, appeart
ia hAva Itnnd Joy and petce in
tApeela, and it prepared, to
and pertecotion for the
Bat the hopet to be kept
U end then receire from

', Ifqr ^th, another meet*
tba eitminttion of mala
far tdmiiiinn into the
of thota who then
aft that time reoeifed*
of Mr. A. Stnmach't
Sdiool, who htTe long
Chrittiant, were

»■

I been Ave yeart at
aboAl AlnataaAyeaii

of age* He told nt that it wat from teeing
to many Chinete oontinoally coming for-
ward to devote themtelTet to the Savioor,
that he wat led to oontider teriontly the
fbarftd ttate (tf thote who have no interett
in Chritt't great talvatkm, and to detire
eamettly that he might be numbered among
the fbllowert of the Lamb. Hit knowledge
of Divine truth it aoeorate, and tomewhat
axtenaive ; and now that he feelt the troth
of what he hat been tangfat, the whole
Divine revdation appeart to him invetted
vrith a new and peeidiar interett. Hit elder
brother it Mr. J. Stronach't Chinete teacher,
who went with him to Shanghae, and who,
from hit profound Chinete tchoUnhip, hat
been a motttaloaUe help in the preptra-
tion oi the new Tcnion of the tacred Scrip-
turet in Chinete. Thit brother it well
pleated that Ch'eng-ki thould join the
Chzittian diurch. But their father it greatly
oppoted to hit doing to; and^hen, a frw
montht ago, he told them that he had de-
cided on iidlowing the Chrittian religion, he
threatened to take him away from the ichooL
Still the young man it firm, and retolved to
obey God rather than man.

"Tan Thien-kui it alto about nineteen
yeart of age. He, like Ang Ch'eng-ki, it a
Tcry diligent ttudent, and hat made con-
tiderable progrett in the knowledge of di-
vine truth. An eamett and deeply aeriout
tpirit hat long dittinguithed thit Chinese
youth. We Were all much pleated with hit
antwert to the quettiont we proposed; and
he alto wat cordiaUy recdTcd at one who
thould be admitted by baptitm among the
membert of the church.

M Pong Ch'eng-tn it about the tame age
at the other two tcholart jutt mentioned ;
and, in hit cate alto, we think the power of
divine and tovereign grace it ditplayed
dearly. We frU tatitfled that he hat true
frith and love towaidt the Lord Jetot
Chritt, and it tinoerdy detirout to live to
Hit tervice and glory: to he, too, wat oor-
cUdly recdved u a young Chinete convert
to ChrittiAnity.

•' Lim Se*tiu it only about fourteen yeart
of age; but he hat been fully three yean at
thit tdiool, and hat made much progrett
during that tima in laligioat knowladga,
aAd, WA think ala9» in ChiMHi eqpedanoa.

tNR ifeMi to Mfts, Mid M tte

OTIWniy "P^* ism vD DW H

"Be teplited inl Iki flMflSP of Vtaf
OIn, coMMDg olUaMtf, Uiirii^ XJ^
eiok.Mk na their lital dmghter Vif
H«94te. Both Ini^bnd lad w» •«ll*
■MMi ft good eoHllBtilMi* nd thef us*
oImiM, fti ft flUBHy. to •thovribrtli te
fnlMiftrHtevlwIwi criMiliefti oat ef
dHtom IMo Ui Mftrvtflooi HiiM*' ifto to
Bfftt^t^i uftbrndld for God-

" The oilier foor woncft dio, irllh fttet-
lug etrnettftCtty tntwered the ttiloiife ques-
tions wMch were tsked them; tlios openly
professing their nith snd lore towirds the
liOra Jews Christ. He then hn ptine d Mien
ill, vie. OoSwt*to, Lfan Hwit-so, Thin Eng*
t0| nnd Ang Snl-so, together wHh Ang Sol*
•0^ fnfluit SOB, Ang Ifa-Hong. Mr. !•
Strenneh aloo btptlsed Ch^ Ho-se's two
fnisnt ions, Chin Tfani-chong ind Chia
Tbni4wftn ; end Lfan Beng-hong^ bdknt ton,
Lim 8an-li.

thft|f

ttftM n# the Mh«r, ud or tte BMi
MBei^Qheit.' lir.A-BlieiihB
cMM the tag and hMMillf M

••ThBt^ihieewe ^ftlftfttoAMof,
iBe iHeHniig oi voa BDOOBpn^iBg

DOBn, wft BUB BBB TBO BappiBHi

uiiBg Bnj*BfB ^ ^iB ei e , bbb or mhi
dl mo g iii ted ftl iBeAbeM «f tl#f

4SIIIIQI* Tut ttftftiMr vBet Bttt 'IN
Afldfen OK the tteBhen wodttt i
MQpuced* Three of the iBftB hsvft n
R|joiclBg In the giotfowii hbpet *%■
Gotpfl nBpftfts to hellBVBn uH JcM
pRsem uVBioer oi cnnren nenBen
fore, fs nfky-two.

<«The AverfcftB MltsiMHMtt U
hid tile priYikge of ftdnrfWftf to
Rftowthipi wKhEn the hut thtftft tMn
wnrdt of twenty Chlnete: iBdMrt
their ntt» u ttpoB out, n
oer Of tppnciint lor uipiiwBi

* Mr. A. Stionach then stood up tad ad-

The next letter^ from the BeTs. Dr. tiegge and X Chalmen» wiSL

Hoiig Kong, 2Iat June ult^ haa reference to recent events tA (bit I

and we would pariieiilarijr inyite attentioBL to the y«rj iiihtiiiftling i

flMiitaiy paper adireafted to the MiaaioDariea et Heng Koog hy a Tei

IVMmiat priest.

"In oar last oommnidcation,^ observe
Messrs. Legge and Chalmers, " we infiNrmed
you that an addition of five members bad
been made to the Chinese churdi at this
station ; we are happy in being able again to
send yon intelligence of a similar nature. On
tha ereninf of tibe liih conrt| the ordinance
tf hapUtni was administered in tbe bazar

Chapel to four indlTidnsla on fhtSi
profession of Christianity, and also
of twelve, the son of one of them.

'* Two of those parties are lads i
school. One of them. Ho A-low, 1
a pupil in it for many yean, aopp
tbe hind aid of Mr. Jd^y, of Oondl
oche^, tio tCeeVJiwoMNi, waa' reodve

worn ooffOBUty 1854.

618

$^ tmA MpBgi to afiunilj of
ifty aai ooMe wtdlh. Both the
k*Um an dead, aad iho Efongel-
hotn* k one of kia aeantt re!*-
1mm tkM iiDiliidtoeiiooiiAterIhe
wyek MMW otiiett hate met witk
ig CluMiJMilf. We hoTi vtMoa
h e — Ta t, that he Iim embraetd ft
Mrtt.ied imdertakeB the nepoBx
rtlK ChrMee pcofaiioB with ae
i haable ipirit. Before Keel*
de keowa to his teaeher the pur*
i he wMfOfolfiaft he had q^oken
hie fiUher. and ohtained hit per.
set ie eeeofdaeoe with hie eoi|»
Dr. Lefge had aa intertiew uh*
lith the father, and found that it
ao. Caees being referred to in
sets had refused to support their
thej became Christiims, he ex-
aeeae of the iaipcopriety of aoeh
id aeid that he woald not be geiltjr

hhd perty was fomerljr in the
t fbr BMie than twelTO months, has
|dl ie the priatiBg-offioe, gifing
rfaHieai bjr his diligence and the
I ef his eoaduet. Before he
iheel he hed spoken with Dr.
fte aefejeet of baptism* We trust
t fMad to adorn the gospel bj a
ideensiateet walk.
«lh aed fifth parties wen a Taon*
fiatf-amii years of age, aad his
■eft eaoM first under oar notice
4of last year, when he appeared
9 ii the Baiar Chapel, whilst
■ «ae praaehing. From hia mo-
te Le-few hills, somewhat for-
IWa than Canton, he had come
•d te aee the town which foreign*
0t m Hong Kong. The noise of
HMMDMieg our cfoning senrioe,
im tethe chapel* The preacher,
■e ef hie sermon, dwelt much on
ioC Chinese morality and

r, while they profou to
teiatioas, they hardly speak
eo God, and, while they pro-
ell his duties, they leave
,pi dfttasa to the Author of his
^am he lives and moves. The

by the disoourae of the

vanitj of the system of which he waa a mi-
niater. He aaw that hia lifo had been apent
vainly and wrongly, and determined, while
liatening to the apeaker, that he woekl not
worahip idoU again. He had bcea a priaat
aaarly twelve yeara, havhig ao long ago left
hia fhmily and retired into a moeaatery,
thongh he aubaeqeently took hia yoengoat
aon into it, and waa having him brought up
to he a prieat like hfanself. After being
here aome weeks he went back to the Lo»
fow hills, and ratamed with that boy, an
elder aon, and a aonoin-law, to give them, aa
he aaid, an opportunity of hearing the Ooa*
pel. The elder onea ooeld not ataylong,
but he put the boy, who wore the prieatly
garb of the sect, into our Bazar School, and
eontlnoed himself attendiag every celigiooa
aervice, and trying to support himself by
selling medicines. His applications for bap-
tism were repeated and earnest. His ac-
^afaitaaee with the New Testament beeaeM
eoBsiderable. His knowledge of the great
principles of the law and the Gospel waa
dear. We felt, in common with our Chi-
neae brethren, that we could not forbid
water that he ahould not be baptized.

'> On the Sabbath evening he read a paper
containing a brief aketeh of hia Ufo and the
reasons which made him abandon the aya-
tern of Taouism, and become a Christian.
He then stated that he would heneeforth
bring up his child in the doctrines of Jesns,
and handed to Dr. Legge the 'yellow
crowns' which they had worn as a distin-
guishing badge of their belonging to the
Taonist priesthood, two hoUow hemisphi
of polished wood, into which the hair
gathered in a knot. Baptism was thee ad-
ministered by Dr. Legge to them end to the
others, and Tson-sheen concluded the ser-
viee with a dear ezpodtioe of the nature of
the ordinance, and an earnest eddress to the
on-lookera, exhorting them to embraee the
foith of Christ.

•« You will rsjoioe with es In tUs farther
measure of aoeoess which has been veeeb-
safed to us. We have heard of the eighteen
individuals baptised on the SOUi of last
month by oer brethren at Amoy, and most
cordially sympathize with them in their ]oy«
The Lord add to them and te naathousaed-
ibkU TheteteatiataUiganoefreaiShanghae

614

it abo Moouagfaii^ Tha ipiritMt aptl^
wUoh 1mm chMMUriMd the pMpte tbm
MMMAlki^aboiiltobtdfapdtod. Mi
dU tkt CUmm IChiloMwawto
MtipMl. ThiN nrioM •fwit win Mn|7
MlMl to iliriVlhAHfaMbaf 1

•taOM. Wa

■0* wy *"^

thilkl

tolotk

fMttolte imft wMk wUoh k to kt
to tki tfMfalUiv tf Umm knidndi cfBiU
iQH. MoMy 1mm toft Mii^ teM liU H
Iht ImI af tbe IMfWton Idt tke adMfMMMl
aCtMrMiMlnM WalaHtokaartlMltke

to aaaa and ikaia Willi M to aar labowk

•« P A— to aar lart lattar «a laada MBtta
oC MOtlMr TMdit fiiail wlM kad bam wWi

|aa«y

af «U* Mr. OMiMm hH I

toMoqr. WfttUkw
ttoil tke wiltor vaa lad bgr a
af Oad^toUi
dii qpal tlMktoiHiiy

villi tha Bawtov. .Aft« ^pi
yaan Uka tha Bmhantona, ai
pttriiv aaf «a ael hopa Ibat 1

OpMMMMMlJM f1i0itO#i>!lMI M ^dl^ 2h0IM9< PtMI^, rf^ifTMl tO «

"WUIava art Mjovniaf to ddiwoild
af«7iraid,bj wtoMaaoafar tpakaatwUch
fapteaiabla far ligM coadopt qr to Ihehaart
0^1 alvaia to ba iDltofnd.

•« It waa a toaal ka|pp7 •*•■* ^^^^ ow
Mud PMm aaaM kara fraai Han Koog,

fal, wlOA iM diatiflMtod, piaaditof widdy
and pal>UihiBg abroad thapiaiaa of God, to
Ibal tboie wbo boliafod night not focgat
God's beaeflcanoo, bat alwajt mainlato a
refonnl batrt and aziol him wilboat eaas-

•* I eianiaed all tbe books which I ra-
Oiivad and referenlly read tkam cyrar and
ofor again. Tkey all spaak to tba saaM
afbet of God's ailrBma love to man, and of
tba groat BMrit of the Safiour. As regards
the toet that Jesos gate ap Us own life to
sato the worid, and yot men know not tbe
btttar agony of tbe SaYtour^s heart and are
anefcrteil bj his hnnsflnsnrn nf this im -nill
not spaek. But to the present day man ma
giaadily after gato and lost. Tba hmnan
heaii, originally good, has become dark and
bliad. Esdeding not that they depend on
the bonatilal profidence of God fixr both food
and raiment, nor yet that noim bat God
could htfe gifen betog and life to all crea-
tmres, or coold govern all the aflhirs of the
worid, men nerer think of responding to
God's beneflcence. How is U possible for
them to took up to Gad's kaaTan without

I? IftheydoaolBpaadilyraii
thanghft and aantol rBiaattan, bm
the parsail of ^ory or of getot wilhe
toadag to tka ter of God, or glvli«ai
iponaa to tba tomw of HaavantwUk
daily aacaaudato goOl^ttairaototttoB
draw dawn apaa thai tha wnlh af B
Is it not pitifol P IsttnotpatolU?

** Now hers ars these foreigaen Ito
west, who moreover are all lovers of w
good, not deterred by a voyi^ of I
miles, but coming over the aea to a
kaf-like little ship all the way to Chii
order to prodaim abroad the Gospel-
lag no other end to view than to eosai
cato good to their ftdtowmen. And «
they cannot make each and all wadsi
the Gospel, and rouse thai to lUth m
tk»,yat they wish to realise the spi
(that saying of the Shoo king) «Tha
reign God descends with ^ory, behol
the comeis of the eartii, and aaek
peacelhl settlement ctf the people.'
they are 'co-operating with Heaves
proasoting reform.' Their real totenl
to exhort men to do good, and not a
them to do evU, Just what is beantiful
pressed to the phrase, 'toUlostrato
and brtog evil to light.' Hence their
of mutual exhortatkm, is also most pro!
for right conduct and for the heart,
than should make us listen to veto talk
instead of howNnring Jasos as the 8

IDB OCTOBM, 1864.

ei6

Ate his doctrines as a strange heresy,
io putting God away from us and not

him?

ide and weak u I am, without «tbe
eBiblance of good about me, I wish,
rfwiai'B to • what aU tike, aad what
ika^' to go vpon the principle, ' eza-
i md wtt** So I am of opinion that
who speak of God (Shang Te) just
ihe same u when it is said In books,
laerae of Heaven,'' The mind of Ilea-
ThaprincipkaofUeaTtD.' Of course
• dots not reTcrenoa the ' decree of
s,' nor conform himself to ' the mind
iTcn,' nor maintain the ' principles of
I,' in the words of Confticius, he ' tins
: Uoavea, and has none to appeal to/

fit that he shonU Ute on the

It woold that yoa, O men, would
tfatek on that saying, ' Ood drawa
I yoH, bo not dooble-mindod.' Un*
id po Us good prindplea, reooter the
1 ■olMO whiah he gave yon, i^tom to
■o«a and perfect unity, and be not
I viah the worldly deSlement of e?iL
hot vital spark, yonr immaterial soul,
iaia ororlasting life in heaven, and
down to hdL How great a oanse of
Ua I This (the salvation of the tool)
■oat important matter in a man's life,
an ospeoially oaght it to be consider-
t tlna tine, which we are aoeastomed
ivd u the eommeacement of the
\ decay, — the antnmn of the preient
when, in obedicBoe to the decree of
m kavo these hooka biought oat, in
ve tnily see aueh books as we have
■aa before, and theee prindplea find-
■oaeiow, in which we tmly hear suoh
laa OB we never heard before,
it aiooo aun do not understand theee
In tkoy cannot follow and obey them,
I tho oootniy, deepiee and blaspheme
Aha! And why? Because they
I Ike BOBM as the great doetrinee of
|i Coafoeina and the vrorthy Men-
ooiy about God and the

merits of Jesus. These principles Confu-
cius and Mencius say little about, and the
people know but little about them. Th^
reason, therefore, why multitudes do not
follow these doctrines is, that they have
already embraced what are deemed the cor-
rect doctrines of the sages and worthies of the
three existing sects. They know not how gra-
cious and compassionate God is, who looks
upon all his creatures as making but one body.
Does He make any diffierence between Chi-
nese and others ? If we keep up this invi*
dious distinction between others and our*
selves, and every one clings to his own selfish
opinion, notwithstanding that the benefi-
cence of Heaven is perfectly impartial, how
shall we help to bring about universal har-
mony, and canse all nations under Heaven
to be as one family, showing forth the pnuse
of Ood's perfections, and blessed with end-
less peace and concord.

" I, the writer of these lines, have been a
recluse of the mountains, a roan unoccupied
with the affkin of the world, as it were ' Igno-
nntly and uneonsdonsly yielding obedience
to the appointments of God,' leading a quiet
and obscure life among mountains and
forests, content vrith poverty, and finding
my pleasure in the principles of truth. Bat
when I bent my steps to your busy streets, I
vras as one who ' knew God's vrill and vraited
his time.' I have had the defilement of
external dust washed off, and begun to che-
rish and cultivate the heaven in my nature.
My peace is made with the world, and I
have no quarrel vrith any one. I have been
privileged to read the good books, and they
have set my mind at rest.

•* Now, setting uide my shallow capacity
andmyrndestyle, I venture to hope that those
of superior intelligence will condescend to
look over what I have written, and if they do
not consider my words wide of the mark I

shall be trnly glad.

<' A mountain man
of the two mountains,
Lo and Fow,
respectfully preaenta these."

616

MltSlONAET BtAGimni

, POLYNESIA.

YOYAaE OF THE ''JOHN WILLIAMS" TO NBW HSHBIDB

AND NEW CALEDONIA.

daji from Apia, md found the
natifesaUinsoodhealtli. ICr.Oeddk
diatelj came on boud. Am ngw a nU
midfi for landuiK the

In our number for August appeared a letter fiom Captsin MoKgan,
taining a brief notice of the laat rojage to the weatwaid PiaeiflD gmipiil
but as the fuller details embodied in the journal of the Befa. Mmol'
Murray and Sunderland are of peculiar interest, we need offer no qpologf '
for presenting them to our readers. From their report it will be seei^ thft
the inhabitants of all these islands — ^Tana alone excepted — haire, to a
greater or less extent, welcomed the messengers of mercy, and are new M-
joying the benefits of Christian instruction.

Our Missionary brethren thus commence their journal: — **.

** In acoordance with a minate paued at a Math-west bi^ on the lat of Ji(f,
general meeting of the Samoan Bfittton, held
at Malna, Jane 9th, 1853, to the effect
' that Mr. Sanderiand be leqaeited to Tidt
the oat-statioDs in the New Hebrides and
New Caledonia Groups, and that in the
erent of his being joined by Mr. Murray in
Sydney, these brethren unitedly form the
deputation to the out-stations above-named,'
we left Apia on the 20th of the same
month of June, to enter upon the tenth
▼oyage to Western Polynesia. We had on
board fire Rarotongan teachers and their
wifes ; one Samoan teacher, wife and child,
and natives from various islands who had
been under instruction at the institution at
Malua. There were five natives belonging
to Eramanga, four to Fate, one to Aneiteum,
and four to Savage Island. Besides these
Mr. and Mrs. Sunderland and child, and one
Samoan servant; making in all thirty-two
persons, exclusive of the crew.

<*We weighed anchor early on Monday
morning, and stood for Matautu, Savaii (the
Rev. Geo. Pratt's station), which we reach-
ed early on Tuesday morning, and had plea-
sent intercourse with our friends there,
whilst the goods were being landed. The
people having brought a present of yams and
a few fowls for the vessel, we left about 4
o'clock in the afternoon of the same day,
with a fine S.E. trade wind in ourfiivour, for
the next port.

ARMVAL AT ANKmUlf , XN RODTB POE
STDNST.

''We had upon the whole a favourable
run to Aneiteum. We anchoced in the

j^adng them nnder the eaie of
Geddie and IngUs, until the vessel sksili
return from Sydney, to whidi plaee «s wm
necessitated to go for repairs, owing Is Iks
accident she had met with at fioiabonb

'* We spent the Sabbath imi ftniiiii.MJ
were pleased with the progress the llisi«
had made since our visit last yen. Ih
were put in possession of many frets ohtt
tended to show that the Word of God mi
taking hold of the native mind. The Go^d
of St. Marie was placed in our hands Is tiki
to Sydney for publication. It was a waft
of interest, being the first entire Goifel ii
the Aneiteum language.

" Having completed all oar wmMgmmtik
we took leave of our friends on Mondiy
morning, July 4th, and wearied aaehor kt
our next port, Sydney. The wind «tt
against us, and we made bat alow praf^Hk
On Saturday, the 9th, we made the Isle of
Pines, and for a day or two wen lavoMi
with a fair wind, but which soon diaifii
for very heavy weather. On the Hth of
July it blew a hard gale, and we were wvh
concerned for our safety ; for, not kanriif
the extent of the injurj the vessel kii
received whilst on the reef at Boraboia, «•
were afraid lest the heavy rolling sea sharid
cause her to spring a leak. For aiai
days we made little vray, but God, who «tt
our refuge, brooght ui ufelj throogh thi

POft OCTOBBB. 1854.

617

■t aadior in Port JacksoOf
▼eniBg of the 28th of July,
of twenty-ATe days from

eoonected with the Tetael
daey upwards of ten wedu.
employed in earrying the
of the Goipel q£ St. Marie
la, and also in pleading the
before the Chriatian friends
ales.

of October, the John WiU
for sea, and, in company
d orray^(who joined the ship
went on board, with the
t of again resuming our
ing our stations in Western
ing out to sea on Thursday,
i stood with a fair wind for
nd after a quick passage of
half, anchored in Anelegan-
he 22nd of that month.

ir TO AKItTBUlf.

oth the Mission stations on
e present at public wor-
ith day at Anelegauhat, and
ity of examining the schools
A considerable number of
read, and, of these, nearly
lyed as teachers in yarious
kd. Rer. J. Geddie, of An-
ts 12 schools, 15 teachers,
holars. ATerage attendance
elass, held in the afternoon
s reading, writing, &c., 40.
Sabbath day's senrices, 350»
mne to worship fkom a dis*
n three and four miles on
\ station. There are seven
G.'s district supplied by na-
the Sabbath day.
jliSy Ipehe, reports thirteen
eadier to erery school, the
bg about 700 of all ages ; 50
id the select afternoon class
a reading, writing, &c. The
ibbath-day ser? ices at Ipeke,
Bitt are three congregations
d«y in Mr. I.'s district. The
ided at present. We rein-
te by leaving Simona and
Rer. J. Geddie; nd

Peta and wife, late of Tana, to assist Rev. J.
Inglis at Ipeke.

'* The brethren on this island have frequent
opportunities of doing good to the natives of
the surrounding islands, especially Tana and
Fotuna. These natives occasionally visit
Aneiteum, and observing the influence of
religion upon the Aneitenmese, return to
their own land favourably impressed fai re-
gard to the 'lotu' (profession of Chris-
tianity). Some people' from Tana, a few
months ago, made a formal request to Mr.
Geddie that, on the arrival of the vessel, he
would ask for a teacher for them, lliey
belonged to a village some distance from
Port Resolution.

"Aneiteum has already begun to reward
our labours. Two natives were set apart u
Evangelists, and were taken on board the
John WUHamt, with a view of being set-
tled at Fotuna.

PEUrrS OF THB AMmiTBVM ICI88I0N.

" The following extract from a communi-
cation of the Aneiteum brethren will give a
full account of their impressions as to thestate
and progress of the work on that island :—

" * Missionary operations were commenced
on this island by the location of Samoan
teachers in 1842. The first Missionaries
arrived here in 1848. In that year Messrs.
Powell and Geddie, and a schoolmaster, lo-
cated themselves on this island. In 1849
Mr. Powell returned to Samoa, and the
schoolmaster left the Blission. In this iray
Mr. Geddie wu left alone for neariy three
years, till he was joined by Mr. Inglis, from
New Zealand, fifteen months ago. The ar-
rival of Mr. Inglis was very oppo^une. By
the blessing of God, the work has been fast
advancing ; a movement in fevour of Chris-
tianity had taken yiiMot over a great part of
the island ; another Missionary was urgently
wanted to help in carrying on the movement,
and to prevent a relapse. The three districts
on the north side of the island vrere placed
under Mr. Inglis's charge ; and the three on
the south side were continued under Mr.
Geddie. Since that period the wori^ has
gone steadily forward, and has advanced as
fast as it could be sucoesaftilly overtaken.
Indeed we have scarcely anything to record
but one contimied aoiat oC meicies nd
Moiiiwgi fron ths Loid*

018

lOMtOKAmV VMASUTB

«<Tbe MAdiUwood •rtaMiihment was
removed from this island during the paet
year, and wUh it a cUm of fncdgnarB, many
of whom were anythinf but iMlpe to the
Miiskm, the perniciout effKtof whoea inter-
eonrse with the natiTet are ttiU Inopention,
both phyMcally and moraUy, and wiUitqvire
time and effort before they can be cndi-
cated. The last year has been healthy. Both
the Miseion lamUiea have enjoyed a &ir
measure of good health, and haTi been able
without intcrmption to purine their laboun.
The two Samoan teaehen formeriy atationed
on this island hafe alao been healthy. Thn
population of this island is about dOOO.
About two-tbirds of these haTi abandoned
heathenism, and professed Christianity, and
thus placed themselres under our iaitrue-
tioos. Tbere is now but little avowed oppo*
sition to the Gospel ; Christianity is pipfeaeed
openly and fearlessly in every part of tha
island ; the tide of popularity is all in fat our
ci the new religion. All the most influential
men and the most populous districts have
professed it. Even in Anauanse, where the
most obstinate hostility to the Gospel was
displayed, a small opening has been effected.
Some of the ** natmasses/' or idols, have
been destroyed, and some of the sacred
places hare been desecrated ; a school-house
hu also been erected, and a teacher ap-
pointed.

" * The attendance on public worship, both
at the two principal stations and at the out-
statious, is highly encouraging. At Anelo*
gauhat, on the south side of the island, a
church was erected last year, capable of
holdiug 500 people, and it is already found to
be too small for the numbers who attend. At
Ipeke, in the Aneito district, on the north
aide of the island, one is being erected, ca-
pable of holding 700. The natives are very
regular in their attendance on public wor«
ship, and when present conduct themselvea
with exemplary propriety,

" ' Education is advancing very Csvour*
ably, and the natives evince a strong desire
to be taught, and possess capacities for the
acquisition of knowledge in no way inferior
to the natives of Eastern Polynesia. Our
IFMt felt want, at present, is a suiEcieot
AiUBber of well qualified native teaohen.
To meet thi§ want u te at voaiibtoiitimi

at both
teaehera'-daas to improve tha
teaehen and pnpara othara. Saekoftha^
classes is attended by about forty achiiMb
Both lliBi Qaddio aBdliia, lifl&aliBwariMt
boHdbit achooU for ynnnf •wiaaaa wmk if

tha aaaa prineipla «a thaae kept bf te llivr
stamtfiea* wivia M Sanoft. Ihay htm ihii

each an afternoon daaa for fHsala
«< ' The effwta of tha Ooapal om
are already on many pointa v«y
ThoehMigecibctod in thapanom
aaoa of tha nativea ia ow of the MHi
aiflita Botiea. Kveiy hoithmi asaia pM
naked, or at laaat waaianothi^thataMH
eaUed ehtthins: hia akim ia hadaabaiiilh
pigasant and o^ra^ and ho waaei lm$ mi
plaited hair. Bvecy Chnatiaa man up
clothing, waahea hia penon deaayandlvlh
SMMt part wean hia hair abort. The wigm:.
atationa abominationa aad cmdtiBa af to
thenism, as idolatiy, war, cannihaliiiaiitw»
gulation of widows, infsnticide, feastiBg,sai
lascivious daneea, are either paat^ orfsp4f
passing away ; and tha pe a c e, farilyi lai
happineas of Christianity an fost oefffTiV
their phwe. For a conaidenfale tiaa pm*
has been eatablished, and a Ina iatsasafl
opened up over tha whole island x aiMa 4
things unknown within the meawiiy ti wt^
Then an old chiefs now living vhahit
never made the circuit of theialand ttt-viij^
in the last year. The laat aet of caMMtaB
that oceuned was about eighteen awiathi ipt
We had thought that tha atnagnlrtn rf
widows was at an end, but within tha i«t
fifteen months we have Imard of thmaBtt
The last two casee occurred a fow
ago, and both neariy ahont tha aamt
one on each side of the tslandi batttV
wen eflbeted, not openly u fbnaeriy.bil.lf
stealth and during the darkoeaa af thaaigM
and, leat the Christian nativw should hM«
of their intentions and prevent thsHb f^
wailing waa auppreaaod by the baatkai, Ift
the bodiea of the dead Bsan and hia atmriri
wife wen both OMt into the aea» aaanM
to the heathen cuatom of diipoaiag af iN
dead, for the Christiaii nativea baiy **
dead. Those who prelieaa ChriaOaail^'B
always on the alert, when gajr kaatban BIB
it dangenwaly ill, to vrateh hia wifo aaliat
laiATidMthaBda twmbikf^Mkm^

rOK OC7IOB8K, 1S54.

6I«

Bg^ag of women has been forbidden
! priocipel chiefs on the island, and we
I hope that this hortid custom may
nked among the things that were.
th the secority of life and property
iattaalty hu thus fliff hnragfat about,
; trf Indnstry is being ftot awakened
le natives. To say nothing of the
Mlfings at both staflons, which
m largelyon thdr time and strength,
gieater breadth of coUtvation b
tbh year, and a greater number of
les built than has formerly been

I tone of moral feeling Is fkst rising
le Christian natives : lying, stealing,
InfldeKty, and other immoralities
UBger looked upon as mere Tcnial

The ten commandments are now
(d as the standard of right and
nd moral conduct is tested by that
merring standard.
the obsenrance of religious duties
et are rery eiemplary. The Sab-
trieHy obsmed. It is a day of rest,
m labour and amusement ; and, as
mSd be reasonably expected, the
ly is spent in the public and private
df God's worship. Family worship,
tnd morning, is regularly obsenred
hrlitian natives. The Friday prayer
i* wdl attended. In cases of sick-
Bsigfaboars assemble, and frequently
a prayer on behalf of the sick person.
■OBths ago, when the deputation
i in the John JTittlttmit a church was
L It now consists of thirty native
I, who have maintained during the
t membership a consistent and ex-

eoBdact; one member only hu
fended. There are hopeful appear-
^ |lety In a number of others.
hang the professedly Christian na-
ir greatest practical difficulties have
j^pmy, or more frequently bigamy,
1^ of the men, and desertion of
■tanda on the part of the women.
MTaDs, to a limited extent, princi-
M^ fhc chiefs. Of late, however,
Afead Improvement has appeared in
I Vf nome of the most influential
te tkem to be acting honestly tnd
^tafUa point.

'^ ■ As in most of the Islands to the east-
ward, the women on this island appear al-
ways to have regarded the marriage relation
as a very slender tie ; and the presence of so
many foreigners among tfiem for the last ten
or twelve years has had a most pernicious
influence upon female character and conju-
gal fidelity. When any domestic qnarrel
takes place, or when mere capriee excites
her, the wife leaves her husband, and goes
to be a wife to some other man : the female
population being considerably smaller than
the male gives great facility to this praetlee.
There are few women on this island above the
age of thirty, who have not lived with more
husbands than one. On this point, socialism -
has had a fair unfettered trial here, but no
Eden has bloomed ; domestic happiness has
withered and died. This evil, though still
prevalent, is however on the decline. '

'* We had a lively scene at Ipeke before
leaving for Fotuna. The vessel was opposite
this station about four o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon, Oct. 26th. We were very an-
xious to get away the same eveuing. We
had to taJce on board nine natives of Fotuna
and three Tanese, who had been staying at
Ipeke waiting the arrival of the vessel, and
anxious to have teachers for their Island.
Mr. Geddie had selected Whyit, one of the
best native teachers belonging to Anelegan-
hat, and Mr. Inglis had chosen a young man
of Ipeke. It was thought desfaable that
the latter should be married, and as a suita-
ble person was in view, they were married
on the beach in the presence of three or four
hundred spectators. The scene was novel,
and would have furnished an interesting sub-
ject for a picture, the marriage drawing a
large concourse of spectators to the first
public celebration of that rite, and the de-
signation of the first native teachers of thir
island to the work of preaching the Gospel
to their heathen neighbours. In another
spot might be seen the Rarotongan teachers
and their wives making preparations for their
departure ; and the five Eramangan youths^
who had been residing at Ipeke during the
absence of the tessel, busy conveying their
little property to the boat, consisting of
miscellaneous articles, u mats, fowls, ducks,
cats, dogs, &c, all exceedingly valuable in
their estlmaKon. We got on board with

620

MIMIONAET WUOAMDn

some difBcnlty that ereniBg, and neit mon-
iiig we were off.

rOTUKA.

** Two boat! weie loweved to land the aa-
tlTee of FoCmia and Tftna, aad alao one of
the natife teachen, Whjit. We lay off im
the whale boat whikt the joUj boat went in
there to aaoertain the fieeliag of the people
in reference to teaebera. The iiland ia dU
Tided into two diatricti, the monntain and
the wind diatiicta. We wereoppoaite to the
monntain diitrict; the natitea we brooght
with ns in the Teaiel belonged to the wind
diitrict on the oppodte aide of the iiland.
The people from the monntain diitriet came
off in their canoea, and alio Okeahama, the
chief with whom the former teachen liied.
We invited him into onr boat, and aiked
him to go on board onr veiieL He got ont
of hii canoe into onr boat, then hii fean
teemed to get the better of him, and he
jmnped out of the boat into hit canoe. No
doabt hit conicience tmote him reipecting
the condnct of hit people to the former
teachen, who were killed whiltt living under
hit profcited protection. Alter waiting for
tome time, Whyit came off, tome of the
people uying that they did not with teachen
at the place where they landed, bat that
the party who came in the vettel were very
anzioai that teachen ihoold live with them
on the oj^iotite tide of the iiland.

** We retomed to the ihip, and after a
coniultation reiolved to leave the two And-
teum teachen and their wivet to reaide with
the party who had been living on Aneitenm.
Thii teemed the moat advisable plan, for
there were no groundi to fear that they
would be in any danger, becauie they were
accuitomed to viiit the iiland in former
dayi, and leveral Andteum people were le.
tiding on the iiland, and they would no
doubt join the ' Iptu ' party. Next voyage
we hope we may be able to locate a Samoan
or BarotoDgan teacher. We landed the
Aneiteum teachen on Wedneiday afternoon.
They were in good ipiriti, and we trait the
Divine bleiuog will rett upon the labour^
of these teachen, the fint fruita from Wet-
tttn Polyneiia.

TAMA.

'' A dad[ cUmd hanga gver iha ICiMA tit

lort ReaohitioB. ThawnAhaa
enogy than tha native tMehan
oairy iloB agiaint tha
en, and tha donhia,

tnadMnf Opelaio and Maaaaii^ Mig.4
Snknhit wei* oUifad In lann «M rili.4
the haibonr, owii^ In tht
mmjA^mmim mBonnit thcs* TIm

mnfan^ killed their pigi^and pm
Tocal indicationa of thair hoatila Mhy ll
the teachen. The chief, L^ with
they ware raiding, would m
people to mm theak Thej »
moved tlMir property by ni^il»
atation, and took np thrir abode with U|i.
kumann, who had bnUI a hanaanagtiHi
landaUwood nitibliihininf on the aart riii
of the bay.

<* It wM pcopoaed by one of the taadha
that they ihonld commfnce the mndSmd
a chapd, according to initruetioni we hi
them lait voyage. They comagMneed cattim
vrood for the building, and ton^ a nliiv
it. They vriihed to erect it onthignal
formerly occupied by the Miiikm i riii y W
the people would not content to the pii|i-
lition of the teadien. They nii thil
ground wai aacred, thai tacrad mat hii
lived upon it They incceeded» haa i w^
in getting a piece of ground near to it IhV
cleared it and made preparationi tm Ihi
chapel, when a child beloBging to titt dirf
SiviU wu taken iU and died. He at IBM
laid that the 9trif« were angiy, and Ivhnli
the erection of the building, and the ttt(h0
were obliged to give up their work.

"The teachen teem to have got ii*
heartened in their lalKwua,andwewiyiif
ed attittiDg the foreignen at the iandal<«Mi
eitabliihment Sodii a <^' M «n«V p we enU
not but deeply deplore, and foal
they could not have tiiui cionneeted
lelvei vrith ludi a data of men withoollN-
ing tight of the great objecUlorwhiAttir
were lettledon the iiland.
however were at hand both lor the
and people. In April, 1859, a
the JEiward, of New Brunnridc, on bar «i|
from California to Sydney, pnt into Port 1^
lolution for lundiei. Thm waa ont tt^
oC imalUpox on boaid, if not moni M

fOE ooTOBBmy 1854.

621

■■<!■§ All, the cKfibim allowed

i eai the ihoffe. The teaehen tad
■re e^eii allowed to have interaoune
itak withevi being warned of thdr

vas, at might luu
apeeted, the imall-poK
k^sTtae. The Teeid was Qpwarda
wmkM m the harboor. The pas-
pail OB ihofet and weie daily titit-
NkanenB's home. Soon after the
I, Opeino wM taken m. He had

• dheaae in ita wont form. They
hooseand remoredhim

attended him daring his
PItn, the Samoan teaeher, who
aome ^Bitance, oocaaionaUy visited
lag his illness. In a few days he
hey buried him, and then PiU left
Aaeltenm, to take back some Anei-
iple^ and Inform the Minionaries
the state of things on Tana.. They
; aDowed to have interooorse with
tens people nntil they had passed

• in quarantine. Pita and a native
to Tsna. On their arrival there,
li both Peleasara and Upoknmann
I smaU-poK. Pita had letters for
i gave them to Upoknmann's wife,
■e go near the teachers at that time
kflidd take the disease. Peleasara
I a Ibieignerfrom the sandalwood
■am buried bun. Pita was in the

taking food to the sick teachers,
of his land were angry with
near the sick, lest he should
I Hmrne to them. He was placed
sg position between duty and feel*

• people thrsatened him on the one
id his sympathy for the sick urged
ihe other to visit them. The fo*
W w e ve r, in the mean t ime sent them
I fftn's wife also managed to supply
MioMlly. Pita having waited for
ime, ^bok went down to inquire

He saw no person
eicept a young child
and four years old. Hewent
mmt loeked in at the doorway, and
iv imaannrnt he witnessed a most
1^ fight— Upoknmann and wife,
Mi^ botti dead. Upokumaan died
bat Pita did not know the

cause of the death of Upokumann's wife.
Pita applied to the chief with whom the
teachers had been living for some one to
bury them, and the chief prevailed upon a
Ckbumum bdongfaig to the sandal-wood es-
tablishment to do this last office for the
dead.

«* Pito buUt a. small house for the dnld«
and continued to supply it with food daily.
He dared not take it to his own house, lest
the people should be enraged with him, and
do him personal injury. The child found
its way down to the sandal-wood establish-
ment, and was there a few days. In the
meantime, the Rarotongan teadier, Akatage,
and his wife, firom Eromanga, vinted Tana.
They had heard of the sickness of their
countrymen, but were not in time to see
them. They remained a short time with
Pita, and then left for Eromanga, taking the
chUd vrith them. It is remarkable that the
child never took the small pox.

'* The teachers' property wu left in the
house in which they died. The disease did
not spread amongst the natives until they
had plundered this property, and distributed
it amongst them. Then it spread, and when
several of the natives had caught the disease
they proposed burning the teacher's house,
and they consulted Pita, the remaining
teacher. He told them to bum it.
They replied that they were afraid, and re-
quested that he would do it. In order to
soothe their feelings, he consented; but
there was only one thing that made him feel
a little hesitation, and that was the Raro-
tongan Bible which was in the house; but
his scruples of conscience were overcome,
and he set fire to the house. When the
house was burned, however, his troubles
vrere not at an end, for the disease still
spread, and they attributed it then to Pita's
burning the house.

** Things were, however,^soon brought to
a crisis. Tifteen died of the small-pox; in-
fluenza and dysentery prevailed at the same
time. The Tanese had a meeting to ascer-
tain the cause of the disease. They assigned
various reasons. Some blamed the foreign-
ers at the sandal-wood establishment, others
the teacher, and some accused the inland
people amongst whom Pita was residing as
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If BXOin OF THE REV. JOHH BRRTOW.

That, however, might have hern owiog
to two reason! : — in the first place, his
preaching was, p< i haps, more adaptt-d
to amiole and build «p believvn than
to awaken the nncon verted; ont this
was a kind of nsefulnesa, he was accus-
tomed to say, he conld not be satbfied
iftith; and, in the second phu%, there
was a reserve in his manner which
tended rather to deter inqviraiib thoogb,
when this was once broken through, no
one could be more kind and attentive
than himself. God gave him at last the
desire of his heart: many additioof
were made of those who ascribed their
conversion, inbtrumcn tally, to his minis-
try. About forty were added during
his pastorate. There was one fiunily
cBiiecially in which the eflbcti of tin
grace of God were to be plainly aeen,
in the improvement even of their tcm-
pmu comfbrts, but yet noro delimit-
AiHy as to their eternal hopes and pn>-
speett: a family of six sisters, all of
whom, in 8uece«ion, were united to the
church, and maintained a consistent
walk. It is also imagined that Mr.
Bristow sowed much that others would
reap the benefit of, though it did not
appear till after he left Wilton. Tavo
instoncos of that kind have come to
light, one of which was told to Mr.
Bristow during the last month of his
life, nor will the smile soon be forgotten
with which ho heard it, and recalled
the passage from which he preached on
the occasion.

His engagements at Wilton were of
an arduous kind. He preached thi-ice
on tlic Sabbath, yet he was always pi-e-
pared on the Monday evening, at the
pmycr-mecting, to moke some text or
h}-mn the subject of address. lie was
always attached to prayer-meetings,
and mention cfl as one reason for accept-
ing the invitation to Wilton, that he
thought tliem well attended there. He
had also a weekly lecture to iireach,
besides visiting some neighbouring vil-
lages, for the purpose of pi-caching the
gospel. He was indeed in labours
abundant, so that it could not be sur-
priaing, though it was very gratifying,

I to find how he lived in the people*s
affectionate rememtamee for years even
after hia removaL
j aome yean beAm hia removal f»
Kzeter, his attention was draWn by %
letter of invitatioo to the Gaatle-street
Congregation, then wittumt a pastor;
but the reputed state of the churches in
the West at that time deterred him
from giTiBg it tay consideration, and
he at onco declined it How happy
they were in obtaining the aenricea oi
his esteemed relative, the Rev. John
GrilBa, JUL, and how painful was their
disappointment in seeing the prospect
of revival that had just dawned upon
them in his ministerial devotcdness and
lovely character, so unexpectedly cut off
by his early death, b well known. Mr.
Moirell sQOoeeded Mr. Griffin, but when
the pulpit again became vacant, Mr.
Bristow waa a seeond time solicited to
visit Exeter, whidi in the ipring of
1624 he con s ent e d to da This issued
in a eall to the pastorate. At first his
judgment and hia feelings woold have
led him to decline, but it waa so earn-
estly foessed upon him by the senior
ministers of his acquaintance^ who
thought him adapted to the existing
state of the church, that he feared to
disobey what appeared a providential
indication ; and accordingly taking
an affectionate leave of his attached
people at Wilton, he removed to Exeter,
and commenced his ministry there in
October following.

Here it pleased God to eontinue and
uphold him for twenty-three years of
stated labour. He found it a sphere
that demanded the most patient and
unremitting attention and solicitude;
some peculiar circumstances arising out
of the former condition of tho churoh
requiring especial care and prudence.
In his endeavours to promote hstmony
he succeeded in a most happy degree^
being enabled, by Divine goodness, to
maintain the peace and concord of the
church unbroken to the end. It ia
compatible with truth to say that his
ministry was greatly blessed. Rich in
ita exhilntion of the great eimngelioal

MEICOIB OF TUE REV JOHN BOISTOW.

627

doctrines, and connBtently earnest in
the iocnlcation of practical duties, as
deduced from and enforced by those
doctrines, it was the means of elevating
the tone of feeling and giving scrip-
tonl direction to the views of those to
whom he ministered. The teaching,
indeed, was that of a ** scribe well in-
structed unto the kingdom of heaven ;"
''A workman rightly dividing the word
of troth." He was an experimental
jutaeker, because ho was an experi-
mratol Christian, Ho loved "the
truth as it is in Jesus/' and lived upon
it, and therefore, from heartfelt inter-
est ID it, deep spiritual sympathy with
it, a« well as from conscientious con-
cern for the profit of his people, he con-
tinued through all his ministry to study
the word of God with never-ceasing
ardour and diligence. His preparations
for the pulpit were remarkably assidu-
oos. Still preaching thrice on the
LiOrd'»-day as long as his health per-
mitted, as well as lecturing in the week ;
none of his discourse at any time
betrajed careless preparation. It was
not so much brilliancy or originality
that characterized his preaching as com-
prehensiveness, judiciousness, variety,
aAd vigour. He aimed to be, and evi-
dently was in an eminent degree, a
pastor after God*s heart, feeding tho
people of his charge with knowledge
and understanding.

I hiring hts pastorate the church in-
considerably ; but his serious
for the soundness of Christian
profession, and the purity of the church.
Hade him cautiously and slowly dis-
criminate in the admission of members.
The chape), whicli was inconveniently
eonstructed, was remodelled and greatly
improved, and good school-rooms in
contiguity with it were erected. Not-
withstanding the prevalence of High
Churdi feeling in the city, his genuine
cafliolicity of spirit preserved him fi-om
mf ottauAre collision with that party ;
while with Evangelical Episcopalians
m mil as -with other bodies ho was
m tte nort frien^y footing. His at-
to the BiUe and Missionary

Societies was strong and undeviating.
Of the Exeter Branch Bible Associa-
tion he was an active secretary from
the commciicemeut of his residence
there, and how much he was valued in
that department appears from the re-
solution passed by those with whom he
had so long and harmoniously co-oper
ated. He was also a warm supporter
of the Anti-slavery cause.

In October, 1847, on the twenty-third
anniversary of his pastorate, he resigned
his charge. His state of health at that
time would alone have been a sufficient
reason for his taking that step, but
there were other reasons which, in his
judgment, opened the way for a retire-
ment which he had long felt to be
desirable, though he believed that it
would be for the interest of the people
to associate with himself a co-pastor for
a short time prior to his retirement
altogether. On this point there was a
difference of opinion amongst even his
warmest friends, and he therefore de-
termined to resign at once. After
twelve months' cessation from labour,
he was able to preach, at times, in the
various chapels of the city. But though
incapable of the regular discharge of
ministerial duty, he could not be idle.
In order to maintain tho habit of study
and to promote liis devotional feelings,
he soon began to write a daily paper on
some passage of Scripture, providing a
book every mouth for that purpose ; of
these " Scripture Headings '' he has left
upwai'ds of eleven hundred, many of
them of considerable length. It may
bo truly said they arc of an eminently
instructive and edifying character,
showing that he was still drinking
deeply of the water of the river of life.
Always prompt and assiduous in his
visits to the sick and afflicted, he still
continued his attentions to this suffer-
ing class, not only among his own
friends, but wherever opportunity was
afforded him ; and from his voiied ex-
perience, tender sympathy, and devo-
tional spirit, these visits proved not
only highly acceptable, but, in some
cosec, remarkably usefuL Indeed, his

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MEMOIB OF THE BEY. J0H2C BBI8T0W.

affectionate i^-mpathy with the afflicted I presented itaelf miglit not always he
in any way was always prompt and ' the hest» bat he had too moch self-re^
active* His brethren in the ministry ' spect, as well as honoarable feeling, to
especially found in him a faithful friend ! criticise before he eanmined, to reriew
when they resorted to him, as they | the book before he had read it. The
often did, for counsel and comfort in right of prirate jodgmcnt had in him
their trials and difficulties. an enlightened and ttrenaooB asserter,

A highly respected minister of that ; and he exercised it with manly free-
neighbourhood, endeared to Mr. Bristow ' dom ; bat he was not orer tolerant of
by an intimate friendship of twenty- ignorant assumption or ill-digeated no-
five years, thus writes of him : — vclties. But passing over onr brother't

" But a blight acquaintance with our ' mental and more general characteristics,
departed bi-other was necessar}' to dis- ' we may obtain a glimpse of his interior
cover a masculine and thorough-going qualities, the habits of his heart. To
integrity — an integrity which nothing = all that was masculine and independent

could warp, ond which, in cases of
public trust or Christian truth, ruled
with absolute dominion. He never
fairctioncd a procctding, or gave a vote
to plense a party, or Cbcapo from diffi-
culty, and no number or respectability
of vouchers or supiiorters could insure
his approval or concuri-ence. He chose
to deal with questions of obscurity or
difficulty according to what he believed
to be their intrinsic merits. * AVliat is
written * was with him a i)rimar}' and
paramount consideration, and that as-
certained lie could neither be coaxed
nor coerced to a compromise. In the
management of societies, or tlic dis-
bursement of public funds, he was in-
tensely careful not to infringe consti-
tutional principles, trust declarations,
or testamentary ari-angcments, and
when standing alone in his views has
submitted * under protest.* ITie stern-
ness of this habit sometimes occasioned
awkward and uncomfortable feelings
and misconstructions; he was adjudged
scrupulous, when in truth he was only
conscientious. Closely allied to this
uprightnf.ss was his spirit of indepen-
dence. Never content to act in the
dark, he diligently informed himself on
all subjects on which he might be re-
quired to act, and a judgment thus
formed was usually as decided as it was
cautious. He might bo tenacious, but
it was the tenacity of one \sho * came
to the light,* and whoLc opinions, if
•ometimes mistaken, were never crude
or rash. Tho Hght in which an object

in his mental mould he united a full
proportion of affectionate susceptibility.
He was more tender than stern. Child-
hood, or manhood, or old nge, might
surely calculate on his sympathy. The
ehaml)er of sickness and the house of
mourning witnessed the workings of
his kind heart and benevolent hand«
There he was seen to advantage, as
with mingled tenderness and fidelity he
led the sufferer to the Lamb of God, or
committed him in prayer to the Father
of mercies. His kind looks and sooth-
ing tones and appropriate pi-ayers have
re-assurcd the heart that was all b|it
overwhelmed, and left an impression of
his worth which no time can efface.
Less accessible and flexible than many,
he was not less sympathetic and tnist-
wortby, but might bo consulted and
relied on when more familiar and pro-
mising dependencies failed. Nor was
he less delicate than kind, ever careful
to hide the faithful adviser or discreet
almoner in the friend, so that while re-
lieved, or informed, and coiTceted, tho
objects of his sympathy were never
mortified and put to shame ; a patron-
izing air was unknown to him. But
the crowning excellence of our beloved
friend's spirit was its genuine, intelli-
gent, unostentatious piety. He be-
lieved with the heart unto righteous-
ness. Iteligion was with him an affair
of intelligent conviction, and hearty
submission * a reasonable service.' He
knew and distrusted himself; he under-
stood and accepted the Christian scheme

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629

of salvation, and yielded both his judg-
ment and affections to its keeping and
control."

In the spring of 1852, his health,
vbich had been undeimined by re-
peated attacks of disease of some years'
itanding, rapidly gave way. The last
few months wei-c very painful, and the
distressing sickness, arising from the
nature of his malady, prevented his
coorersing much on religious subjects,
bat the tone of his mind was devotional
and spiritual in a high degree. Calm
and unshaken confidence iu the salva-
tion of the gospel which he had em-
braced and preached, sustained him
throaghout ** At our last interview,
and in a state of great suffering," writes

the ministerial friend quoted above,
** ho said, * My creed is the 1 19th Psalm.'
lie had taken God s word as his heri-
tage for ever, and now found it the
support and rejoicing of his heart. It
was humiliating to be thus afflicted,
but truth, immutable truth, assured him
that all was right." The day before
his death he said with emphatic earnest-
ness to his beloved wife, " I am tethered
to the covenant — you understand me."
And thus resting in the grace of his
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and
patiently waiting for his coming, he fell
asleep in Jesus, the 30th of August, 1852.
"Blessed are the dead which die
in the Lord, for they rest from their
labours, and their works follow them,"

«•

THE BLESSING AVANTED BY THE CHURCHES.
Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high." — Isa. xxxii, 15.

And most sure it is, that until such
shall be the case, our souls will present
a scene of spiritual sterility, desolation,
and death. Fallen humanity is as the
rock and the desert, " until the Spiiit is
poured from on high." Were this pre-
cious truth felt more dee])ly by all the
churches, oh, what a cry would it send
up to Heaven for the descent of the
Holy Spirit ! Nothing is more wanted,
at the present moment, among pro-
fessing Christians, than a thrilling and \
all-subduing sense of the necessity of
the Holy Spirit's descent on ministers
and on Chiistian churches. AVhen such
a conviction shall come, like a genial
and refreshing gale, upon all the dwell-
iBg-places of Mount Zion, '* tho wilder-
ness will be a fruitful field, and the
fniitfal field will be counted for a
fiircst. Then will judgment dwell in
tbe wilderness, and righteousness re-
gain in tho fruitful field. And the
work of righteousness shall be peace,*
and the effect of righteousness quiet-
■cu and assurance for ever."

It is proposed, then, to state and
iUvstate the two following proposi-

tions: That spiritual prosperity can
only result from the copious descent of
the Holy Spirit ; and that the advent of
the Spirit is regulated by laws which
place the blessing within our reach.

AVould that gospel hearers could all
be penetrated with the consciousness of
their need of a more abundant effusion
of the Holy Spirit! AVhat longings
after God, what breathings for new
life, what a humbling sense of former
coldness, and infirmity, and backslid-
ing would it create I

All the powers, and enjoyments, and
operations of the spiritual life, must
actually come to a pause, if our felt
dependence upon God's Spirit is suf-
fered to decline. Have we not great
need to cry with the prophet, as he
gazed on the valley of vision: "Come
from the four winds, O breath, and
breathe upon these slain, that they may
live!" There can be no life in the
church, but as it proceeds from, and is
nourished bj-, the quickening Spirit of
our risen and exalted Lord. To press
this great and solemn truth home upon
tho hearts of our readei*s will be tho

6ft0

THS BUBSSmO WAMIKD BT TBI OBUICBSS.

oljMt of tb« (bUowin^ remtrks, while
we hiTite tbeir prAjerftil attention to
the following thoughts: —
I. Spiettual pboiipbritt cah owlt

HESITLT PROM THE COPIOUS DESCKlfT

OF THB Holt Ghost.

** Until the Spirit he ponred npon ns
tnm on high,** there will he no deciriTO
tokens of inirigorated duristisn life.
All will he dreerj waste, and aheolnte
sterility and death, while apostate
humanity remains without the Tisita-
tion of a Diyine and all-transforming
power*

1. Uniii tht Spirit he poured upon m
Jirom tm high^ there can be no adequate
emd remUsing impreuion of Hie cha-
rueter and worh^ a$ the priat agent of
aii epiritual life and holiness in our
world.

Men in their natural state of spiritual
darkness and insensihility, live, aiid
foel, and act, as if there were no Holy
Ghost. They pursue their course on
the principle that they are sufficient to
their own guidance and happiness, and
hare no affocting sense of their need of
a Divine and gracious power to raise
them from that death in sin in which
they lie. Though the Holy Spirit is
an omniscient Agent, '' searching all
things, yea, the deep things of God," —
though he is Almighty, and the author
of the inspiration of all the prophets
and apostles, — of all the miracles of
which wc read in the Old and New
I^tament Scriptures, and of all the
conversions that hare CTcr taken place
since the fall of man, yet the " natural
man," that is, the unrenewed man,
has no proper sense of his existence
and agency in the church; — he is as
indifferent to the great facts of his
pereonalitff. Divinity^ and saving opera-
tionSf upon the minds of men, as if
they were not a reality ; he never feels
his need of His quickening power, to
raise him from his death in sin ; and if
at times he thinks of the Father of all,
— and of Jesus the Saviour of the
world,- — he is never impressed with the
thought that he needs or can i*eoeive any-
*Wngf5roBi the Holy Ghost This, it is

to he fhffod, is Tcry Biiidi the eooditkm
of all the unooBTerted. If ia the theory
of religion they have heen taught, there
is found the doetrine oonoeniiDg the
Divine Spirit,— the Thhnd Person in
the adorahle Trinity,— yet in their
inmost thoughts, in the eoostaiit work-
ings of their intelligent and aeoonntahle
minds, there %$ no aetmai dependence
upon lAe S^mii, no fiervent desire rising
to Him for his hlessed inllBenee, — no
ahiding, qyeratire sense of his all-per-
vading, necessary, and Divine ageney.
lilliat a lamentahle and exposed state
is this for any sinful heing to live in
fhrai day to day! Yet is it not the
state of thousands and tens of thou-
sands, who sit under the sound of the
gospel? The only power hy which
their state can he changed, even the
power of the Holy Spirit, they feel
not to need, and never ask in humhle
and earnest prayer his renewing and
sanctifying grace. Oh, that all who are
careless and unconcerned, in reference
to the Holy Spirit, oould be hronght to
feel, that, in their present state of mind,
they arc riveting npon themselves the
chain of depravity and unbelief, just
because they are without any active
and fervent desire for the descent and
quickening energy of the Holy Spirit.

2. Until the Spirit be poured upon ta
from on high, there tcill be but fete Pen-
tecostal movemettts in connexion tcith the
preaching of the u^rd, — ^The very tend-
ency to look for such movements comes
from the Holy Spirit The vast i-ia-
jority of gospel hearers are not lookin^ *
for another Pentecost. They are con-
tented, or at least not uneasy, in their
present depressed state, in so for as it
respects the limited number of conver-
sions, as compared with the masses who
attend on the preaching of the word.
Wo should be, in the present low state
of the church, astonished and over-
whelmed if we were to hear of hundreds
drawn to Christ by a single sermon. But
such soul -animating sights cannot be
seen but as the result of a mighty and
mercifol efiUsion of the Holy Spirit.
It is not a fow precions drops from the

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631

fivetiiying'clood thatoan refresh and fer^
tiliie the harreo and parched soil ; bat it
ia the warm and copiona shower dcscend-
iDg with a plcntiM fulness that creates
beauty, and Terdure, and fruitfulness.
And so it is under the ministry of the
word. A few precious drops of divine
influence will not relioTC the barren
wastes of mind, and create a Pentecostal
awakening among the hearers of the
gospeL We want "showers of bless-
ing," — ^we want the Holy Spii-it to be
pourwd on ministers and people, in or-
der to the realisation of a great con-
Tenion-w(Hrk. It is a mercy to see a
few turning to Qod, — to hear from one
and another the importunate cry,
'* Sirs, what must we do to be saved P"
But why should so many remain un-
mored beneath the sound of the word P
AVhy should so many perish at mercy's
thraslioid, while so few look to Christ
and are saved P Have you, dear reader,
pondered u>eH the grand reason P Have
you been impressed with the fact, that
diere ib no shower — no mighty out-
pooling — of divine influence upon the
Biiaifltiy of the word. Tliere may be
evidence of the descent of the gentle
dew, — there may be, hei-e and there, a
few drops fiilling on the bleak and bar-
nn earth ; but where can you see, in
any of our religious circles, even the
signs of a coming shower of heavenly
UessiDgs, and where can it be said
that **' the Spirit is largely poured out
Imn on highP" Nor will the consum-
•o deroutly to be wished, be
nnder the preaching of the
wordf nntil " times of refreshing shall
trmr from the presence of the Lord."
Oh that we could see this state of things
and find that every Sabbatli
a Pentecost, and every sermon was
tks aMSBBge of life and salvation to
multitudes ! What glorious
woold preaching then be ! What
ef lejoicing and triumph would
ht Che asMsiblies of Zion ! As in Jeru-
of old, great fear would come
all who be&eld the wondrous
sad there would be *' added to
tfe dureh daily such as should bo

saved;" while there would bo joy
among the angels of God, not oyer one
returning prodigal, but over multitudes
translated out of darkness into marvel-
lous light.

O blessed power I O glorious day I
What a large victory shall ensue !

And converts, who thy grace obey.
Exceed the drops of momuig dew.

3. UntU the Spirit he poured from on
highf the Christian church will remain
in a eomparatitely lam/uiahing and u»-
proiperoua state.

It is a solemn but indubitable fact,
that as the church is, so must the world
he. If its spiritual temperature is low,
the impression on the world will be
faint, and feeble, and almost impercep-
tible. If it is powerfully acted upon by
a remarkable outpouring of the Holy
Spirit, then will it be in a position to
tell with resistless force and energy
upon those who are without. A com-
mon-place profiession of the gospel, free
from outward blame, and ordcriy in the
observance of religious duties, — ^but de-
void of deep-toned spirituality, active
love, and burning zeal for the honour
of Christ, will never awe the world, or
cause the thoughtless, the unconcerned,
and the profane, to pause in tlieir career
of folly and impenitence. On the dis-
ciples of Christ, those who are pledged
for the maintenance of his honour in
the world, must fall a more plenteous
efiusion of the Holy Spirit, if showers
of blessing are to descend upon the
out-field of the world lying in the wick-
ed one.

Then, when the church is converted,
she will not only be prepared to
strengthen her brethren, but she will
be equipped for the gi*cat work which
has been assigned to her instrumental-
ity, viz., the conversion of the world.

Then will she have power with God,
and will prevail. Her life, infused by
the church's glorious Head, will vitalize
all around her, and within the circle of
her influence. She will look forth u[)ou
the world, " ftiir as the moon, clcai* as
the sun, and terrible as an army with
banners." Her living, active iwwcr

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■niB BLKS91S0 WATKD HI THR CHCr.cnEl.

will b« felt apon the inrrt tiiiwca of
depnnt; and world Hii en. llcrboncvo-
l«nee irill tall ■a.yioa llie MlliahneH of
mankind at Urge lili* (hp dropa of
morning dew. Htr rcol will teBXarltd
on Iwhftlf of Uie vtirion* olgectN of io<
cial, motal, and •■pirilnal roiitr^ anil
wretehedDMa. Slu- will be in positivp
and palpable ■] nTjiath^ with Chrikt
himaelf, — liring 1 >r Ilhn, Bf^liuft fur
Him, and identifi-iri^ all hrr iutoreati
and all har happincti* witli the advaniys
ment of hia htnifliir, and Ike g\ory of
hk kingdom.

But when, oh when, is iLe Chni'nli to
refleet tlie bright image of hor I^rdP
Wheniiahe toapriii); up in her Bpos-
toUo Tigonr and purily ? When is she
to ahow heraelf drod Id the \vorld, and
sliTe to Chriat t ^VIlcn is ahe to appcfir
the Ttrhiona and nncontiuniualed»pouM
of her rigbtfnl Lord ? ^VhcQ is Bho to
pNTB heraelf the embodiment of her
own prinoiplei? A^'hen ia she to bo
pvrged from her petlr alrifra ond bick-
eriqga, and to wtlk forih in her might
and mijt*tj, aa the i^reat philanthropist
of human kind ? \Vhcn \» eho to be-
come the fitting rr{ire«PDtntivc of her
sbaent Lord, the guardian of hia honour,
and the herald of lii* coming kingdom
and glorj upon eni th P Ah, irhrii, dear
friendaP Only ivliin "the Spirit is
poured npon ui from on liigh." Till
then, the maaa of profcsMirH will "smk
their own thinga, not the things vrhich
are Jesna Chriit's:" and in (hia dc-
preased and cnfetbled etnle muit aho
remain until she j;oea forth out of her-
aelf, and aeeka to dtnw in fresh life from
him who hat aoiil, "The water thnt 1
ahall give jon, ahntl be in jou « w^II of
water apringiog up into everlasting
life."

This leads to flic second deeply in-
teresting jwrtion of our theme,

IL That the Auvvjtx of tub Sri-

KIT IS REGri-\TFl> BT L.IWS milCll
PLACE THE DLKSSINO WirillK OUB
KEACII.

1. The Spirit vill br jiowrd from on
high, in antKCT to prmjer.

A proatralo cbnrcb, crying fur the

pBstiaSJiMi J
om cttUehi- 1

I>lMd.«ll4.<

advent of the Spirit, and _

new baplUm of pa<nrr from oK
would ool AtniggU,
ngoniao in vain. God would IhtQ
"ariu and hnvo mercy on /ionj —
Ibe timo, yra the net time, to faTour
hrr," would then have arrived. Ttie
blcuin)^ of Mconiali'a Tviga would Ihca
" come down like rain upon the mown
gnua, and as ahon-ora that wat^r iha
earth." Ood would then b« entreated
of In refM«nc« to iIumo gmit promian :
" I will i>oor my Spirit upon all flcah j"
— "So shall ho uprinklo many nariona;"
" When he the Spirit of truth is come,
lie ahull ranvinee the world of ain. of
rixbleonsneu, and judgment." Ves,
pmj'er. the prayer of faith, tlic prayer
Ihot nerer oeaaes, Ilie pmyor whidi
rites around the throne like the iwco
of many waters, shall bring dowa
ati^ma of Divine influence to refrcab
God's parched bcrilnge. and to bleaa
and fmoii^ a barren and deaolato

Yos, and to this luw of prayer every
child of Adam is encouiaged to look
with hope, as it respects the descent of
more cojiious supplies of I>ivino grace.
Its provisions come within the reach of
every luixious soul longing for the bop-
tism of Iho Holy Ohoel. Hear tho
voice of Jesus himself; "If yc then,
being evil, know how to give good gifts
unto yonr cliildren, how much more
■hall your heovenly Father give the
Holy Spirit to ibcm that oak him." \\'«
have but to ask, and we shall receive ;
wc have but to seek, and we shai! lind ;
wc bavo but to knock, and the door
nhnll bo opened unto ui. But God will
bo inquired of, if the Spirit is to bo
poured from on high. He will not
squander hie gifts npon an nnezpeetont
Christian, or an nncxpcctont Church,
If wo ivouid SCO God reviving his own
work in the midft of iheycars, we must
fall in with his own revealed plan, and
prove by the fervour, and nrgcDCV, and
confidcncti of our prayers, that n*c are
longing for, nnd ready to welcome tb«
copious and refreabing descent of tba
Holy Glioef.

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633

2. 21tf Spirit mil h$ poured from on
kiffkf when the ekurch ie in a better
fiwme /or hie advent,

Sbe must prepare henelf ai a Bride

pvepareth herself for her Bridegroom.

Gbritft will oome in power and great

m^larf to his church, when she is in a

p o sttt Pe of reodiness for so angust a

Tiaitar. The H0I7 Spirit is looking to

the dnireh for a responsiTO echo of his

mm teoehing and influence in the minds

of Ben. He will not with impunity he

will not he quenched, hj

apathjyonr oold-heartedness, our

lore of present things, our un-

loTiB^ tempers, our grievous hook-

■iidingSt our strifbs and divisions, our

little petty animosities, our sod and

ftil falls. He expects us to he

to his suggestions, to he ohe-

to bis impulseB, to he temples for

reception, dedicated to his praise.

Jdtt mm ponder theee thoughts, and lay

AcBK to heart, and then may we expect,

ladiTidoally and coUectiyely, that the

will he poured from on high

S. The Spirit will be poured from on
mhem the teMnony of hie truth i$
to with grateful and unreeiating
The Holy Spirit speaks in
tte word. It is his whole testimony

concerning all things in which perish-
ing sinners are most vitally concerned.
He expects that ^To will hear his voice
in the written word, and not *' harden
our hearts, as in the provocation, as in
the day of temptation in the wilder-
ness." When the Bible has its place
in our thoughts, and convictions, and
feelings, and purposes, and plans, and
when the church shall thus honour the
Bible, as the testimony of the Spirit, —
then will the Spirit be poured upon us
firam on high; and all Zion's waste
places will be refreshed and fertilized
by the presence and glory of the Lord.
O, thcn^ dear readers, if you would
realize the blessing promised, if you
would live to see the Spirit poured out
from on high, and the wilderness
changed into a fruitful field, — rever-
ence—examine — ^believe — ^prize — pon-
der — pray over your Bibles. There
only can you find the lessons of the
Spirit, — and while you are struggling
on the bended knee of prayer to be-
come acquainted with them, you may
expect — you may hope — you may even
he confident that the Spirit will he
poured from on high, and that your
souls will become as a garden which
the Lord himself hath watered.
JBrompton, J. M.

CONVERSION OF A UNITARIAN.

AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIYK.
"Come ye to the waters." — Isa. xlv. 1.

br the autumn of 1348, writes a
m mmiij minister to his friend in town,
I wWt in the course of providence,
aQed to labour in a small town in one
tf Ike aiidland counties. The scene of
Mf Uonn was one of the most beauti-
M m this comtxy, contiguous to a so-
watering place, with all the
of a fine climate, an almost
-vnelonded sky, rich lands
ii iMfbage, groves and trees in abun-
IBMu Aaidst many toils in my ar-
cdlngf iwtnre seemed to exert

her utmost infiuence to soothe and reno-
vate my frequently exhausted frame.
There is much to encourage every faith-
ful minister of Christ ; for he is always
confident of this, that "God's word
shall not return unto him void, but
shall accomplish that which he pleaseth,
and prosper in the thing whereunto he
hath sent it." My labours, as I have
hinted, were arduous, but in several of
the villages and hamlets where I
preached, God was pleased to awaken,
and I trust bring to the saving know-

i:A»VUUItOtl or A DXIfABUH.

b^ of (]«» traUi. IMB7 ianortKl unk.
I have Hcn ittc petUUntial tear low
from lliD cjK of lti» itDBtr bawJBg^ to
tho mtih nncUr tho wri^ht of jrcan i
hMfd iho tight at oihrr*, ud hod tanay
plMNin^ uxarRneca of (h» bleuinK
tlMt hu Mcompaninl the Word. AU
thtm arc tho nrnt rotrwib of Uhoor-
(n; lUihftillj (I bumUjr tmit) tn tho
Ijwd'a *ine;u^ lltoy oro Iho praarnt
»w rt% «» ii i rt i of ihkt daj whon " ho
tbtt (iMtb iMtk and vi^peth, btorinf
pw d o M tni, AM doubllm romo
•gain wMl n^alnAng, brtniiing hU
ibNTM with him." Althongh mj pi*-
amt ohjcct i* to Rive Homo amount of
one vha had b««n eaught in the nuohea
of Bocinjnninn, itill, u tho wqnol of hU
•lory will hhow how iho power of
Dirino gnee woo manifrotcd (brvugh
the wurd. 1 do not wt*h ontlrelj In
overlook ninny ryidonoM I h«Tr hnd of

tbeaaiiip pnw«r whilo I tnbonrod at

and In thn mitrounding ncifrhlinurhood.

Mr. wa» a rtvpcctabic tmdt»-

maii En the town of , ai I have

hinted, the principal loone of my la-
bourfl. I ntnnot, however, an liiefMoiidB
and relalivM iiitl r«*ide in tli« place
and noighboDrbood, give itamea of pet^
■ons and place*. With aa much deti-
eaey tliyii on tlio cirruraslnnoee reqaire,
I shall endffBVoor lo givo tou a clcor
idea of thii intc-rcsling com;. After
having been thoroughly indoctrinated

hy Socininn tcnching. Mr. came lo

TCMde and cariy on hi»badn(«sat .

where nt the time aforesaid I found
him a I'eguUr hctircr et lUo chapel
where I officiated. I rciuenibcr rtry
well ohserring his thonghtful appear-
ance during the whole of the diaconne
on the firet Sabbath evcniiif- 1 preaehfd

at i singularly enough, the eame

thing was obiierved by a member of the
church, who laid to n Mend after the
service, "llidyouobseivewbatolteotion

Mr. paid to Ihe sennon? Your

ecrmon," bcsaid, " wouldjustsnit him,
rir," at the iinme lime cspressing n fdir
that it might not profit him. It is.
howerw, niy happiness to state, tlmt if
aatringchangc was not Mtm that time

bogOB, It da«btl«aB waa iwy whim after,
wards, ftir In tho oemrw of only a few
niofitha from ihnt time wo reerivt^ him,
with groat Joy, into the tdlowdiip of
thcs charch. opmi iho miwt salisfiwMj
orirlcDeD of a radical ohoitgi! la hb
tit'W* a« to the oharaolor of C'lirbi, and
with ttw hU BamiraDoe, on hi* owl
writtWB taatinMiBjr, (which I han at
thia nomral wllta »•,) that he implicitlj
aeonplad Iho tlenentant of (luist. aa tha
only gFonnd of M« salvation. His lotta*
to mo on tha aat^oct wd • boooniing dm
who had (brmorly btvn " a pnwcotoa
and injurioni. but hod now obtainad
morey." lUinibwqueni tife.(wliichwaa
very brirf indnd. and Ihe eirounulanna
of Ilia sudden removal oxti-emoly pain-
fut,) seemed to aUbrd the bt«l altccU-
lion of a genuine woi^ of Divine glare.
Hi* error In t«llgloD <a« I have credi-
bly been infiirmed,) was by no means
his only fault) the ehangc. therefore, *(
I well know, mint have been gT«al i he
became tlio kind and atfnrlionate hat-
band and paraiit, a friend, aa br aa kia
new ti|(bt would onrry him, lo Iho
cauae of Christ ; allhongb, aa I cootd
not expeel, not everything that I coatd
wisl), ha bcoamo my attached friend,
and was, as long aa he UvmI, a great
source of ooaafort lo me.

I hasten now lo KSy, that his death,
which took place only a few months
' after ho jciini^ the church, evinced tho
powcf al the glorious goipcl of the
blessed God. I wa9 not with him ia
his last niomenlH. bul liis wife, who waa
also a member with nn, detailed all tlio
circumstance* lo me, from which I have
tlie fullest atmusnce that the faith he
professed abundanlly siijiported him in
deoth, and that irtdy this was " a brand
plucked out of the fire." The account
which my dfccaeed friend gave me of
the way in which he had been treated
prior to my acquaintance with hitn, ia
■ circumstance which I think deserving
of remark. It appears that he had
been given op aa tneorrii^bte. and had
become Ihe general subject of ridicule
and distaste; ho dtd not eveti except
one among those who profeaacd to be

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Us toaeherSy in tho aceount which he
pKf9 me of hiB hiitoiy in connexion
vith the chapel np to the time I hare
ifciadjr mentioned. As he told me, a
wnag oonne had heenpnrraed towards
kfat; he wanted light, not dogmatism
mi, banter; and what is most remarfc-
aile, M there was not a Unitarian place,
hi eontinned to go to the chapel. This
tome, indeed, to be a sing^olar
of the great importance of a
gospel ; he came to the waters,
ao benefit seems to be derived from his
itteadance on the ordinances of God's
stiU, he eemes to the waters ; bjr-
at a certain eeason, thej are
taMEUodt be steps in, and is made whole.
in all ages "it hath pleased God

throngh the foolishness of preaching to
saye them that believe."

We may learn from this simple nar-
rative, that the province of the minister
of Christ is "in meekness to instmct
those who oppose themselves, with all
long-snffering and doctrine, if God pcr-
adventnro will give them repentance to
the acknowledging of the truth; and
that they may recover themselves out
of the snare of the devil, who are taken
captive by him at his will."

O that this brief narrative may be
the means of stimulating both the
preacher of the gospel, and the honest
inquirer after truth, in the diligent
use of the means of grace ! Amen.

A DAY AT THE CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH,

GORDON SQUARE, LONDON.

Mobs than twenty years ago, I at-
one of the early services presided
by the late Edward Irving, at the
Beoldi Chnrehf R^ent Square. It was
a dark November morning. I was in
the bnflding between five and six
Vdock. There was a considerable
ssngragatioo. We waited in silence,
tfll m, tall figure, wrapped in a large
dsak* strode np the centre aisle. This
waa Irving. He took his seat at a
; thai, rising, gave out a psalm,
tile worship commenced. He
fnijed in his own earnest, impassioned,
sinking manner. The scriptures
1^ others, who sometimes
a partieular verse by
sCimngey unearthly intonation !
Infaiy, in ffae eonrse of his address, read
asiml letters ftoai difilsrent and dis-
tHt parts^ dflseriptive of the progress
tf fto xerired gifts. In the midst
tf fUi» ho was arrested by the sudden
of the most extraordinary
I efier heard. They were some-
i s ft woen shrieks and yells, and
aifinit ssem to be language at
sUtBg s is started to theur

feet, myself among the rest, to endea-
vour to discover from what part of the
church they proceeded, lliey seemed
to me to come from a great distance,
and yet, after I had recovered myself,
I found that they were uttered by a
woman immediately befbre me. She
was bending a little forward, but I
could see the movement of tho sides
of her bonnet. These were the
tongues. They consisted of what nei-
ther the speaker nor any of her audi-
ence understood.

Once, some years after this, when
the Irvingites had become a sect, I
attended their worship in a little chapel
in the Borough. It was conducted with
great simplicity. Mr. Armstrong, who
had formerly been a clergyman, read
and expounded a chapter. As for as I
can recall the scene, and trust my re-
collection, he stood in the pulpit with-
out gown or band, or any ministerial
costume whatever.

For many years it has been under-
stood that changes have been gradu-
ally going on among those who oom-
menoed as the foUowsrs of Mr. Irying;

es6

B CATBOLia AND JLPOSTOLIC

■I SQCAI.E.

that nhile the^ hare aMunwd the |
name of '* Tho CaCbolio ApwtoUo .
Cliorch," they haTo formed for tbem- ,
mItm a verj full liturgical lerriee ; —
have amnged a miniBtiy of lereral
ordera, distill gniabing (h«in by different
dTMSci, — and that they oonduct their
worahip, in their principal places, witk
great pomp. I'keir moat iplendid
church is that which irmi rcMutly
erected in Oordon Square. It ia a beauti-
ful and impeaing atmetare. 1 had often
thought that I ahoutd like, if on oppor-
tunity offered, to witoeaa their worihip
in th«t church. Suob an opportunity I
lately had, and I porpoae, in thia paper,
to giro a brief aceount of what 1 saw
and hoard.

I hrrived in London on the evening
of Saturday, the — of September. I
endearoated to get to Ooi^n Square
by eleven o'clock. I waa delayed by
an unlooked-for circunutance, and did
not arriro till a little put the hour.
There wiu then no admitaioa from
Gordon Square, as a board in tho paa-
aage informed ua, " because the service
was begun," — the only mode of en-
trance was by the west door. To that
I proceeded. When I entered 1 found
a largo congregation, with worship
pi-occcding very much like what ia wit-
nessed in a Romish church. The chancel
was for the most part npproprioted to
priests, iiho wore different sorts of
robes, and Ecemcd to be distinguished,
too, by the places tlicj occupied. Two
or three, sitting at (he very top, had on
a kind of while lunic, of very floe
linen or Inwn, with rich lace borders
at the bottom and wrists j over wliich
was worn a deep purple tippet or cape,
also richly ornamented with lace. There
were other priests, in white surplices,
with pink or red scarfs ; and all over
the place werc persons dressed in long
black gowns, showing people to scats,
who, ] understood, were deacons and
Bub-dcaeona. On each side, at the
transepts, were numbers of men and
boys in while surplices, who led the
chanting. 'Jlie worship was being con-
ducted partly by a priest^ or priests,

imincdialt-ly in front of the high altai
and partly by some who »Iood a
ju-<t at the entrance of the i
I^vrrytliing was intoned, or chanted
In this, tlie morning service, there wo*
no hymn or psalm sung ; the worship,
however, was a constant musical pcf^.
roimance, as everything in I'
tlinl could be ehauted wos thus a
in— ^hort pieoea of scripture, the ci
tho Tc Heum, and so on. "
ing was the most beautiful 1 i
heard. It was artislieiUly perfect.
people vi'ry generally joined in
do not believe ihnt lliere h an
eqnal to it| in any eathcdi'Cil. i
Pnscjilo place in the world, wlmtd
mnjbethc enthusiiuin of either prit
or i)cop1c for what the Belgi-avia
" the musical worship of God."

I think it poasiblo that the s
begun before eleven o'clock
1 missed something like a brief a
dress, exhortation, or homily, as lher0
wai nothing of the sort — nothing i>f
the nature of direct verbal tencUing, ii»
the part of the service I witnessed [ bbA
I think I remember htoring some ou*
6ay llmt lliero had been a slioit ad--
dress to the chnrrh. The service "n»*
simply the dispensation of the Eucha--
rist. It was of the natui-e, as fo sit-
pi'nruiec, of the Romish m&>^. It look
up tho whole niorniiig. Theie was the
crossing of Ihc elements nt tlieir con-
Keernlion, the lighting of candles, and
the burning of incense. The priests
commuiiicaled Snt, in the order, 1
think, of office and dignity. Then all
the chori.-itera, men and hoys, went up
to the high altar, and communicated
(here. I'orlionB of the consecrated ele-
ments wcie brought lo a plain side
altar, in the Guuth transept, where a
number of llie deecons and sub-descons
received ihcm. The members of the
church then went up in balehes to the
high altar, or to the side altar, as they
might choose, or as -wus most conve-
nient, and $0 Ihc engagement pro-
ceeded till nil hod received. Whi
this was going on, I heard o Eolilni
voice, Eouuding from tho sacred pr.

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637

Jfeincts of the chancel, ia short mea-
Jnired intonations, pausing, as it seemed
Jo me, between each line or versicle of
hjmn, which the individaal appeared
be chanting by himself. I asked
le of the attendants to point me out
the Prayer Book the piece that he
thus going through. I could not
;e out his words, — nor could I see
hing in the printed order of the
ice that I could identify with what
was doing, llie man (who told me
Eerwards that he was a sub-deacon)
ired, " That, sir, is the spirit; he
^>eaking under influence." "Is it
iglish?" 1 inquired. " I don't know,"
the reply ; ** he is a Spaniai'd, and
mot speak English, — it is the spirit."
course, on this hypothesis, it might
^fe English, or any other language, but
ft seemed to me something that was
generally intelligible, if, indeed, it
We so at all, even to tho speaker
If.
At the close of tho service I was
iBformed that there would be another

meeting of the church in the afternoon,
at four o'clock ; and that at seven the
place would be again open, for the
exposition of truth to the world, or to
a congregation supposed to be strangers.
The afternoon meeting was to begin
with a sermon, and to end with the
evening service. I attended both these.
In them there was something more of
direct address, illustrative of the views
and the style of thought of this singular
people. With the permission of the
editor, I will give some account of them
next month. Till then I will reserve
such reflections as the whole exhibi-
tion seemed calculated to excite. It was
a splendid, but to me, I confess, a very
mournful sight. Staid, respectable
looking elderly men, many of them,
dressed up after such a fashion, and
spending a whole Sunday morning in
playing at being priests ! I looked on
with sad wonder, and thought of Ed-
ward Irving and his Geneva cloak!
October 2nd, T. W.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE INFINITE.

SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON AND HENRY CALDERWOOD.

[The following is the summing up of
Mr. Calderwood's work on ** ITie Philo-
Mphj of the Infinite," in answer to tho
fkeoties of Sir William Hamilton. See
Mr Review Department.]

** la entering upon a consideration of
fte Philosophy of the Infinite, we have,
M a preliminary point, endeavoured to
maintain against Sir William Hamilton,
dMt the problem of the unconditioned
ii one. That is to say, there is only
iae tiDConditioned, namely, the Infinite;
ftr. of the Infinite alono can it be
, that it is subject to no restric-
or relations as the necessary con-
Stion of its existence. Sir William
Imi nuuHtained that the problem is
tw^Cold. Besides the Infinite, he asserts
tliere is another unconditioned,
"^ the Absolute, As examples of

the latter, he mentions an absolute
whole, and an absolute part, that is,
*a whole so great that we cannot con-
ceive it as a relative part of a still
greater whole,* and * a part so small
that we cannot aUo conceive it as a
relative whole, divisible into smaller
parts.' Against this we argue, that on
absolute part is a contradiction in terms,
since a part is nothing except as related
to a whole. Equally contradictory is
an absolute whole, which is made up of
relative parts, for the whole exists only
as the sum of the parts. Either way,
the Absolute is deduced from the rek-
tive, or evolved out of it, which is an
impossibility. It is thus apparent that
even though the absolute whole and
absolute part, indicated by Sir William,
were realized, neither of lUcm would be

038

THE PHIL060PHT OV IHB UflHlTJC.

rettllj absolate. Both wonld be nUtod
on ono side, the whole being related to
the part, and the part being related to
the whole. Moreover, ererything ihort
of the Infinite ia limited; limitation it
a neceuary condition of its existence ;
therefore, no limited object can be un-
conditioned I in other worda, there can
be no unconditioned but the Infinite,
lliere ia, therefore, no abeolute whole —
no abtolate unity-— except the Infinite,
which ii one and indiyinble.

*< We have, thoa, limited the diaeoa-
aion to a aingle unconditioned object,
namely, the Infinite, which ia altogether
unlimited or unreatricted. On thii
point, Sir William Hamilton maintaina
that the Infinite ia that which b out of
relation, and which cannot exist in re-
lation; consequently, tho Infinite can-
not be realized in thought, since thought
involves relation. The Infinite ia by
its very nature unconditioned, and con-
sequently cannot be made an object of
thought, since to think is to condition.
To this Ave reply, that such an Infinite
is an imi>ossibility, not only in thought
but in existence, so long as wc exist and
other objects exist around us. More-
over, granted that the Infinite exists,
and it is plain that it nuiy exist in
relation, provided there be nothing in
tliat relation to limit or restrict it.
Granted that an infinite Being exists,
and if there be nothing in the existence
of created objects to limit the infinite
One, he may exist in tho relation of a
Creator. Finally, if the act of thought,
tliough limited itself, does not limit the
object of thought ; and if thought may
be exercised on an object whose entire
extent is not realized by the mind;'
tlien, the Infinite may be the object of
thought.

** Having maintained that the Infinite
cannot exist in relation, and therefore
cannot exist as an object of thought,
Sir M'illiam is next led to assert that
the only manner in which we can foim
a conception of the Infinite is by a
* negative notion.' To this we reply,
that a * negative notion * is no notion at
ulJ, and ihatf iireapcctive altogether of

oar knowledge of the Infinite, a
five ttotum, aa defined bj Sir WHUaa^
ia a mental impoaaibili^, and iti state*
ment paycfaologieallj untenable. Xi
obtain a * negmtiTe notioii' by thiaki^
away the poaitiTe qnalitiea bekogiBg li
an olgeot ia altoge&er impoMible. We
can think, only aa we fhink ex is twMi
and we can think away ontain qmS^
tiea only by thinking certain oAr
poaitire qualitiee in their atead. Wc^
therefive, aet aside the doctrine of •
negative notion aa incompetent

"On these grounds, we hare Mo»>
selves constrained to difier frm fSs
William Hamilton, and take up a poa-
tion antagonistic to that which be <k-
eupiea. Not, indeed, without regitt
have we found ooraelTea under tk
necessity of adopting thia couie ; yet,
notwithstanding the powerM logiD of
thia esteemed philosopher, we are il-
togethcr unable to coincide with Us
conclusions. The doctrine which at
maintain concerning our knowledge of
the Infinite, and which has been fnllj
developed and illustrated in the pre-
ceding i)age8, may be briefly stated
thus: — I. That man does realize a
positive notion of the Infinite. 11.
That this notion of the Infinite is not
realized by any course of addition or
progression (either in space or time],
which, starting from the finite, seeb
to reach the infinite, and is not tbe
result of any logical demonstration.
III. lliat this notion of the Infinite
is a fact, or ultimate datum, of coneei'
ousness, involved in the constitution of
the mind, and arising in various rela-
tions. IV. That the notion of the
Infinite, though real and positive, is
only partial and indefinite ; capable of
enlargement, but not of perfection.

** From this statement of our thcorj',
it is plain, that we altogether denv the
validity of the law which Sir WUliam
Hamilton has laid down under the
name of the law of the Conditioned.
Sir William's doctrine on this point ii
briefiy stated, thua >^*CimdiiwnaHiau^
ation is the fundamental law of tbe
possibility of thooght' We have sl-

THI PHILOSOPHT OF THE INFINITB.

639

Nftdy fffMMitBd eridenee nffiioieiit to
{fOTOy tiuil wo hftTO a knowledge of
■Methiny more tiMn the limited,
lAeaee it fiDUowB, that 'eonditional
liikatkNi' k not a fundamental law
tf tibe ponilrility of thought. The
«Mt foMmt iHdek we ooeapj in re-
hliili to Sir William Humiton's law
4 Iho oonditionedy maj he deaeribed
Ittin a amaU imnpttM. When Sir Wil-
firi i^^ that * t o md iHona! UmiiaHoH is
Ihefhsdameiital law of the poaeihility
if tiiMight»' we deny it|— bnt when he
H^tfalit thewghtie only of ezietenee
BiiiditEonedy and that bj exittence con*
ii ti oaed> ha meane ' cxtatenoe relative/
Ihtt IS) * enetenee thooght under rela-
iim,' wa admit it We admit that ell
wat IcBowtedge ie of the relative^ hut
wi amerty Hiiu there may be m relaOee
kmwUfB bM of the j^mUe and the
hifmSbbt. While, faowerer, we main-
lam that we have a ooneeptkm of the
lafialte, Ire at the saoie time hold, that
oar knowledge of it ia only imperfect,
and, therelbfo, we most heartily and
iiByeoacar in the principlea laid down
Vgr Sir William, that < the capacity <tf
I fe iyJ W ia not to he conatitated into
the meaaare of existenee^ But, this
fRBcip le we hold, rather aa the result
of oar own doctrine, than of the doctrine
«C Sir William. I^ aa this phUoaopher
nji^ tmr knowledge ia only of the
lldtod^ how 18 it tliat we at once recog-
dm the validity of the principle, that
'the oapaeity of thought ia not to be
•MHCitated into the meaamre of exiat-
laoiP' On oar doctrine, which is a par-
till noagnition of the Infinite, the
Itot ia at once ezpiained. We aasert
t knowtedge of the Infinite^ but only
m indefinite knowledge, therefore we
tt ome feoogaize the principle, that
the liaitta erf our knowledge are not to
be regarded aa the limits of existence.
tA ua that we can have no knowledge
rf the lallnite, and we reply that, on
■ah a doctrine, faith in Ood is an im-
poaaihtKty. But, grant the conception of
;he Bdhutowliioh we hare maintained,
Mrtial aad indefinite though it be, and
obtained a firm baaia.

'' The poaitive notion of the Infinite,
which we iMX>fea8, ia firat revealed in
our notion of Time and Space aa necea-
sary conditiona of thought. In saying
that Time, while an external reality, \b
a condition of thought, we mean that,
in thinking an object, it ia a mental
condition that we* think it aa existing
in Time. Still further. Time is an
irreetrietive conditian of thought By
this we mean, that while the concep-
tion of Time ia a aeoeaaary condition of
thought, you may crowd into it object
after object to the very utmost limit of
your power ; atill time ia oonoeived aa
atretching beyond, and preaenta no bar-
rier to any extenaion of the objects of
thought Accamulate object after ob-
ject, and still accumulate, yet time
atretchea beyond, unreatrioted and un*
reatricting,— unlimited and illimitable.

'* The aame ia tme ci Space. It also
is an (rreetrieiive condition of thought
Conceive an object existing in Space,
and then crowd into apace object after
olject And try if this condition of
thought will restrict you in your pro-
gress. You try in vain. There it is,
mysteriously stretching far beyond.
Press on to the full limit of your power,
yet so marvellous is the nature of this
condition of thought, that it does not
restrict you even there, and is realized
only aa unended and unending. It is
thus manifest that in both Time and
Space we realize a notion of the In-
finite. Both must be thought, and are
thought, atretching beyond «uiy limits
which We aasign, so that the grand
conception equally of Time and Space,
ia one which realises them as un-
limited.

** The next point to which we come,
is the positive notion which we have of
a supreme and infinite Being. Thecon-
cepti<m of infinite Space, and infinite
I'ime, is given as the introduction to
this higher conception. From the con-
ception of infinite Space, we rise to the
conception of God who fills all Space ;
and from the conception of infinite
Time^ we riae to the c<Miception of a
Qod who «ver haa exiated. and ever

640

TUB PHILOSOPQT OF THE OCFIXITB.

will exist By a nccetnty of oar nature,
we arc constrained to tbink of a great
FirBt CbMM ai the originator of all
other object!. An examination of our
mind reveali thii as a fact of conicions- I
nets. We look around upon all the |
objects which come within our obserra-
tion, and we mnst think that they had
a cause. We do not reach our notion
of First Cause by any process of reason-
ing, inasmuch as such a process would
be logically incompetent, as inferring
an infinite cause from a limited mani-
festation of power. Yet wc do, and
must think a First Cause, and such is
our notion of the First Cause, that wc
cannot think llim as a finite Being.
Tell us that sucli a Being is finite, and
immediately you raise the necessity to
think a cause for hid existence. The
First Cause must bo thought as an in-
finite Cause, since the mei*c thought of
a finite Being, necessitates the thought
of a Superior Being. Take away the
conception of the Infinite, and the
existence of the finite is an enigma,
and man*8 nature a contradiction. In
the more conception of a limited Being,
there is given the notion of a Supreme
Being; in the mere conception of the
finite, there is given tlic Cv nception of
the Infinite.

" Dii-ccting attention to another
sphere, we bring under review the moral
nature of man. Here we find, that the
principles of right and wrong, and the
consciousness of obligation, necessarily
imply a jwsitive conception of the Su-
preme Being as a Moral Gorenior,
Moral obligation necessarily involves
the notion of a Being, Supreme and In-
finite, to whom we are rosi)onsible.
Once assert that puch a moral being is
finite, and immediately you raifeC in
vonr mind the necessity to think a Su-
premo Being to whom he is i*esponsible.
Thus it is that the conception of a finite
moral Being necessarily originates the
conception of a supremo moral Being,
to whom he is responsible ; and the only
conception we can form of an irresjjon-
siblo moral Being, is a Supreme Being,
nnrestricted and infinite. In the con-
ception of a finite and responsible moral

Being, thoe is giTen the eonoeptum of
an Infinite and Sapreae moral Being.
Thus it is, that there is treasured up in
the depths of our mocai nature a notion
of the Infinite Being, without which
* notion, moral distinetions woold be im-
possible, and obligation ooald not exist.

^ Finally, man nniat wonki^, and to
worship a negation, is not onlj lilank
and barren in theoiy, bat impoanble in
praetioe. All woiahip eappo— n direct
object of worship, and a poatiTO con-
ception of that object aa infinite and
supreme. A 'negative notion' is nothing,
and is of no Talne whatever, in the at-
tempt to explain the religious natore of
man. On no other condition can the
act of worship be realized, than by a
positive notion of the Supremo Being.
Nor, as has already been made apparent,
can we conceive the Supreme Being,
except 08 unrestricted and infinite. Tell
us that the object of thought is not the
Infinite Being, and wo instantly reply,
that, if this bo the case, he cannot be
the object of worship, so much is a posi-
tive conception of tho Infinite Ood a
necessity of the religious nature of man.

*' These, then, are the instances in
which wo obtain a knowledge of the
Infinite, and, in each of them, it will
be observed, that wc recognize the Infi-
nite only in its relation with the finite.
Events are recognised in relation with
infinite Time; objects are thought in
relation to infinite Space ; finite exist-
ences ai*e thought in relation with an
infinite Cause ; moral agents iu relation
with an infinite Governor; religious
beings in relation with an infinite God.
In the three instances, we have a con-
ception of the Supreme Being, wc there-
lore identify tho object of thought ns
one, and in these three relations we ob-
tain our conception of the unchaugeablo
One. Thus do wc realize our concep-
tion of the infinite and eternal God,
OS a Cause, wise and powerful; qs a
Governor, just and true; as a God,
glorious and holy. In our conception,
therefore, of the infinite Being, we real-
ize a conception of absolute power,
absolute wi&dom, absolute morality, and
absolute love."— P<ye 222—232.

rXTEEm FBOM THS LATE BEV. JOHN COOKE TO URS. SHBOPSHIBE. 641

LETTERS FROM THE LATE REV. JOHK COOKE, OF MAIDENHEAD,

TO MRS. SHROPSHIRE.

I.— ON THE TRIKITT.

Dbak Madam,— My last letter did
not eaiTj my last thoughts to yoa upon
the mhjaet of the Dnnity, which then
oeenned. Many aro the perplexities
of ainoere minds on that subject, and
many hare been my own. Many pro-
hmang Christians address God as an
■ tol i rftf Being, without any regard to
Chrbt, as Mediaior, But however ad-
BdnUe his natural and moral perfec-
twot maybe, and appear, they afford no
fcope tat a tmner, but in Christ. An
creature might appreciate,
rf and confide in Him in that
, but a tfnfiil creature has no
fmt ground of hope but in relation
to the "surety of a better covenant;"
God must not only appear glorious in
UxBCSB and justice, power and truth,
but "the Lord Ood, graciouB,^ before
m can have a **good hope through
Acceptation of our services is
\iary consideration, as we cannot
cxpeet tiiat until God appears ''in
Cfaist, Ttcondling m to himself, not
■ ywfi i y our trespasses to us." All
Uien, buflt in absolute mercy in-
with the other perfections of
Ood, and with the law of God, are in-
eoniatent with a sinner's $ahatum, —
(Mbers there are who think and speak
Ijg^y of the Redeemer, (and who can
too highly of himf) who never-
do not think ./ift%, ecriptnraUy,
eomJortMy of him. Yet, I doubt
■at but that there are some who are
wiRn table, merely because they think
aid speak of Christ in an exalted man-
■or; but their comfort must he fahe,
I doubt not, if Christ were upon
and a congregation of persons
fbUowing him owning his Divi-
ri|^« calling him. Lord, Lord, or the
Slif Onm of God, who yet were enthu-
In experience and corrupt in
I J but he would answer them
-|ir did tlie devils who confessed
'Bold your peace." Such praise

is slander. You may see others
lovers of God and their Bibles, whose
lives are an honour to the best of
causes, who, nevertheless, are confiteed,
tmsettled, and uneasy in their views of
the Trinity. Sometimes they pray di-
rectly to Christ, and I have often heard
them address Christ as an absolute
God, however inconsistent such an
address must appear. But in a little
time they feel themselves lost, and
fleeing from what they think one ex-
treme they fly to cwo^A^r^— -thinking,
Surely I have neglected the Jfoly
Spirit, and pray only, or chiefly, to
Jesus Christ; whereas the Divine Spirit
being equal with Christ in every pep-
fbotion of Godhead, demands equal
worship. Now the soul applies in its
prayers and praises to the Holy Spirit^
and often as to an absolute God, without
any Mediator, Here it keeps a time,
until a thought arises : — I have neg-
lected Ood the Father ; then, to avoid
any extreme, the embarrassed soul, in
its integrity, for some time addresses
Father, Son, and Spirit ; but again
gets perplexed by those scriptures
which speak of asking the Father for
the Holy Spirit; of Christ's sending
the Spirit from the Father ; of asking
this in the name of Christ, Perhaps
some book on the Trinity falls into tho
hands of such soul, where the subject
is treated in such a manner as if tho
Christian worshipped ^ree Oods, Such
writers enlarge on tho perfections of
Christ and the Spirit, without keeping
the OFFICS of each Divine Person in
the Godhead distinct, and in its proper
place. I could name writers of this
stamp, who were men of learning and
piety, and whose works have grieved
and confhsed me. Beside these things,
Satan will not be wanting to puzzle
and conf\ise the mind with queries, as —
Are you stirs that Christ is God equal
with the Father? Do you not love,
pray to, or praise one more than ano-

■• apM tUi mllim. Expwl kt bMr

Mota OooKS-

• mf nte dcatb or sn emtn.*

tiwrf SvnJT fwli an iaraiDIirrt)m»bIe " tIm wmictli all tilings after tlu
jitgtiiaK wnr ««M ran* faw tiad. w — iinflifc qwa.'witV" bat Mm to bt
AmI it !■ «vU if h* doca Doi aii, time- j tf<4d^ fw Itud rtrokr, and lo rejoin
kiv, tlw BAU b not the ««(4 of tind ' En ill coQ<*qocii>c(«— its ron»e<|[iciira
TVM nn tJIT dMn^li wfaiih in lii»* toar, mjrwib, t» yoa. a»d ir(iun.[<°r
fal bVM pwflM ■«««■ inlaJ. bat 1 kiMW jmi Ivtad bn,) •nd'lwWtu'r
{ ii Mrt it, 1^ 1^. wuh u a n it l imi- laay l«n Icotd m4 nttictod (Ubwr
tadtl) Mt OMaflbts i» pmnaua I Jaas Ooau

111— arm x rwiTTCt numn.
MmiJalttai, iLmA '.tk, ITW.

lllUJ.UAtiA«(— J niuoMd m Maidoi
boiul am JUcndaj wantng iMt, wlicro
fboad mf biB>ly wf U. I itajvd a trecl
loayw thftn I intandcd through lb
pRuisg aolicitationt of tbc |K«pU
utd bMtuc Mr. Graic coaM aot, na
llr. Wilka imuld not, prcnch &t ilrui
on bat invf uod I lUyod Uw ma
ntelil;, M (be I-urd blaaecd mj lalxtm
<li«r* kut iMT, aodgure me Du>re wii
to mjr KiiniBtr; doling my mamlJi
■JXMlt tli«ie tbun ia anj TWELVE tn«n(J
of Div Ufu belbre*. 1 bAie f«nnd lii
protuiM- true. " Tha Lord aball bki
ihf goiag oat," Thu H« UugnKiousl
knd oittiuenll}' done in mf soul an
body and Uboun; and cow 1 ho)}E fi
the rdtuaindei of the promise, '* Tb
IiDi'd bUoJI bleu thjr coniing iii." Ihof
llr nill ble«e laj i«tiiira to lay tauul
uid frieodi, lo my ch&i^e, and to ic
on-n pcisoQ. I vioitc-d Ihfagodwoioa
at the Aluui ILiuu soou aiU:r I uriTc
at liritlol, uid ou appnutchiog hex doe
(up stalls) 1 found her pniying fei
ventlj : »he ii not quick of hritiiii^
sad 1 Listened for a time, till she ita
fiuiahod. Oil entering the room Ui
exclaimed, 1 am glad toKcjou, — Ihav
beea thinking over tout fiirnccii Ui
aiui ttrnutH (the fbnner was " Jesn
Christ the conno ytiletiay, and to-^j
and for ever"). I ahall never &rgetit
I found Xlis iofa; the wmc to-d^j as i
nos die day yon left Bristol — who
shall I rcndGT (o the Lord for lu
wonderful grace to suclj a siiinoi; ? C*
you Ua me, »ij' 1' Xell mc, if you cau
nhot 1 shall render to the Lord, for
tun lost! 1 atn lost in aMoiu*liiacnt a
Ui* favoui. It is really ^IflRsaiit aii(

IL-

1>C*K MaI>AX.~* • * ' - T! it Ihr
Ztrd." « JWbU; A. teJk.(A oiroy. mf
4fA« M« Umdtt iim t bikI -who can lay
IbIuiii, WhatdoBtUwnf "Hismidar-
ih»di«g ia infisito." Or tfaerribre
fin thi m t tiiia (Uvkonoiild mnc: He
kM Ma KKW pilaii«, and thsrrSire moat
Ju»« appoitdarl it. Y«m " He pnfonn-
«(h the thing thai b nppoislMl to n«."
Ho is uhaulate Somvigra of ine and
nine, aad IhcTcfare '' diMrs what se«i»-
etb him good." Hia power ia Diioen-
trolliible, and ther<!fote wo eould not
** retain her spirit in the day uf death."
He ia " the only wiao Qod," and lher«-
foro luu not erred in atriking toy child,
in " taking an-uy the deaire of niy eyea
with a ttroke." He is liiithful tn his
word, and Uiercfore " Tiails our back-
siidingB with a rod and with ttripea."
He in unchangeable in hi" loivci for
" a* many as ho loves he rehukM and
clioslens." Ilia grace nkust retgii in
all his proceeding* towards hia i^it-
dren, and Uierelbre " Ul- doee not atBiet
williDgly. not griovc the ohildrett of
men." much leas the children of his
lore: no; he hug no pleasure in our
paini bat, " nfiLieta U.4 foroar/iri^ that
yre might be parlakcrg of his holineoe ;"
whatever anguish of spirit ve Lave
felt, and still do feel, these truths we
balieve and it^t upon, wailing, weep-
ing, and praying that we may bo fi-ej
them, as not merely to tiAmit to Uim

.WoiTAOUfr'T'i »-:

to tee a 'woman, eighty-
tbee jean of ago, «e happy in t^e
prospect of death and of heaven. What
I character is that 'whicli is formed hy
fhe Holy Spirit through the faith of
God, and preserred and impressed hy
eojojments and trials to the last.
Mty this Proyidence which shields

ns, and that grace which Bares and
comftois us, he continued to us as our
portion, and be acknowledged by us as
redeemed sinners, the most undeserving
and most obliged of which is yours,
very affectionately,

John Cooke.

Ij^tnttJSi

rABXWKLL TO 8ITMXtR.

Ofumnnt fkir ! I bid fhrewell
To thy sweet Joys amid the grove ;

ijid notea of sorrow from the dell
BhaU echo while I pensive rove.

Tht sephyr wafts my lute's sad tones
To yon green mount with monniM
•wdl;

Vy saddened heart the reqniem owns,
Tls smnmer^a last departing knell.

Ah whoie are now thy loreUest flowers,
Thy Unshing roaes gemmed with dew ?

lAaphanumia of departed hours,
They eeen dietinct in fimcy's view.

Aad where are now those sounds so dear.
When wandenng near the limpid

The warUera' aonga I used to hear,
While mooalight shed a silver gleam i

ilea ! they're gone, like other joys,
They laded fast before my eyes !

JBo death the cup of bliss alloys,
And blights the fondest hopes we prize.

It is the lot of mortals fhol

Tb snfltnr diaappointment's throes ;
Iheh hoeom might tmibld a tale
' ' Of withered Joy»--of secret woes 1

Bii^Acfe*a a land ^ summer flowera,
' Aa-wiiitrlr winds e'er chill the scene ;
Hine'iOBea htoom 'mid heavenly bcrwtrs,
' ' Afaft all'M ipeaeeM and serene.

ll h iha laail mhnt Jesua reigns,
li'frhMa'iMiphB height hia aaiiifi adore ;

"Where mortal pilgrims know no pains,
And earthly Borrows are no more !

C.
Ckarkiworth, I6tk Sipt. 1854.

CALVAKT.

Or, Calvary ! thou sacred spot,
TOiy name will never be Horgot,

Por there the Saviour died :
The Lamb for sinners there was slain,
He died to wash out sin's vile stain,—

Let him be magnified !

How must the angels have looked down,
When they beheld Qod's only Son

Nailed to the cursed tree :
They had attended all his waya.
While on this earth he spent his days.

And now the end they see.

How would the powers of hell deride,
And victory claim when Jesus died,

Bnt short their triumph proved :
For by his death he crushed low
Death, sin, and hell, and every foe,

And rescued those he loved.

To Calvary let sinners fly.

It was for such that Christ did die.

They *re welcome to their Lord ;
He will not send their souls sway,
Who thither look, and fervent pray, —

Oh, be his name adored !

How dear to sainta is Calvary,
There they oft look with grateful eye>

And smile, and weep, and love :
In heaven they 'U talk of Calvary,
Eternal Was it will supply

To all the ranka above.

QzQ

n.TeiorH pTBUCATioirp.

Srbfrto of 3RrUgio(i«e ^iiblirationd.

Turn AcT«ii<MKi,PBv or tsb EUt. Wiu
Li*« JxT, in'fA Biminitmirt* of ton*
Jjifii«ymA«J t'r—(«wjiom riw, N>J«(miw
£UMmI fry
. D j»., LL.U., awJ
Joa flruMi Jamb. Sto. pp. cod.

baiai: ■mHHm, Adam^ mad Co.

Is Hiinmoa widi nnlliradea, v« >)»d
bt«D tookiaguxioiulrDnUMi^lanBM).
oT thk ■aioUoRnphT of aa« of the MM'
rmutrkablo ia«) of hb day. As it vaa-
wcU known Hut Mr. Ja; lud be*
mSAS«d, in tbo ncnuc of hia lUf*, ii
tho |>rtpam[iaii of vaeW a wrork , nnd a
poitloiu of it had be«a read br bim ti
■dact frirada, coaaUanbla oxpcctoiioi

Tho gnat Ukat vUdi lb. Ja; had
tvlaeed lot Uop^Ucal portnituK. tlM
Intercaling frinulatu^ lio bad boes kaown
Id torm, hia extended oaieer otnaafal and
honouialile lorvico, and kia groat popn-
laril}' aa a itriur of mora Uiad ordinary
aontimptil, all contribulcd to whet aucli

TliCTC WPTC, moreover, many rcry len-
der and touching uaociations conoecU'd
with the hisiory of Mr. Jay, whith could
only be fully appreciated by those vho
abarcd in hia priTiitc fiiendi^hrp, and
know the faiciaationi of hia pcrtonol in-
tercourse. ThoM who wwE ihiw pri-
vileged tbriDod a large circle; and, from
their recolloctioiia of his remarkabie
powcm of edifying conTcrsatioc, Ihoy
would nuturtkUy look out for a n-ork which
■hould embody bis choicpat thoughts in

refer.

OlhGBC

of his domestic and public life.

Tngant; uid, in so far as they arc such,
they must be disappointed. But if any
one will sit down to the peruEal of this
Tolume ^riUi a correct eKIimate of what
ft ought to contain, anil a due apprecia-
tion of what is really excellent and in-
IcrcBting in bio^mphicnl narrative, we
feel persuaded he will rise up fiom his
taak with more than ordinary grati-

Tlie augfostive charactvr of the woit

Ixfon

Tttnaikable feature, ll not only eonlaiia
■ riah niino of preclona genu ; but ii bWi
in a wondciful dcpt*. tht- powOT of
slimulaling tlie reader'" own thoughts
and rpJlr«lion«i, There ia no mere Ttt-
bt*|te in Ut. Jay's eompOBiliooia. Ho
couid nci'JuT apcalc nor write wiihuui a
-dcflnltc thaoghl before hia mind;— and I
he never fails, Ihwcfore, to convey his
idcaa to the reader, iu 'aU their minute
•hades and bearings. The very quaint-
Tw** and anitihcsia which pervade hii
writings giTC effect to ih; t'loughia and
feelings he aiioa to convey. lie resem-
bled no other man of hia day : and if be
had his model, thotigh that we ai»
Cl««tly di^oaed to qucHlon, it tisecd ta
ths Puritan divines of a former age.
But (ft any age, he would h4t« cloimfd
and auuined aa identity all hi* own.

Konconformity owe* an immense debt
of grailtudo to the nemory of tfai* gtntt
and good man. For moro than uity
years, both as a preacher and an aulho^
he nobly reprcacnted in iateresia ; ttud
compelled not a few to think favounhly
of its claima. Moat catholic in his spirit,
and in the raitirc hearing of hia public
conduct, he wna, at the same timo. an en-
lightened and Brm SonconRmniat, and
did more to help forward the cause of
Cangrcgiliunal Dissent, than a thousand
noisy wranglers -

But it is high timo wc should now i^i]>
dcavour to giro our readers some idea of
the plan of this iMlumc, and of the rich
mental fcasi that has been provided ft*
them. Little remained to b« aeeom-
pliihed by the Editors, Dr. Rcdford and
ilr. James ; but that little they have done
well, and in the spirit of hint whose Auto-
biography ia now given to the public
like GtntTol Inlndtulioti to the Autobio-
graphy, Itomiaisoeneca, &c. ; — the Sup>
plement to the Autobiography: and the
critiijuc on Mr. Jay, eonaldercd as a
Prenchor and nn Author, with occaaiond
illustrations and tanpUAealions of Mr.

BBYIEW OF 11BLIQI0U8 PUBLICATIONS.

G46

/aj's texty will be greatly valued by the
pablic, for the light which they throwupon
many peaaagea in the life of the dcceaaed,
as wdl aa far the original and striking
ofaeenrationa which they contain. But
the £diton» with a wiae discretion, hare
retired- into the shade, and have suffered
Mr. Jay to make has own impressions, in
hiaown way.

The work, aa it now appears, consists
oiFtmrP&rtM. I. Tbs Autobioo&apht,
which extends to 177 pages, of close let-
terupress, written by Mr. Jay in the form
of Lettera to his children, and embody-
ing. in an eaay and moat pleasing man-
ner, all the principal erents of his hon-
oared and happy career, from early youth
to hoary age. It is a most precioua docu-
ment, which no Biographer but himself
could have written. And though he is
his own hero, it is but simple justice to
say, that nerer was a work more devoid
of egotistic details. This may seem next
to an impossibility, when a man is writing
meinoira of himself ; but the fine current
of rich sentiment which pervades every
page, though it reminds us continually of
Jay, and makes us acquainted with all
the way in which the Lord led him in the
wildemeaa to prove him and to try him,
haa the eflbct of doing away with every
thing like self-exhibition ; and only fixea
the mind on himself, that it may soar to
kllicr themes, and become conversant
widi the events of Divine Providence, or
the plana of sovereign grace. There is a
leas intense gase fixed on the mere human
iastminent, in thia Autobiography, than
eonld have been realised had Bir. James
or Dr. Bedford been selected to record
she events of Mr. Jay's life.

Past II. contains a Supplsmbnt to the
Autobiography ; and takes up the narra-
tive of tho evening of Mr. Jay's days,
ehsie he breaks off. It consists of eighty-
ive pages, and is written with great oaro
sad ^farit; and embodies aome most
tej^y intcteating facts. The closing
secne of Mr. Jay's life waa a fitting and
bMadfiil sequel to a career of such blame-
!■§ cxedlence, and devoted seal; and
the Kditora have, in this department,
lUl juatiee to their theme.

FasT in. iatxoduees us to Mr. Jay's

''REHIlfZSOBlfOBA OF DiSTlKGUISUED CoN-

TEMPOBABiBS," which havo been looked for
with great avidity, and will fully sustain
all reasonable anticipation. Some of them
arc most valuable, not only for the ori-
ginal complexion of thought which per-
tains to them ; but for the light of truth,
and integrity which they shed upon the
habits and feelings of certain great and
good men, who have been grievously ma-
ligned, after their death, by ecdeaiastical
bigots. If Mr. Wilberfbrce's sons are
not beyond the reach of improvement and
rebuke, they will find a mirror in Mr.
Jay's sketch of their venerable father,
which may weU make them ashamed.

The ** JRemmueenees " are all character-
istic. There are Tioenty»three of them
altogether; and those of John Nowton»
John Kyland, William 'Wilberforcc, Han-
noh More, Rowland Hill, Richard Cecil,
Robert Hall, Joseph Hughes, and John
Foster, are invaluable. We could read
them over and over again, and feel, *' O
ho%e true ia tht likeneati** These Sketches
alone will make the volume one of tho
most popular productions of the age.

Part IV. consists of judicious selec-
tions from Mr. Jay's correspondence; and
most judicious they are, presenting him
to our view, dear sainted man ! just as we
like to contemplate him. The Concludi$tff
Obtervation^f on the Rev. William Jay, as
a Preacher and on Author, ought to have
been Pabt Y. ; for they well deserve this
distinction. The criticism they contain,
though friendly, is most just and rigor-
ous, and is greatly to tho credit of the
pen from which it flowed.

We venture to predict that this volume
^-ill live and be read, while the English
language sur vives. There is more of strik-
ing sentiment in it than in any memoira of
the age. And there arc so many just cri-
ticisms in it upon men and things, that it
cannot fail to improve the heart, while it
fascinates the imagination. We commend
it to all our readers, with the f^U con-
sciousness that wc are thereby conferring
on them a personal obligation. O for a
few more such as Jay to recruit the ranks
of the Nonconforming ministry!

wxnmw OF bbuoioto nmuujamiM.

Tnn 'PHfUMonrr ot tbv Imncm ; jrnn

kntnAL txnxtmcm to tob TmoBm

or Sift WiUitAK Hamilton aiid M.

Coiwtif. Bf HuntY GAiAxmwootD.

8T0.'j)p. 230-

TImmbm OMit^to fML Co., BAlilM^; and
H«aflt«B, AdAiatt ud. Co.» JUadeo.

Wnu the whol« litenry wodd, with
hw e»ieptioM» has bMn loimdiag toth
tin pnikeo of Sir WiUiam Hamilton» m
tho loviftthAn phUoaopher of hit agti we
aoMfeaa to a moat anxious state of foaling
in oontanplating 13io partienlar btadsga
of iome of his fsTourito thtories,— and,
with all his great poweca, to mo littk
diseatiafkotion with tha oumhrona nonifla*
dalttra adopfted by hi» to axpveta ideas
o^fMible of bafaig eottTaycd in a fiar simpler
and leaa pavplezing pfaraaoologj* "nvat
ht ia a profound thinker no ono atitiftlad
to haTO an opinion wiU dany t^-hut if hia
noat elaborata disqiniaitiona wart stripped
of a €«rtaiii unnaaaaaary perplexing
diction, thty wonld loaa nrach of their
iaipoaing duonctet; and some of their
moat pexilona fkUadea would bo moco
easily detaetad. Bneh a notnendature
aa Sir William adopta may compel
thought; but, after all, a great deal of
precious time must be lost, in his class,
by the mere effort to ascertain in what
aanse the Professor employs particular
terms $ and such eflbrt will odd but yery
little to the student's stock of general
knowlodge. Indeed, if he sympathises
with us, he will often feel that terms have
been unlawfully wrested fhmi their legiti-
mate use ; and have been made to serve
a purpose peculiar to the notions enter-
tained, on particular subjects, by the
learned Professor.

We are glad to find, that two first-class
thinkers, the author of this volume, and
the writer of an article in the yorth
Briii9A Qwtrieriy, have given expression
to our pent-up griefs. It is to us an
unutterable grief, when men of vast intel-
lect, and occupying the Professor's chair
in a distinguished University— and such
a chair particularly as that of Logic and
Metaphysics^ should be found tripping
upon topics involving alike the data of
natural and reveal^ .Religion. We know
too well the sad effects which must result

flrom mSi twftflifayi mt in ^leptoMto k
with aU tfw anrtiertnaan of
nama in mpMiti W«: atn.
Msattliig, that ami of tiMT faii^iiant^i
onghtaotto be tanDhm an
iitiaa, iHm hold opinkma atTanaafln witii
the aoher and welMignrtnl mtvieliotta
ofnlno*tmillinofthnChiiallnnvofid. il
may be very well to tell ua dinfe thny as*
liegioiMia and Melopliymoina«» nnd attiat
teadineeandingtothrirto nirt nli nii B Bni
we camiot tegol thift diof hmm n pnwcp»
fill inflntnoeml thn'tanchomftf n noming
gmaration ;-*and that thn man en*
Ughlanad tbay are, on general gnranda*
and tha more xeapectsihle in pdvafee life*
the greater will bo the evil resulting from
their wrong teaching upoa aubfeets of
vital and permsnant intereat to mankind.

It is refreshing to find that, while anoh
a mastar in the art of reaaoning ea Sir
WiUiam HamiHan is potting forth atate>
menta ealcnlated to suhvact fizM prin-
ciples, by taadung baldly that man, from
the lawa of hia being, cen here no jpast-
Hw eometfiwn of the Infinite Mind ; and
broaehing viewa of ereatien doa^ boc-
daring on the Pantheiatio theory ,<^there
are thoaa among Sir William' a own
Pupils, feeling deeply their oUigationa
to their late Profeaaor, who are able suo-
cesafully to grapple with hia exxoneoua
opinions.

We welcome such a writer aa Henry
Calderwood vrith great joy into the field
of metaphysical aciencc, aa a champion,
who, from his logical acumen, no leas
than his sound religious principles, is
qualified to do great service to the Chris-
tian cause. He is a writer of the first
class : — lucid, acute, logical, and eameat,
in a high degree.

** The work now preaented to the pub-
lic/' he observes, ** is intended aa an illus-
tration and defence of the propoaition,
that man has a positive conception <^ the
Infinite. It is an attempt, by a careful
analysis of consciousness, to prove that
man docs possess a notion of an Infinite
Being, and, since such is the oase, to as-
certain the peculiar relations in which it
is found to arise. The discussion, there>
fore, belongs essentially to the sphere of
the higher Mataphyaica, and involves a

vmnmw or uDUOiout jpuBucxTtoms.

047

9omtm flf gpegiilfttioo ott maay paintB not
foaeraUy •gjuted by our ficotlMh philo-
topttn^ and ewA on ftome whioh haye not
kiikertOfOolarM.I lun awwrt, been oon-
In tlte philotopbf of this

Tbe outline of the Authov'f plan wiU»
in tome mMsvie, pcepere our more intel-
U9fnt«Mde» fiw the deftailt of the work.
Cte9wl» StetementoftbeQuMitioB. II.
Ibrwoiitiimiof Sit WiUUm HamiUon-t'
diiliaDtioftof tholDfiniloaBd the-Abso*
faito. HL SuiniBdition of Sir WiUiaot
Huttlloiitt doclriaa of a Nogatrre Kotion'
of tteZnAttito. IV. TrMOt of the Infi*:
ate. T. XheKnowledge of the Infinite
iRiheBelationo£Tiiiie« YLThoKnow'.
Mge «C Hm Infinite in -the IteUition of
Bpofft. VII. The Knowiedge of the In^
iutoBeiBg M FiretCawie. YIIL The
KHBiHedge of the Bifiiiita Being as Moral
O t^ umn^ IX. The KAOiriedge of the
UiJVta Being aa the OlQect ef Worehip.
X. J?SaAl<8tat0ncnt of the PhUoeophy of
l^inflnite.

We reekon this Tolnme one of the best
ffltrihutiff"? of the modem press in the
higlMr department of IMaphyaiica. The
sMUaat with Bit WiUism HamUton is
amiaCetafed with a Tigour and sneeess
irittoh we held to be triumphant. In onr
laey deperlment (page 637) will befnud
a eeadeased view of Hrk Oalderwood's
idiich will* we doubt not|in«
10 purohase the TOlumi^— a
lUk treeeure to all iwho possess it*

BifucB HwrabMnoMi its Evidtnsest Ex-
t ime/ t imimmmi^ and CMlmttral; io§Hhtt

. ^iik»i$€mmmitaiAmihorii^nndFlmmy
fwmmitim I M^ PamaA Dswar* D.D.,

>e«od Sdition^ enlarged. Small ftro.

H(tah|(»asd 8ta — ^»
.f Ik liasea like Ihcaeit is impossible un-
M^.j|» eMUtiply teUd works in defimce
sC'.meaM feBginn The press teems
vUk wmkeefeA Opposite eheracteri dez-
MlBarig^edapted te unsettle the oonTie«
Lflf'tteyotmgand inezpeiienoed, and
ms « elate of things in which
tkiWttlftvitli infidelity must be waged

afresh. We have no misgivings for the
interests of Divine truth in the long run ;
but our confidence is not founded upon
the wisdom or goodness of poor errmg
humanity, but upon that feature oi tlie.
Divine government by which able cham*^
pions of the Christian cause have always
been supi^ied when most they were
needed. The battle of the seventeenth oen*
tury» so well fought with the ?uffh and the
low schools of infidelity, brought us posoe
for sixty or seventy years ; and the eon*
fiict now waged against the truth, iy\ oen*
tain new and subtle forms, will call forth
a class of earnest and learned advocates,
before whom the more puny race of scep-
tics of the present age, with all their
hypooritioal reference for the spirit of tiie
Bible, as a development of humanity,
will asstoredly be made to quail, and in
due time to leave the field to their more
able, because more truthliilj antagonists.

We say to aU inquiring young men,
make yourselves thoroughly acquainted
with our old defences, and you have no-
thing to fear firom the specific modes of
attadt resorted to by the enemies of
Ohriitianity vfho have sprung up in our
times.

Principal Dewar's volume, which we
now introduce to otir readers, is cslculated
to do good service. We know of no ob-
jection worth looking at, against Chris-
tianity, that has not been ably dealt with.
It has been used by him as a class-book
in Marischal college, Aberdeen, and it
will be found worthy of such honourable
distinction ; for it is a thoroughly perfect
treatiso of its kind, extending to the whole
subject of which it proposes to treat. It
is divided into IX. Books : I. Th'' Pro-
bability, Desirableness, and Necessity of
Divine Revelation. 11. On the Oenuine-
nfss, Authenticity, and Integrity of the
Scriptures of the Old end New I'esta-
ments. III. Considerations prelin^inary
to a Review of the Evidences of Divine
Revelation. lY. The Divine Origin and
Authority of the Old Testament Scrip-
tures. V. The Divine Authority of the
New Testament. YI. The Internal and
Experimental Evidences of the Scriptures
of the Old and New Testaments. YII.
Of the Internal and Collateral Evidences

048

RBvnw or BSLMnooft fmuomoM.

of IHTine Bertlmtioii. VIII. Of the C»-
nna of Scripture. IX. Of tlie Plenary
Iiii]riratioii of the Hoi j Seripturei.

These topics «ie handled with great
calmncsa and logical power ; and ao aa to
leaTe no foot of solid ground om which
infldelit J can stand.

The last chapter is an ahle defence of
what has hecn termed Tcrbal inspiration,
vpon which, in some of its bearings, there
nay be diierencea of opinien among
thcM who adhere tenadonsly to the doe-
trinr^ that the Scriptures of the Old and
New Teatamenta are vtriiif Hm word of
God,

The work of the learned and excellent
Professor is deserring of a Tcry extended
circulation, which, we sincerely trust, it
will realise. Wdl is it far those studenta
who arc taught by such a Pro fe ssor.

MiBOT Fon JLjj, I or, tho Chrmi Fwopiiia*

lioft suficient for Mim% An Jbymmeni

andan AppmL
London: Ward ttd Co., PalsnM»tn-i««r.

Ax American productiDn, small in
compass, but grand and oomprehsnaiTe
in its grasp. It is written in no gold«
leaf letters, but in characters of living
fire.

The aim of the author is to set forth
the atonement of Christ in all its uncon-
fined fulness of grace and rirtue; but
iv'hile he luxuriates in the fact that the
proTision of Divine mercy on behalf of
man is, from the very nature of the case,
unlimited and illimitable, ho yet restricts
its results to the positive enjoyment of
that redemption which is l^e mighty
boon of tl^osc only who believe. In his
own words :—

''There is a distinction to be always
carefully maintained between the work
of atonement and the work of redemp-
tion. The one does not necessarily im-
ply the other ; redemption includes atone-
ment, but it includes more ; it includes
its actual results ; it is the application of
the atonement issuing in final and com-
plete salvation. The one, therefore, in
its nature may be more extensive than
the other. An unredeemed sinner has
even now a deep interest in the atoning
{sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and, whether

efcntttdly laH cr aaviMi wfll fail HM

intoett fhtiMigli ttM agei ef Ida

being. IPnth tiiis

deasptSoB mMttStf is ait geM»d|

toaffim that it la limtlad li hm

the plainly revealed liMt» that aD awm

iriU not be i«fed.

•< In the iFtow wHeh we faka ef A»
anbjeet, aiareofiry wa a ep aiH a Ota su-
ture of the ateawawt ftam, tny aecfet
unrevaaM pvpoae of th* laiMita Mad
l eapect iB g ita appUeatUi. Wa do not
deny thoeariaMnaaefMNlinpvkfOBe; ao
iiur from It that wo eamMt eoBealfO of oa
inteDigant, all«wSse Being oetiog la any-
thing without design, and we cannot,
vritliovt detracting tern tho hoaoor and
glory of Him who ia no leaa wiae thaa
holy in all His works, anppoaa otharwise
than that in this grsat plan, aad I may
add effort, of forgiving mercy. He had in
view aooM certain speeifio results, Wa
do not believe that the Isaaaof die atoao-
■Mat is in the Infinite Hind aa opaa qnea-
tion. The results of a Redeemer^a work
are not contingent results. They are ab-
aolutely certain. It is fixed, uaaltaraMy
fixed, tiiat the Saviour is to be rewarded
for his life of toil and ignominy, aad his
death of shame and agony. He is to
' see of the travail of bis soul snd to be
satisfied ;' and a multitude greater than
any man can number, of those ' who have
washed their robes, and made them white
in the blood of the Lamb,' shall givo
grace and glory to His triumph. But
the ultimate design of the atonement, as
it exists in the mind of Odd, is a very
different thing firom the nature of the
atonement itself, as it is spread out be-
fore our view upon the pages of revealed
truth. The question before us is not
what Ood intends to accomplish by
virtue of the sacrifice of Chriat ; not how
far the efficacy of that sacrifice will, in
point of fact, reach ; for upon these ques-
tions God haa thrown a veil of impenetra-
ble darkness ; but what is the great moral,
revealed purpose of the atonement ? what
is its intrinsic value and sufficiency \ how
far ia it available in its ovm nature to the
salvation of man? Did God mean to
spread it over only a part, or the whole of
the race? Are men, all men, as lost

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649

siiisiem» so interested in the atoning
death of Jeene ChxisK that they may,
if thej wiU, be saved by it? This
is the question, and we unhesitatingly
tike the affirmatiTe. Our position is,
that through the sacrifice of Christ God
can be just, and yet lorgiTe. Such is the
dwracter of the atonement, that * it would
eoeaqport with the glory of the Divine
character, the sustentation of Ood's
govornment, the obligation and honour
of His law, and the good of the rational
sad mocal system, to save sll men, pro-
ilAtd they toe aocepted of Christ.'
' Bvary legal bar and obetruction in the
way of the salvation of all men is re*
■oved.' 8ueh is the nature and efficacy
of the atonement of the Son of God, that
te lelatiotis not merely of some men, but
sf the entire race, are totally diffisrent
tarn what they would have been, had the
B a t i o ni never suffered and died ; differ-
eat^ I mean, in this sense, that since this
gnsst atoning saczifioe has been ofllsred,
6od can upoQ the ground of it consist*
mdf pardon the sins of all, and nothing
ahnta a man out £rom forgiveness
hope but his own unwillingness to
of the offers of mercy made to
in the gospel. Sueh is the] view
eCthe Ailnesi of the atonement which we
derire to advocate, and which we would
eenmend to the intelligent faith of

»»

Chiietiaaity addresses itself to the in-
tfUgenee aa well as to the faith of man.
Isiag « levelat&on of the Infinite Mind,
it mat be in -harmony with universal
asBoo* But if reason has become blinded
md perverted, ss is the case with man,
Aaa it qpeaka to his heart as well ss
to his intellect. It meets him on the
pound of his moral consciousness, and
Ids him how a Saviour has been pro-
vffled Ibr bun in his fsr-off distance from
Qod } hflfw ez]dation has been made for
Us sina ; how the path has been laid open
ftv Us letom ; and how from the lowest
flf kb misery he mayrise into per-
1 llii and endless joy. Of these facts
Httfa traetate now before us is a suc-
peiitfam, which we cordiallyre-
to all our readers.

HUTOaV OF F&SNOH LiTBBATVBB JX TK>
EXOHTBBKTH CbNTU&T. ByAjMXAXlHER

YiNBT, Profestar of ThMhgy at LaU'

Sonne. Translated from the French by

the Ren, Jahbs Bbycb. 8vo. pp. 496.

T. ft T. Clark, Edinbuigh ; and Hamilten, Adami,
and Co., London.

Tub more we reflect on the splendid
powers of the late Professor Vinet, the
more we are impressed with the vsstness
of the loss, to the cause of general litera-
ture, and to the interests of Christianity,
which has been inflicted by his early
death. Every thing that has flown from
his pen has indicated mind in its highest
forms, sanctified by the grace of God, and
directed to the noblest ends.

The volume which we now introduce
to our readers will give to Englishmen a
more definite conception of the vast re-
sources of the lamented Professor, than,
perhaps, any former production of his
pen ; — just because it will take most of
them into a region of thought with which
they are less acquainted than with some
of his former speculations.

His Introduction is a fine, flowing, 11-
Itmiinating document, such as we needed
in this country to enable us to understand
the genius of French literature. Then
follow Twenty-seven sketches of French
authors, good and bad, which will never
be surpassed in fidelity to truth and
righteousness. I. The Chancellor D'Agu-
esseau, 1668—1751. II. Cochin, 1687
—1747. III. Buke Dc Saint Simon,
1675—1756. rV. Bollin, 1661—1741.
V. Louis Racine, 1692 — 1763. YI,
Cr^billon, 1674—1762. VIL Le Sage,
1668—1747. Vin. Destouches, 1680—
1754. IX. The Abb6 Pr6vost, 1697—
1778. X. The Marchioness De Lambert,
1647 ^ 1738. XI. Mademoiselle De
Launay (Madame Be Steel), 1698—1750.
XII. Fontenelle, 1647 — 1747. XIII.
Houdard De La Motte, 1672 — 1742.
XIV. Marivaux, 1688—1763. XV. La
Chauss6e, 1692—1754. XVI. Le Pre-
sident Hainault, 1685—1770. XVTI.
Vauvenargues, 1715 — 1747. XVIII.
Montesquieu, 1689—1755. XIX. Vol-
taire, 1694—1778. XX. D'Alembert,
1717—1783. XXI. Diderot, 1713—1784.
XXn. Helvetius, 1715—1771. XXHI.

^itiuu-p.

Tua Bcr. JoHpti Fnncc A.)I., «*k
botn of io*iwcUblii vid ptoui {nniuli. at
Blackbuni, LucMhin, oa th* ISUi ot
Julj. 17HSi uiil WM hapiucd by Utc Ilcr,
Jamo* UcQutue, a ditUnguukcd miuu-

biun. Ui* rftthet, Ui. J«liu FiaiKc, wm
a libtral luppoito ot the cauM oT Cluul.
ta counixtuii wilt tii« aliove iiUco of
wonbip, fnun iU conunen^'vuiciit ; uul
tODCinucd wixiuljr attacJiS'l lu iU iolcrulii
up to tltc pciiod of hit ilt-utb. Batli
pucnu tuliituBllj' endeavoured to tiuu
up Ih?ii children in the fuu vS Ood,
nod thuir piajerfiU ctforlt were fioatly
UcMed.

I Aa a f outli, lui trulf oiuiable ilispocL-
tioo, gcneiuBiCy, and tendci arCi of kiud-
iK», sic-atlr Endeared ium to th« faoiil;
■iidc, and to luufumily dutiful was but
conduct lowarda bis paionlB, that the;
havo &cquenllf laid, it never gave thm>
one moni«at'B anxiety-
lie received las early education at a
Echool of considerable celebrity in tlie
coimtry, conducted by the Eev. Joseph
Bealcy, bis maternal uncle, a Prc«by-
tainn minister of the old school, for
trhoni he tdn-npi retained the warmest at-
tachment. After tearing this academy,
at which he honourably distiDguiahed
himself, he cngngcd far tevftal yWJn in
commercial life in his native town. Uia
early training, tliou^h uncongenial with
his iDenlal h:ibiti, was not wtilhout it«
qieci&c effects on his future career and
character, by giving him nn ioright into
tho details of trade and commerce.

Previously to his entericg on eommcr-
cjnl life, he had been early imbued with a
apirit of divine groce, and ha traced his
flnit decidedly religious impresaions to
his pious mother's eonvarfiation.

About this period a new epoch occurred
in the religious circle at BlacVhnrn, by
the settlement of the Kcv. Joseph Fletcher,
afterwards Dr. Fletcher, of Stejmey ; and
the sutrjeet of (his memoir was one of

the first to unite hinudf with the chmi^ |
when il cane under his putoral care.

This happy letllemcnt was the mcau, '
irndci Uod. of infusiDg Ireah life and
spirit into its members, of healing ua-
hoppy diviaiooa, and of kindling a ho^
cnthuaiaam lor the diffusion of Christitv
truth. Here it may not be irrelevant to
inacrt an extract bom a letter addressed
by him in after ycora to the Editor uf the
" Select Works and MLciairs of Dr.
Fletcher," which iUuatrate* the foregoing
statement, and exhibits the beneficial in.
Queues exercised over his whole career
by his early association with this ""in,»n t
•trrant of Christ,

■■ lie ei

'■ he*

angvl of peace amid a scene of discoid;
and the services of the memorable £iat
sabbath seemed u oil on the troubled
waters. Uony years have since rolled
away, but the southing, reviving c&ct of
the memorable first aubbath has lust none
of its power over my mind. Such waa
the effect of hia early ministnitioni
amongst us, both in public and in pri-
vate, that a CDUsiderable revival took
place of ■ pure and undefiled religion,'
which had previously fullcn to a low tbb,
even in the church itaelf. The Church
of Christ at Chapel-street woa blessed
then with a holy, spiritual impulse, tlic
power of which ta felt to this day."

In all these revivals the ivxitcr of ihia
letter deeply sympathised, and contri~
butcd greatly to their succces by his own
personal exertions.

He further alludes to on intcrestiug
" incident," which occurred during a
temporary stgoum by the sea-side, in
company with his highly-esicemcd pas-
tor, "Life," he ■mitea, "was then young
with myself, and hope buoyant, and I
shall never forget the kindliness, na well as
the piety of hia conversation, as we took
our rambles along the shore. Much as I
felt the power of hia public ministry, then
snd to the last, it has many times occurred
to me, thot I should never hove known
the full, sterling wurth of his chnracter.

OBCTOAXT.

653

mm, eoEpeorlenMd t]ie:liappy »way of hii

fifinrt0 frUfadahip tad eouftdtnce. Your

teMw/to kdYeat to BUekbam vai to

tt]fidt Old to nuDty, many otiien, a tok«n

ftr good» di^peoMd liy Hie yighl luy&d of

4»|[tea» Hcttd of tkt dnmar.**

Hieatttarii benH Of hSa miad for lito^

i^f attaHwiMmla and yhiloaopUoal imr>-

iili^ Hvaa atkOilgly «itg«i6nted by tha

My^'M'^ dfipoitiiBitiaa of C^oriatiaift and

wwiirhittico'tufao wliioli oocumd betw^ecsi

lli^id Ilia bidoTOd pastors and a xnatual

tSmdMp htraa> fonoadi afte r w a r da ' !p*

a tti i ad by fHUdiy ties; wbkh continued

taiminttbcd throwiglir a long aarioa of

pikB, msdl it ^waa intampted by iba

Manger of doatft;; tbalaaae ausaenger

bsiKnr Reunited' tluftn in a bappier,

bil&viiilkmab^ «bove!

' 'I»ir«i daring thia '^^tiaai period" in

lia llflvtoirbidi icfeceifeoa IB mltdft in tba

iilaf»afttnet^ tbat be oame to^ tbe dad*:

iiiWla40Voie.biabelf: tp tbs moA p£ the

Gbriatian ministry; being inftueneed to

lakgtbihi important at^ by the khid en-

■iMBaiiemeH^ bereentred liraai hia pastor^

ilraiigtiliaBinjg' -biB cwn oon^vietiona ' of

di^, and falling is with 1^ oum ardent

§ar (Siriatlaa uaefdbicaa on the

eKianalyo -aealeb Bacnlar puxauita

LII0W abandoned* and after prayeifid

ii|iiiialbMiylig3iwm nqceftved aa a student

atBsKftoiiiOallage* in tiu year 1810.

> Webanrebeen. fiBfourJodvith tbefol*-

iMlag intaraatingrioommnnication iKum

bia jUand -and^ isUiMrjttndent,. the Rev.

^j/Moriafte^io whomour beat actovvr-

la49»eBia>aKe dne^ wlfidi illnatratea the

mmuty^mOk Whiah be applied hinaelf

lfcbiaiitwdifc% imd the? eatJa^atJon in which

bMBgibaftdntGoliegt- ^

M^It— ttajferwafbeaitiitingly/' writes

*ftQ hia oaseer aa a fdttow^

HawaftbaloTedby all finr the

a<[bladlipoaitien» and tha:Oorrefit

'Cbazietcr of hia whole

f la. gsKvilyr blended with

r itnnnffiit eieerfulaeaa, he was

It & Theological Stu*

Io^Im^- : X never ■ knew

/iiBtalaaa:waa te above
J ftiME |ilnbr ciae^waB the ob*>

vioua firnit of close study and oarefol ap<^
plication, l^othing could aeduoe him
from the laborious preparation neceiaary
to a firat-rate position in class, fiia
Oreek and Latin, at this early period, were
more than equal to those of hia standing ;
and hia devotion to studiea connected
with mental science amounted to a pafr*
skill.

** In the production of Essays end Ser*
mons for the claas-room, he was a pattern
to his fellow-students, for the xeal and
energy he displayed ; and no one could
better eritidse the productions of othei8«
from his habit of self-disoiplme. In com^
position, his taSto was too fastidioiu, and
to6k off the edge of his best produetionB.
But altogether, my reeoUeotiona of his
GoUege-lifie are among the moat cherished
and grateful memories of the paat."

While at Hbxton, he appears to hare
been very acceptable as a preacher, judg*
ing from the number and respectability
of the places of ■ worship in which he
preadied, from the eommenoement of his
College coarse.

Being desirous to obtain the most
thorough literary preparation for his
aacrad calling, with the advice of his
esteemed pastor, he left Hoxton for Glas**
gow University, where he attended three
ScasioBB, and gained many distinguiahed
honouxa, besides the degree of Master of
Arts.

AUfaoughf as he writes, his **atten»
tion waa necessarily chained down to Col^
lege duties and moral subjects," yet he
found frequent opportunities of preaching
in the neighbourhood around Glasgow,
ever kee|nng in view his ultimate design.
He often reflerred with delight to the
Christian intercourse he enjoyed during
this period, with a large circle of frienda,
numbering amongst them the late Dr.
Wardlaw, and the Bev. Dr. Balfour of
the Scotch Kirk ; in particular, the kind
hospitality which he received from the
Rev. Greville Ewxng and Mrs. Ewing,
made a deep impression on his mind.

After leaving Glasgow, he accepted a
cordial invitation to become pastor of
the Congregatioiial Church, at Lancaatert
amongat whom he laboured for aoue
year8» with muoh iseal and auooesa ; and

654

}m was WBdntf infliwntial in ettaWiahnig
ChfiBtiii tocietiet in the iMighbof oi bod d .
Hen k ie our fMtnfiil dntj to leoMd*
that his health wm aereiely pioBtiated
hy e tsrphns fewer ^ end the benefiei effMts
of that feaffhl diaeate aerioualy alBwIed
the tone of his Toice. It waa partly
owing to thia cireomstanee tiiatt after
leaving Lancaster, he accepted the pie>
tidenoy of the Qrammar School ai Bil-
ooatea, Yorkahire^ where has exertions
and senices were hi^y a|»{iveeiated*

He waa afterwards led» hy a variety of
oircamBtanoeay to form te himself apn*-
yate catahlkhment for the ednoation of
yonth, in the Tillage of Ham« Burreyf in
whkh eatahliahment he waa Ttry snceaas*
lol for many years. Finding that thcte
waa no place of worship there, he oon^
verted part of his own premiaeB into e
neat little chapd, where, during * period
of thirty-two yean, he faithfully lahonred
up to the last sabbath of his life.

From the commencement, a church of
Christ was fonned by him, and though it
never exceeded a little band, it has con-
tinued ; and from it many have preceded
their beloved pastor to the mansions of
bliss. Here he met with many difficul-
ties and much opposition, which made
deep impresiiiou on his keenly sensitive
spirit ; yet the firmness of his principles
and the stability of his character never
wavered ; and, \«-liilst he gave offence to
none, by his urbanity, kindness, and
Christian benevolence, he won the hearts
of all around him.

During some months of dediniog
health, there was a striking increase of
fervour and unction both in his public
and private services, which conveyed the
idea to others that he was earnestly pre-
paring for his great change ; and he has
often exxnresscd a wish that, if it were the
will of Ood, he might be removed sud-
denly, lest his faith and patience should
fail under protracted suffering.

For some months in the spring he was
frequently laid aside from preaching, and
during that period thanks are due to the
Principal of the Wcslcyan College, Kioh-
mand, and to the students of that valu-
Bbl0 institution, whose kind and accept-
able assistance waa promptly rendsred

tt MM jajUMtsl;* mi totfOm
and IMMMJI' tiidi M
to gnddai a tgwiinitanfl alliti lUiiws
sDt •ntiflipiitd : Or W id aa a d a y , the
64h oC SapitMhar. ho 4wid mi^nff^ ^4qr

of itoSWilhlO fOKilSBMlM^ JUJk

MMWiWui kkm i^iitiqtf ^aii0A4s edalnte
the twnty^duiiih ifDiiiTvniiy «f ^hediifel
(the k*t» as it pfOTed* «£ Hiaee ddil^tfiil

tmual g«lherinc>)> Mkd to a^ the Mtth
whiah lay «o wm Ida hmi^ssd
he had so lo»f asamiiied.fhifli^
by hii OW& •cxertfens* Tba friaads took
tenon the i«wii to the Bombcref !!#;
imd» aa he met the anUes c£ happj ftsv
around him with n glow «f Stnng M-
ing, it wsa lemikAd thai h*loeUd lib
diapatriarckof tii0 acsBft*. TUaifond
afarewdl to many penoaal and faif^
valued fiqeiida. * Bervioe was aftemvdB
held in the chapeU to whioh thflf si-
joumed, where a very exeellent discooae
was preached by the RefT. J. SteagbMB,
of Kensington.^

On the Sabbath morning £9UowiB|i b
roae and drcaaed, and waa prepaxiBg to
enter the pulpit, but found himself too
unwell to take the aervioe. Soon sfia
more decisive symptoms appeared; n^
his medical attendant gave little hope* ^
hia recovery. From the nature of i»
complaint, great prostration of strcagft
soon ensued, whioh rendered him aasUe
to speak ; but the calm and sweet com-
posure of his countenance evidortlT
showed that death had lost its sting ; md
whilst oonsoionsncss remained, healwsts
assented to tho precious truths of tke
gospel when presented before him. Hit
nephew engaged in prayer by the bed-
side of the dying saint; conscioasnesi
ceased ; and a few hours afterwards bis
spirit calmly and peacefViUy depirte^t
and he literally '• alept in Jesus." Tfais
moumftd event took place on Moadaiy
afternoon, the 11th September.

His remains were taken to hia oini
chapel, where a solemn service was ooth
ductcd by the Kav. £. Bevies, of Kisb-
mond, and afterwards couTeyed to the
burial-ground at Ham Chareh, folimnd
)d»^ Yds mourning velativaa^ aad by a^^lsrge
nnxidoai «& ^O&a ts^odcit^nifdL^'^ho hadftf-

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659

irlmdj fcqMfted fluA h« might be in-
%tntd llwre, and <hat tklryttight erect a
tablet te hie iMinory fa the efaureh. On
ttc ftHofWing Babballi t^ntangf an impres-
llie ftuiMi aeRaoit was preaehed to a
ttemded imd deeply aiSMted congrega-
tlH4 bfthe Ber. J. P^ Dobeon, of Lon*
im^ tpcm the worde^ *< Come tip hither,"
Kav.ir. 1.

Ko one waa more attached than the
•alijeet of thia memxiir to prfaidples of
M ^ nf tt ti i il Nfmamjormiiy, to which he
aAandy at the eoat of much selfHMwri-
Ut, tinroughoat tiie whole ooune of his

la soeiai tMreeuTM his cheerfU con-
iwaatfoa was enriched by eztensiye in-
iKBaCion, Judgment, taste, and Christian
frinceple $ attd his beneTolenee to the
poot, sympathy with the afflicted, and
true Christian hospitality, were marked
ftjiwi e in his chaoraeter.
- Am 9 pMoehtr^ hSs talents were of a
order, frequoitiy ddighting his
With his masterly expositions of
taiptute, and exhibiting throughout his
so rich a yein of Erangelical
It, that he was eminently eh*-
lilleA. to adopt the language of the
apestl% and to say, ^^ We preadi Christ

*»

■ Bi ^p myg r, he was a powerfiil pleader
MK Ood. The fervour and copiousness
if his pdbKc and pritate supplications
hM« left aaored and hallowed impresfdons
te^he heeartB <tf all who now modm his

'■ ia oenohiriQn, the Renr, Joseph France
WH^dhiriiig life, a man greatly bdored,
iai at hie death deeply lamented ; his

loss to his bereaved church appears now
irreparable ; for as was Justly obserred
of him by the Rev. Mr^ Davies, in his
ftmeral address, *< Standing still only he
was a pillar in the church, for the cause
here rested on him."

J. B. P.

XB. 7AMB8 BTBANOE.

We hare to announce the death of our
highly esteemed and much beloved friend,
Mr. James Strange, of Queen's-row, Plm-
lico, whose retiring habits hid him much
from public gaze, but whose generous
soul has often made the ^ridow's heart to
leap for joy, and whose liberality has oft
been felt to nourish and support the cause
of the Redeemer, especially among the
humbler sections of our Lord's vineyard.
It might well be said of him, <* And he
was not, for God took him." He had
suflfered somewhat from flatulency during
the week ; and on the Saturday night,
after having laid aside all secular busi-
ness, he conducted family worship, re-
tired at the midnight hour to his room,
gathered up his feet into the bed, and
sweetly fell asleep in Jesus. A spasmo*
die aifbction of the heart snapped at once
the springs of mortal life, and ushered
him to> life immortal, to enjoy an eternal
Sabbath with his Lord. He has left an
affectionate widow (the eldest daughter
of our late revered and beloved friend, the
Rev. E. A. Dunn), and three children, to
mourn their loss, and whilst they mourn,
rejoice in his eternal gain. Thus died our
friend in the flfty-flflh year of his age, ere
the Sabbath began to dawn, Sept. 17th,
1854.

!gome CI)ronttIe«

**<■■

laiatrBau. thb uaoaixve ftttid.

tones TO WrtOH^s BSOETVIKQ assist- ' niust be made, in writing, (o the Editor,

through the Publishers, on or btfore the
I 25th of December, No grant is ever
made without such application ; and no
widow on the fund can receive but one
grant for the year.

ITb /beg resj)e6tfnlly to apprize the
lom'af'oiir deceased brethren, en-
Ij^BdlKo reliff' at the Christmas distri-
]Ki^i,'€l'iDr€Af% dutt their aj|;ipUeation8

056

KBW OOU.BOB, uamoTx*
Ox Friday ereningy 20Ui September,
the winter Mtsioii of the aboye College
was opened by the unul Mtr^ giren by its
Coonoil, Principal, and ProfeMon, when
a very large and seleot eompany aaaem*
bled. Refreshments haying been par-
taken of, an adjournment took place to
the library, which was filled to OTerflow-
ing. The gathering was gxettter than
upon any former occasion, and would
have be€»i greater still but for the faet,
that on the evening of the 29th Sep*
tcmber, the church-meetings of many
of our brethren were held. The Divine
blessing having been implored by the
Kev. N. Hall, Professor Newth came
forward and delivered the intfoduetOTy
lecture, which was an elaborate inquiry
into the special relations which col-
legiate institutions for the Christian
ministry sustain to the Church of Christ,
and to the candidate for ministerial
Bcrvice. Thanks having afterwards been
voted to the Professor for his excellent
address, the Kev. Mr. Fleming, of Kent-
ish Town, offered up prayer, and the pro-
ceedings terminated. It may be interest-
ing to state, that the College opens with
a cheering accession to the number of
students, both lay and ministerial.

WJtn AND VICTORY,

With thousands of our countrymen, we
have watched, with intense interest, the
progress of the present struggle of the
allied powers, in the Baltic and the Black
Sea, against the usurpation of the great-
est Despot of the age. As the friends of
humanity, we have thought that the evils
connected with such a struggle are less
formidable than the imchecked growth of
Russian power, which, in its past history,
is one of the most melancholy pages in
the annals of the world. If Russia is
not taught a severe lesson, there can be
no hope of peace for the nations of Eu-
rope. Were the power of the great auto-
crat of the North equal to his ambition, he
would not hesitate to bestride the world.
But the sad fates of war, even where it
13 just, and where victory CoUowa m v\a
path, iarest it with a most meUncVioVy

fcr 4h» liiiHi /wliiirh WMj fcm fiwa il^ k

iBOM Uemim
Ve Mfor m
doubt, fam Um immwufwiBt dflii
ww»ootiaaUlgr«idcvtalutt, UmI fBtrnfuk
ttid aadntiiMi of tbt Cter voaUl be hi[i»
btod^-aad iribrt mm cf aobw imw tm
frultosee tlmt this win be a graal flii
pregnattt leesoa to •& otikcr despot^
throogboat the wwld ^

Bii(i^ alas for tfac Mid MscoinpaiiiHntt^
and the mrianeboly gneJe and bcRSfih
ments connected with war ! As wa csa»
template them, we say emphatically tl
the deepota whoee tyianny and eppet-
aion lead to them, *' Woe — woe fat aali
joil! the blood of joar ofwa mgkt md
that of other paoplea, with whcaa fta
wage unri^iteoat wai£ua, will theLsii
require at your handa 1 "

We have rejoiced with trembUig, •
we have read the graphie accounts of tht
Battle of Alma. The bravery q£ the affia^
forces, so £sr as it was put to the test, wsi
unsurpassed in the history of milittiy
campaigns. That the Rosuans were dis-
lodged from their advantageous positiaa
in the heights of the Alma, and pat ts
flight, and their posts occupied, look-
ing at the relative proportions of tke
armies, and our defective su^ly ^
cavalry, is a signal and remarkable fMi
of the superior skill and valour of the
Prench and English genecals^ and of the
regiments under th^ ocmimand. Bat
when we think of some 6000 Rnssiiiiik
and 3000 Prench and English, killed or
wounded, we fc^ our hearts sinking
within us ; and weep with hundreds of
families who feel themselves mounfoUy
bereaved. The death of Marshal St
Amaud is one of the most touching erents
on the page of history.

SPiaiTUAL CONDinOK OF LOXDON.

Gun readers, generallyy are aware ^
the lamentable disdoauree of the Cenio*
relative both to London and the eonatry.
The facts are so astounding that thej
have taken by surprise nmay who are aov
oNcxwbftlmed by the idea of ^nich iBMi&'
Vxi^ \^»»^ >Mr)^xBi^^ast ^s»«Ba of ssiht'

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057

tin. TkeJoaraaltyinonetpecUllj those
ti n pbilaathropic and religidiu chirac-
te« liaT« been earnestly and ablj— some
fi thsm profitably— discQsnng the sub-
Jnt te the last few months ; but no
ifNifit aoremtnt that we haTe heard of
Im yet been offiginated. All parties are
MR or lees excited, and conTinced of
Ihs nsccasity of doing something, while
fophzed what first to do,* and how to
art about it. The Congregational Union
fif Biglmd and Walea, as we belioTe,
took the lead in the moTement. The
OoBUsittee of that Body early saw and
4ifply ftlt the neeesaity of making some
ndcsTonn to fix attentioa on the spirit-
id privation of the Hetropc^. ACom-
■tee WW at kngth appointed, to inquire
iHe the Better, and to report. This was
ine; and the leauU was, e Resolution
H eonTcne e meeting of pastors, deacons,
md kftding members of churches, to con-
fa egneening it* This meeting, which
W held at the Congregational Library,
nUey evening, 6th Oct.,firom its character
md magnitude, showed the preparedness
flf the chnrchea to deal with the question.
Ijriday wae, of course, a very unfsTour-
dUe nifht for the bulk of the ministers ;
fte state of the weather, besides, was in-
^■■ent; hat theae circumstances were
■M nflfr*^ to prevent a large assem-
Uigs of gentlcmenr— eome of them from
e yeat dietance. The discussion was
iileBBs inetmctive^ and interesting. A
lags anonnt of judicious observation
VIS made in the course of the discussion.
Ihe reanlt, we have no doubt, will be
l||Uy benefidal ; and we trust it will
Mt tenninete with the one meeting. It
vi% indeed* agreed that another Confcr-
•Mt ahonld ahofftly be held in the East
rf London; the Rev. Qiobob Smith
eMofing very deeply into the importance
fif sueh a etep» with spontaneous assur-
mam of cordial oo-operation.

leeessarily this pecu-
nsulQect is never thoroughly
faite^ it not being permitted to any
•f^pcnker to analyse it, and exhibit it
ft^JAitB nepccts and bearings. All that
^^Wt^find OK snch occasions, is, that
l|^ ftms. Jon place of dbservation, shall,
h An i i p ea t worda* contribute those

f0L.xzxir.

views which more immediately strike
him, all of which \inited, will go some
way to illumine the general question.
While the observations, considered in the
aggregate, were valuable, by far the best
thing of the night was the Resolutions,
which display great practical judgment,
and a thorough appreciation at once of
the magnitude of the work, and its diffi-
culties, as well as a clear insight into the
general methods to be adopted for its
accomplishment. We particularly point
to these Resolutions, as deserving of
solemn consideration ; and hope that this
meeting may be the beginning of a move-
ment for which multitudes will have
reason to be thankful. — From the BrUuh
BatmeTt o/ Wednesday ^ Wth October,

XVANOELICAL ALLXAMCB.

Tbb Eighth Annual Conference of this
most Catholic Brotherhood has just been
held in the Metropolis, at Freemasona*
Hall. It commenced on Monday evening,
the 9th of October, and closed on Friday
evening, the 18th.

Though not so numerously attended as
in some former years, it partook of
an equally hallowed character. Many
worthy representatives of the Evangelical
denominations attended ; and many noble
and Christian sentiments were uttered
upon a variety of topics of common in-
terest to the friends of the gospel. The
annual addrois was delivered, at the Fir»t
S§saum, on Tuesday morning, the 10th,
by the Rev. John Stoughton. The sub-
ject selected was : — " The pretence of the
Holy Ghoet in the Church, and Hie work in
reiatitfn to the Age in which we live.*'
It was a remarkable address, for its range
of thought, scriptural sentiment, and
pious unction. We trust it will obtain
a wide circulation. It is greatly calcu-
lated to do good.

Among the topics discussed, which
were numerous, the best modes for slop-
ping the Maynooth Grant, — the forma-
tion of unsectarian Evangelical IIoIIh, in
the two Universities, under the new
law, and the cause of Christian Mis-
sions, received special consideration.

Our attachment to this catholic or-

3 a

658

noTtK CRBOncUt.

An intcfcMiiiK meetiog wu beld on
Wednwdaj erening, 1th October, nt
Xzeter Hall, in conneiion with the de-
putnra of addititmail sgenu lo labour
among French and Bntiah Pralcataut
troopa in Turkey. The Itei. Dr. Uanh,
M Prcaident of thk SucieCT. occupied tht
ebair, and introdnued the lubint is a
Bcriea of highly apprupiiate ubscrrationi.
"While the nheequent gpeakers wen
pertinent and interesling, the addieu of
the Chainoan to the agenta woi of a
deeply touching and Chrislian character.
Thia humane tnOTtment is one entitled
to the good wiihea, the libocal tupport,
and cordial benediction of Chrutioni of
every community. It nukes its appeal
to one and all, not tta to sectaiiea, but u
to Engliahmen ; and that appeal, wc
doubt not, will be extensively and munifi-
cently Buatained. None can tell the
amount of good irhii^h may reeult from
the labour* of these agects, who am
entitled to no smu.!! meed of eateem.
gratitude, and praise for the leadineas
with which they have presented ihcm-
aelves for what may prove a perilous,
and what muat Im? a aelf-denyin^ and
very oneroua, undertaking. During the
last war, there was no idea of such pro-
Tision for the troops. This is ouc of the
many signs of vast uuprDvcment in the
present age, in all that sppeciains to
humanity and religion. It b the genn of
a (pint which, in the end, will destroy
war from the face of the earth.— >Sn*tuA
Bmntr, o/ Wtduttday. I \lh (htober.

"Wb have learned with much pleaatire
that the vacancy in the Classical and
Mathematical ProfeHorshJp, in the above
College, occasioned by the removal of the
lUr.S. Newth, B..\., to New College,
Ltmdoo. has been well filled by Iho Cotu-

I unabated. It has I mittec's unanimona election o( ike "Bet.
mpliahed mach good, and we tmil , W. U. Oriffith, BA., of Chaid, M dtf
will yet, by Ood'a blessing, ■ecompliih l ofli:e.

moch more. A Mlei notice in Decern- i Ht. Griffith wsa educated fur the mi
ber. I istty at Coward CoU^e, and the Loadca

Univenily, where he disliiignished bi
self by taking &evenl piiaes of high

During the last fifteen yean ht hM
been labouong very sacccashdly. in M
first and only Pasioratc, smangvl ■
attached and united people, who deqJv
rcgrti the loss they are now called n

Handsome parting lettimonialx hin
been presented by the Church aod Con-
gregation, and Sunday School Testbn,
to their bdoved Paator, on ht> : '
mcnc from their midst ; as an expi
of their undimloished regard, wd uicot
esteem for hia private and oiiuiisiil
character, during so long a period.

The College opened on the 8lh of 0(-
lober with nineteen Studenti, tod the
Report of the Conunittee prooind ■
most cheermg aspect.

From our intimate acqiuintsim villi
the newly -appointed Tutor, we ar
auaded that be will be found adnuniilF
fitted for the discharge of his impamnl
duties, and from our knowlcdgt «( ll»
well-earned reputation of the Tbeolopcal
Tutor, Dr. Alliott, from our entin cooi-
dence in the Committee, and our iuft is
the Students, who arc, we cndeitttfii,
young men of considerable promUe. *<
anticipate an incrcaaingly happy ■a'
prosperous career for this valuable ia-
itiluliou.

We have received a leuer ftoca YAind
Baines, Esq , addressed by him, in ^
Letdi Merairjf, to the Directors of A'
London Misoonary Society, on the ai^
ject of tho late government UespiEclit°
India, providjug for greala to all edm^
for Hcniar edttcation. The letter k M
of important stlggratious and wandap.
Ae the I,ondon Uiasionary Society d^
not pioless to educate in any etf x^

HOME OHBONIOLE.

65A

i^loudif m the kighe$t mnm^ical sense of
lit term — it cannot, of course, accept or
idmintfter goyemmcnt grants for mere
imiiSir edacation. It will not violate its
iamcT pledges, nor deviate from « its
temer course, which has been never to
m^ govemmerU grants in aid of its
diittian efforts. All its Missionaries
vdl know its fixed rules of action, and
ut too wi^ and upright to deviate from
them. The new measure of government
Bty be, in some instances, a trial of their
indi; but, as in Africa and the West
IidieB, thej vrill sustain their character
Sv integritj, and share, with their bre-
thxcn at home, the sacrifices involved in
aamtaining a right principle and a good
eoBsdence.

We fear that,, like other government
BCisiires for the education of India, the
hte despatch will be awfully abused for
^ encouragement of heathen idolatry,
hi every native school, not under volun-
tsy Christian influence, with, perhaps,
oae or two solitary exceptions, the worst
doctrines of Hindooism and Mahomme-
dsnism are taught. Will not government
grants, under the head of secular instruc-
tion, to such schools, he a direct sanction
^mU thefoUy and impuriiy taught within
tfieir walls } The great progress of Chris-
tian instruction in India, of late years,
■ight surely have restrained goTcmmcnt
from meddling afresh with the subject.
There is a show of great liberality in their
llan; but it will unquestionably work
iDJurioualy for the cause of India's evan-

POULT&T CHAPEL.

Oh Wednesday evening, the 4th Oc-
tober, a Tery interesting service was held
It the Poultry Chapel, for the purpose of
leeognixing the settlement of the Hev.
James Spence, A.M., in hli new charg^e.
the chapel was well filled above and be-
low ; and we are much gratified to find
ftitmir excellent friend commences his
in the Metropolis with every
of success and comfort.

The Ber. S. B. Bergne, the former
|Hlar of the Poultry Chapel, read suit-
alls portSons of Scripture, and offered

fervent prayer for a blessing on the ser-
vice. The Rev. A. J. Morris, of Hollo«
way, who occupied the place of the Rev.
S. Martin, of Westminster Chapel, ab-
sent by reason of a severe domestic
bereavement, delivered a very striking
address, full of valuable suggestions,
upon " Nonconformity in Us relation to
vital godliness,*' Dr. Morison then pro-
posed one question to Mr. Spence, touch-
ing the reasons which influenced him in
quitting his former sphere, and accepting
the call of the church assembling in the
Poultry Chapel, which was answered in
an exceedingly manly and Sfitisfactory
manner. After which Dr. Morison com-
mended the pastor and the church *< to
God and to the word of his grace."

The Rev. Thomas Binney followed, in
his own original and emphatic manner,
with a very instructive appeal " On the
ministry in its relations to the church,*' It
was a fine catholic-spirited address, rich
in evangelical sentiment.

The concluding discourse was delivered
by the Rev. H. Allon, of Islington, " On
the church in its relations to the world,"
and seldom has a more stirring appeal
been made to the church on its conserva-
tive duty to itself amidst the carnality of
the world ; on its witnessing duty to its
Lord; and on its Missionary duty, in
spreading abroad the glorious gospel of
the blessed God.

The hallowed engagements of the even-
ing were then concluded with prayer and
the benediction. Our prayer is that God
would now send prosperity.

APPREKTICBSHIP 80CIETT.

The Annual General Meeting of the
above society was held at the Congrega-
tional Library, Finsbury Circus, on Tues-
day morning, Sept. 26th, the Rev. E.
Mannering in the chair. The report of
the committee showed that the exertions
which had been made, dxiring the past
year, had issued in the best results, 800
new subscribers having been obtained.
Four candidates, out of nine, were elected
to the benefit of the institution, and the
officers for the ensuing year were ap-
pointed, the Revs. R. Littler and X. H.

tlOWK ClIHbKlCLK.

■ante betas addtd M th» eammlitcr.
COBttdenbte pltunrs wm ciprcucd, ki
the meedng, bv Ihc CTidcnpc BitoiTlrd,
that the kboan of ihi* vrcr uiirful mkivI]'
> becoming murt- rilmitivi-ljr ii«og-

churdi M Bkree, look pUra on Wriatc
Any. OfWbpr *ih. I8i*. Tlie IhT. W
I'viTuIt, uf Hatlingtoii, nul th« Smp*
tutv* and cngtigtd In piayrr ; the Rut, J '
Okndenning. of Tr«lwi<lg«, dflivetrf Ot^

]

nindand appt^iiAtod. Wo undcmand iniraductorj diKonne; lli« lt«T. 0.9 '
that the commuiiT mc not onlyendca-
Touring to inct'^aii' ih? r

brethrsn In th-'
dGBinbleiitiuii"
foroonelTeclUi
•odn^ Tequin-i
known in order
qnslely mppcaii I

>ni-r, of ^uTing, propoted the °*o*'^
pHili I qiieatiixw, lo ohlch BBtiafKCloTy refVa^^
Iven lo wore given by the pwtor elwt ; ihe Ret. — '

, , dublo I It. Portrr. of Sikinu, offered Ihe uidi-'''^

r but cMcvaivd j mition jirtyet i ti>e Uer. E. Mailey, o^'

ubisin mon'
L<. Wu can truly ny,
I nc feci pcmuuled tho
[>n!y to bv mure widvly
l>i itn beint! luure ade-

At the Hatr-;'<-arly Mcriius r<f the
Cumberland Ai^turiatioo of Congrega-
tional paiton nnJ cbunbca, held at
Whitehaven, e.'i.l- 12lh, 18£t, the tuUow-
ing reaolutioiu wciu ]>a»ed : —

" Thi* Aiaoi'i^iK>i], k-imiing with re-
gret that the lU'v, Thomu lUod hkn re-
aigned hii chbr>;u al Cailiale, takre thi*
opportunity or ii^tifying i» regard for
him as a ChriHtinu miniHier of cuniider-
ablo ability ant L jnilpiC tnlpnt, and, with
iincere regret al -itrli ilii*! lothe county,
of recommending Kim to a aphcre of en-
larged labour aiil increased ustTulneM.

"This Auociiilioii, rt-)tti>tting to heiu
that the Rev. F. U. Duviaon haa been
under the neceasiiy ofieitigiiing bin charge
at Cockcrmouth. in con^cquenre of Mra.
Darison's dclicntc aute of health, cnnnot
allow him to leave the county without
eipresaing the obligation under nhich
the cause of Xontonformity hag been
laid by his inrlcr<tii|i.ible nnd aucccsaful

of the new and bciiiiliful chapel at Cock-
ermouth, or wiitmut prajiiig that he may
be apcedily ditPtlcd to another sphere of
usefulness, where a milder cUmalo may
contribute to his deur partner's rcstora-

Tnm ordination of tho Rev. J. W.
Shij^hiia aa pastor of tho lodependcnt

itford, deliTeied the charge b
miniilor j the Rev. J. W. Ilichaid»ni, of
London . preached to the penple ; and the
Kv. W. K. Yungo, "f Brentford, eon-
cluiled th» aertlce by prayer. The Ren.
Measn. Hamaon, Gihaon, Catlow, and
Daw, b1»o took pan by giving out the

A tea-meeting was oflerwarda held in
the school -room, when addresses wen
dcliirered by the Heys. Meaars. Yonge,
I'erratt, Riehardson, Olenilenning, Mor-
ley, and Shipphire. The attendance mui
numcrvUB on both occnaiom, and a hal-
I the

Thb Rev. T. T. Waterman, B.4_ hits
of New College, London, has accepted
the unanimoas and affectionate inviEation
of the church, to become the co-paator
otith the Rev. E. Jinking*, at Week-
alreet Chapel, Maidstone, and entered
upon hi* labonr* there on Snnday, 15th
Ott. inst. We most heartily desire •
large measure of Buecc» upon the laboun
of our young IHend Mr. Watcrmnn. It
is a very important aphere of uaefulnea«.
This cause arose Irum a noble stand for
the truth above a century ago, when a
few dtTolcd men and women separated
ihemselTes from the Old Presbyterian
congregation, eslahlithed in that town,
bctsuat; they were denied by the trusleee
the right of any Yoiee in the election of a
postoi, and bcrausc the pastor chosen bj
the UuBlees held and preaehed Sociiiiaa
doctrines. The present pastor, Mr. Jia-
kingc, ha* laboured with aucceas lor np-
warda of thirty.seven yenra; and noir
that his declining strength demaodt

HOWS CRRONTOLB.

661

mttittiDee» we eamettly hope tbetmion
lima foimed may prove a mutual blessing
«)0 the church and the increasing popula-
tion of thia interesting and flourishing
cown. The locality has many attractions,
lying near the middle and in one of the
richest parts of the fertile county of
S^ent ; within easy access of the metro-
fMilis.or sea coast, on the banks of a
Iseautiful and navigable river, embracing
magnificent scenery, it presents attrac-
tions both for trade and retirement, and
•Inmdant opportunity for Christian use-
Mnets.

iMiovATioir or ms chakob bt tub bsv.

JAMBS ORIITXV, 07 KANOHBSTBB.

Manchester, Sept. ISth, 1854.
(7b the Editor of the EvemgeUeal Magazine.)

Dbar Sib, — ^The resignation by the
Kfv. James QriAn, of the pastoral care of
Sosholme Road Chapel, Manchester, will
ksre become generally known before the
pablication of your next number, yet jrou
Btty still wish some notice of it to appear
in your pages. There is little to be said
beyond a mere statement of the fact, that
increasing physical weakness has ren-
dered the step necessary, but that little
tlM deacons of the church wish to say, as
a tribute of affection to their minister,
md of gratitude to the Great Head of
the church, for long continued and un-
daerred mercies.

Exactly twenty-five years ago on the
loth instant, Mr. Griffin was ordained
fb» pastor of the then newly formed
dmrch, over which he has continued to
|Nride with almost unbroken peace and
pmsperity. No one, then, anticipated a
pMtgrstc of so long duration ; but, now
ftat it has actually terminated, we feel
ai if the voluntary severance of such
ter and spiritual bonds cannot be real.

Indeed, the separation is only outward ;
lad ia aaaented to, on both sides, in a
i|Wt of reciprocal self-sacrifice. Of se-
lf bodily weakness is the only

!^ a# a loss that will be greatly felt by

alnadj much-tried churches of Man-

w^ as by Rusholme Road in

; tad yBt the motive operations

I of this cause on the minister and people
are diverse. Mr. Griffin leaves the church
in the height of its prosperity, and the

: midst of its peace, that the cause of the
Redeemer may be maintained by another
in all its efficiency ; and, in doing this,
he offers willingly to the Lord sdl the
associations and ties of years. He is
only influenced by a desire for the spirit-
ual welfare of his people and the neigh-
bourhood; to obtain which he would
willingly bear all things, and not count
his life dear to him. But his people, on
the other hand, cannot permit themselves
to neglect the temporal welfare of their
pastor, and therefore they consent to
deprive themselves of his presence, as
the greatest proof of their love. May
each be graciously rewarded,^the min-
ister by beholding his people multiplied
and edified as they walk in the comfort
of the Holy Ghost, — and the people by
soon hearing of the removal of painful
suflSering firom their beloved pastor, and
his restoration to tolerable health and
strength !

There has been no stated valedictory
service, in order to avoid injurious ex-
citement, but last Lord's-day Mr. Griffin
preached twice from appropriate texts.
In the morning, he chose from the last
verse of Matthew the words — **Lo, I
am with you always," alluding to the
promise of a succession of godly minis-
ters ; and in the evening, he very faith-
fully insisted on the responsibility con-
ferred on all classes by a gospel ministry,
*' Beseeching them that they would not
receive the grace of God in vain." (2
Cor. vi. 1.) He has also addressed the
assembled schools from the words —
<* Little children, it is the last time ;'* and
on each Monday evening has embraced
the opportunity of giving counsel to the
church.

The deep feeling of the people is evi-
denced by the address unanimously
adopted at a special church meeting, and
also by one from the Teachers of the
schools. The ladies, too, are preparing
a small present to Mrs. Griffin, as a token
of their high esteem of her great worth
and unwearied devotion. By these assur-
ances of love, and the presence of the

66d

OEKBBAL OHBOMIOLB.

Oood Spirit, may the contolationt of
Christ Abound in each of their hearts.
I am, dear Sir,

Yours faithfully,

IIbn&t Baowirm.

Contribiitioni auj 1m tewudad to tht
Editor of this llagMWMw tho Rer. Sir.
Horison, Montpelier-aqiiare, Bioaqptoa*
London, or to the Rer. Dr.
Ryde.

aTDB, I8LB or WIGHT.

Wb are happy to Icam that the congre-
gation under the pastorate of our friend,
Uie Rev. Dr. Ferguson, have it in con-
templation to reconstruct their present
chapel, so as to adapt it to the character
and claims of this beautiful and rapidly
improving town.

The contemplated improvements, with
the erection of suitable school-rooms for
the instruction of the children on the
Sabbath, will involve an outlay of £1600,
to realise which will require a strenuous
and con-.bincd effort; and it is fondly
hoped that those families and friends
who are in the habit of visiting this very
attractive watering-place, will feel a plea-
sure in contributing towards sn object*
which is inseparable from their own
better accommodation and spiritual enjoy-
ment.

OUR PXmiOMCai. XJTBBAYVmK. .

At the half-yearly general neetliig «l
the West Middlesex Asaociatsnn of Oob<>
gregatioiial Miniatan aad Chnrchsi^
held at Uxhridge, on Toaiday Inrt, W.
Walker, Rm|., the tremurti, im the
ohair, the foUowing rcedhilkm
animously paased: — " That the
tion e x p res se s its cordial satiafaetioii aft
the manner in which the periodical lite-
rature of the denomination ia condveted,
and strongly reconmienda to the churches
the adoption of whatever means may be
practicable to promote the increased cir-
culation of the Etanobt.ical MAOAznts,
the • Christian Witness,* and the
* Christian's Penny Magazine ; ' and
that a copy of this resolution be fbv-
wardcd to the Rev. Drs. Morison and
Campbell, coupled with the beet thanks
of this meeting for their inTaluaUe

services.

t»

General Clbromrle.

CHINA.

DR. LBGOb's views OF TUB CHINB8B
nF.BBI.l.ION, IN A LETTER TO DR. MORISOX.

Uong-Kong, 2\9t July, 1654.

Dear Father, — The regular mail has
closed, but I avail myaelf of the supple-
mentary to-morrow morning, to send you
a hurried letter. We have received during
the afternoon news from Shang-IIae, em-
bracing recent intelligence from Nan-
king, in many respects of a disappoint-
ing and distressing nature.

When I wrote to you on the subject of
the insurgents in January, I referred to
the assumption by the Eastern King of a
Divine commission and equipment to be
the religious minister of the new dynasty,
saying that it was an clement out of

which much error and confusion might
grow. So it has proved. When the
American commissioner visited Nanking
last month, this same individual, by name
Yang Seu-Ching, was found to have
proceeded to claim to be the Holy
Ghost, the Comforter of the Church,
the Enlightencr of the world. Subse-
quently Her Majesty's steamers, the Rat-
tler and Styx, were despatched to Nan-
king by Sir John Bowring, and the nevrs
which we have received to-day, is to the
effect that they had returned to Shang-
Hae, bringing a confirmation of the report
of the American visitors, and many addi-
tional particulars. The knowledge ac-
quired has not been fully imparted to the
public as yet, nor have I received an/
private accounts. My impressions, there-

GENERAL CURONICLK.

66;3

fore, which I proceed to give you, may
be found hereafter to require some modi-
fications.

Two points seem to be established —
first, that the religion of the insurgents
is running into a wild and blasphemous
fanaticism, — and second, that they have
Mumed an attitude of determined hos-
tility to all foreigners. Several new pub-
lications have been brought from Nan>
king by the most recent visitors, which
co&trast with those obtained by the
Bermes in April last year, as darkness
^ with light. Not only does the
£utcm King personate the Holy Ghost,
bat I understand the Western King per-
Mute& our Saviour, and the general con-
ic&ti of the bqpks are, it is said, ex-
ceedingly mean and disgusting. You
will remember that from the first, I pro-
filed my disbelief in the revelations to
wiuch the leader Hung Seu-IIeuen laid
daim, and my horror of his asserting a
peculiar brotherhood with our Lord. Dr.
Campbell seemed to think, from what he
said in the ** Banner," that the revelations
might be real — that in theory at least
ther were admissible. But ** the Bible,
and nothing but the Bible," is the only
true Protestant principle. Objective
Q^ths from any other source, propounded
aa divine revelations, are to be traced to
D&adncfrs, delusion, imposture, disease, or
the devil. We now see to what ungodli-
ness they have grown in that vast as-
sembly of men at Nanking. But now,
while such blasphemous errors are pub-
lished, the Bible— the Word of God—
without note or comment, co;itinuos to be
issued. This is strange. Plainly, it
a^f.¥«a to me, there are two parties in the
camp* not openly opposing each other,
but pursuing different and conflicting
courses. Perhaps Hung Seu-Heuen, a
dreamer, but sincere, the originating
spirit of the movement, but now a
lecliise, is still there, a puppet in the
^ands of his selfish and ambitious chiefs,
Imt permitted so far to have his own way
^-publishing the Scriptures, while they
engrossing the management of affair?,
send out their own proclamations,
SK intending by-and-by to cast him
sltogvCher aside. However this may be,

the development of error is throwing the
display of truth which attracted us at
first, and filled us with hope, into the
shade. And as the truth perishes from
the minds of the insurgents, so will their
power pass away. The iron rod with
which they seemed able to break in
pieces all opposing force, will cliange iuto
a reed of straw. With the Eastern
King for the lloly Ghost, and the West-
em for our Saviour, those thousands can
hardly be expected long to qohere. Sim-
ple patriotism might suffice to overthrow
the feeble Tartar rule, but high patriotic
principles yrHl hardly be found to coexist
with degrading fanaticism.

The hostility manifested by the chiefs
to all foreignors is very much to be de-
plored. They have a divine commission,
they say, first to destroy the Tartars, and
then all other peoples, who will not sub-
mit to their leader, as the God-appointed
Lord of all the world. I could make
allowances for distrust and dislike of
foreign powers. These are all in alliance
with the Tartar government. They mu^t
also be identified in their minds with thv*
opium traffic, the introduction of that
"flowing poison," which has wrought
and continues to work so much evil to
China. The general welcome given to
the visitors in the Ilertnes, as brethren^
seemed to indicate the subversion of Chi-
nese prejudice and hostility to foreigners,
but I could bear being disappointed in
that hope. Those other considerations
might have. come in to check the out-
flowing of the feelings prompted by their
new principles, but they are vain-glory
and fanaticism, which seem to influence
their conduct. To themselves the decla-
ration of universal enmity can only be
disastrous.

I confess to be mueh distressed by the
things on which I have thus dwelt. I
seemed to hear the voice of a watchman
crying concerning China, *'Tlie morning
Cometh, though still it is night,*' and now
the voice is hushed, and darkness secms
to have repelled the threatened disturb-
ance of its reign. Yet great changes are
I evidently impending over the nation. ITie
, feebleness, falsehood, and general un-
! worthiness of the present government is

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ev«7 day being more fUlydeiiioiittratod.
Por the Uit three weeks the inhabitants
of Canton have been full of agitation and
alarm, expecting the city to be attacked
bj a combinatioQ of Triad Society men.
Some MTen or eight thoutaiid of thcM
do hold Fort Shan, a town of at laeet
half-a-miUion inhabitantat by the rivar
about twenty miles distant, and the Han*
darini are not able to dislodge them. The
people in the Tillages about oower like
birds in their ooTorts, and dare not stir
out into the fielda or roads. Rebds and
soldiers sre equally dreaded by them.
Scores sre beheaded in CSsnton alamst
every day, many on mere auspidoa of
being rebels. Fslse reports ars issued
from the goremment offices of snccamsi
gained by the troops, lien's hesrta si«
failing them for fear* and for looking aftsi^
those things which ars coming upon the
earth. The empire will become more and
more disorganised, and the misery en-
dured by hundreds of millions irill be
indescribable.

Never did China make such a demand
on the compassion, the prayers, and efforts
of the Christian church. From God her
help must come,— from God, through the
channel of His church. Prayer ia now
pre-eminently the duty of every mission-
ary, and of all the friends of missions.
And shall not the church be found proT-
ing its faith, by sending many of itt best
and ablest men to raise up in these dis-
tracted proTiAees the standard of the
gospel? The real spiritual life of the
churches is now being tested by China.

A wflHon eopisa of the Kew TrntiMrt i
-"that is a spLsndid gift But sre then
many who will give of their msasgr ti
China, and few or none whs wiU gift
their sons? few or none iriw wiU |ifi
thsm s el T es? God win work ia thi sd*
niinistntioa of His proridsnee* so tint
order shall y«i shine i^on Chias.aftn
the day of ito eelamitj and coofiuisBks
psssed away ; end I fesl sssured He vil
woriiferit also in the adsunistratkaol
His ohnreh» so that eve long its nuj
Billions shaU be called the people of tki
Lsrd.

I MMin, dear Fkther,

YowB afteiioBBltIf ,

VA On tiie Srd «f A^nst, Dr. Uqi
thnswrilssr^
••The stats ef

Many tUaSOm hsfs mm
here (to Hong-Kon^ from Csaloa; sid
one adTantage flows to them froai tkii
taking refrige here^ they have aa ofpor
tunity of hearing the gospd. IhoSsb-
bath before last, I had a large euafmif
of ladies and their attendants pfsital il
my Bible Glass fer women sad |^
They behaved with much dseormtmi
attention. Their leader, an ddcriyls^i
was Tory intelligent, and eooUi rssi wA
Shedeclsred that •MsdboMisMiiidL'
Poor things I their feet were dsplonlit
sBssll, and some of them hsd to bo c*'
ried home on the backs of their sttendtfl^
women of eonise."

POSTSCRIPT.

NBW CONOaBOATIOITAL CBAm, XBimurOTOK.

AVs have just seen the new chapel in
process of erection for our valued friend
the Rev. John Stoughton. It is roofed
in, and, when finished, will be a remark-
ably elegant and commodious place of
worship. The style of architecture is
Grecian, and is being carried out with
mucli taste. It \i'ill be a great otnament

to Ken si ng ton, and will confer ciedit«B
the seal and liberality of the Co&gi«i»-
tional church and congregation osifw^'*g
in Homton Street Chapel. We hsTc been
quite surprised that no notice <tf thii us-
dertaking has been sent to us. We ns-
derstand the memorial - stone wsi ^
slmost priystely in the month of Jos'*

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MIMIOKABT MAOAHNB

POLTNESIA.

VOYAGE OF THE « JOHN WILLIAMS" TO HIW HEBl

AXD NEW CALEDONIA.

Jomnud of the Bet: A. W. Mubbjit mmd J. P. Sotdexlavd, eomi

from pofg 262.

DILLOSC'f BAT, BKAMAXGA.

« Wb BBchored in DilloB't Baj on Thun-
diy moraing. October 27th (1853). Then
were two taiidil-wood Tctteb In the harhoor,
tnd B third cmme in in the coane of the
BftereooB. The men eooMtM with those
Teuels all bore tettimoBy Id the chsBge
which hu taken place in BiBvanga. Thej
tay that a white man may go with ut&^ Id
any part of the iilaad with the cxoeplioa of
one place, Cook's Bay.

"The Rarotoa|>B teachen, Vvb and
Akatagi. came OB board. They wen both
well. They inforaed os that after the Teasel
left, last Toyifi, Ihty went np the hill to
reside with thoelMIViliMU He gate them
ahoose. They §1 m^m eommenced a sdiool.
They taoght tht feo|da ftoai the RarotOBgan
books until thqp had prepared a small book
for schools, which Uk^ lent to Aneiteum, aad
which was kindly pri«tad by Mr, CMdie for
their use. The people w«re boI afraid of the
books, like the natives of Taiia« hot appeared
glad to make the new aoquisition. They had
a consaltation ahDVt building a chapel. The
people agreed to the proposition, and they
soon put ap a oliigpil and opened it for pub-
lic worship.

" Owing to the gfoat scarcity of food, the
teachers find it neeaasary to plant. After
they had l>0||| there a short time, they liad
to purchase il. This difficulty will bo doubt
be removed in time, whan the tHehers are
able to make large p^tatioBS, aid the peo«
pie live on good terms amongst themselTes.
Their quarrels, one tffbe with aootheri cause
them to neglect the cidtivation of their lands.

'* The teachers hafe built two dwelling-
houses for themschei. The yoang man,
Naldial or Mana, of whom we thought very
highly last voyage, and who had been under
instruction in Samoa, has acted very kindly
to the teachers, and has done all he could to
promote the interests of the Mu amongst the

people. Vihen the teachen were
condneted the religioits aerrieea IB th
Bad attended to the achook; and the
BiimBihchad been of great «ae
asd the caaae of religion on Eramae
came on board. Bad we gaTs him
weloooM, BBd made him a small pre
orgad him to go on as he had been di
•eek to promote the oanse of Christ
his fellow-countrymen.

'*The afteadance on the Sabba
aerrlce is about thirty; andtbepaoi
Tillage ia which the teaehara wmUi
aehool. The Sabbath day is obacn
their food is prepared on the Satnrdi
dc not appear to be so superstitioi
disesse u the Tanese ; for thoagh
dcmic prerailad amongst then, i
people died, they made no chargei
the teachers or the lofu. Some pei
gested that perhaps it would be wel
up the school. The teachers, how
not comply with the suggestion, b
them to attend to their instructions.

" The teachers have had some i
over the chief Naioan, with whom t)
living. He was induced to go anc
neighbouring chief in war. Two n
killed, but Naioan refused to eat an
the slain, so that he has renounce
balism.

" We went on shore on Thursdav i
^ted the teacher's house in Dillon
rather rode building. They hav*
natives who act as servants to th<
went up the hill to the village, whicl
distance from the Bay. The road,
formation, is exceedingly rugged. ^^
reach the top of the hill there is a :
of Dillon's Bav. The old cliief Nsic
out of his house to pay his respects i
shake hands. We called at the
house, and from thence we went to
pel. It is a small building about tw

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667

. A few men, women, ind children
I St thoagh they expected a sendee,
m h7mn» and spoke to the people
;he teachen, expressing onr grati-
vfaat we saw, and the hope that they
tend to the instmctions of the
They all shook hands with ns,
■d pleased with onr visit. Most of
le who were in the chapel had on
tim of dothing.

to the shore in company with
Kaoian], the chief of Pankar,
of Dillon's Bay, we went on
Kauiani applied Isst
V a teaeher, and sent his son with
We arranged that Akatagi
with Kaoiaui, and Vaa with
that by this plan both sides of
be oecnpied.

of Bnnkil had paid several
ttt teadierB, urgently requesting
■i the Jokm WilikoM arriTcd, a
: obtained for his land, which
mUes from DiUon's Bay.
reports of this part of the
ns on former voyages,
now proving nnfavoorable
the place, we left Tatau and
I, at Dillon's Bay, and
to the teachers there to
Bonldl the first convenient

chief of Pankar, is the man
hi the Rev. J. WUliams. His son
, a short time before the arrival
by foreigners ; and Kauiaui
to take revenge on the first
■m who should come within his
Wk Bade several inquiries in refer-
f#il tragic scene, to which be re-
|lha int struck Mr. Williams when
from the beach; but
him. Mr. W. then ran
\%m tea, when he again came up
in the water's edge, and struck the
|tau He said they did not know
L They kOled them
^if their darkness. He declared
[fooB to have Missionaries
them, and there is not the
thai if we had Missionaries
ii aaea eoaraieBoe operations in

" The teachers brought off an interesting re-
lic, given to them by Kauiaui's wife, a pocket
handkerchief belonging to the Rev. J. Harris,
who was murdered at the same time as Wil-
liams. It is marked in one corner with
Harris's initials, thus, ** I. H. 5." We also
obtained a club, which Kauiaui said was the
one with which he killed Williams. The
teachers have been anxious to get hold of
every memorial of that painful scene.

" We gave the teachers their supplies,
and a small present to the chiefs and the
two natives whom we brought back with ns
from Samoa to their own lands, and then
landed them. Leaving Dillon's Bay on Fri-
day morning, October 28th, we ran down to

Elizabeth's bat,
and cast anchor about one o'clock on the
same day.

'* Narin or Elizabeth's Bay is six or seven
miles from Dillon's Bay. The people of
this place have long been favourably reported
of by those visiting Eramanga. There is a
house on the hill belonging to a foreigner,
who is employed collecting sandal-wood.
We had with us two youths who had been
under instruction at Samoa, belonging to
this Bay. One of the youths, Dam, had been
at Samoa for several years ; the other youth
was taken last voyage. They went on shore,
and brought off the old chief, Nopuatnos and
his son Nalin. We explained our object in
sending for them. They said they were
anxious to have teachers, and promised to
give them a house, and behave kindly to
them, and attend to their instructions.

** We selected Meariki and wife, Raroton-
gans, for this station. We gave a small
present to the chief. Meariki and the two
youths having collected their property, we
all went on shore to the chief's house, which
being on an elevation forms a conspicuous
object fiom the bay. The ascent to it is
most difficult. We had to scramble up the
side of the hill, which was so steep that a
single false step would have been dangerous.
The natives, however, appeared to have no
difficulty in making the ascent with the large
boxes of the teachers on their shoulders.
The chiefs house was given up to the teacher.
It was a comfortable dwelling, and would do
very well until he could erect one for himself.
** We visited their plantations, and saw a

UWaOKAMt lUfiAIIirX

ewiowly cottnifted frunt-wovk Cor Udttig
jinu, whioh thtj bad colUwtod for a teat.
A minber of laifs ttniglit atieks an ataek
in Iba graoDd about taa inobaa apart* wad
an all madatoawatiaapoiatat tbe top.
Tba ipaeet batwwa the ittckt an flUed up
with yaau. At a diatauea, it looks tika a
burga triaa^ It ia about aixty fioat bl^
Tbara it oua ttidi bigber than tba mt, ou
whieh a ooeoa-unt it bung. Tbia forma a
mark at wbieb tba paople shoot tbair ar-
rows. We wera iaformad that flva or six
baadred aativas coUaet togalber to praetisa
this axardsai and ha who eaa bit tbaooooa*
nut is considared to bata made an aefaiefe-
mant, and astabUsbad his cbaraetar M a good
archer. {See Afraatiy.) Tb^ also hang
7ams on tba branches of trees, and pile up
cocoa-natsin great quantities for their feasts.
There must have been sereral thousand yaais
collected for tbe feast which they were pre-
paring to give to a neighbouring tribe. The
chief bad a large bouse huilt on this plants*
tion ; it was about seTonty feet by eighteen.

** We were pleased with tba reception the
teachers receifed ; and hafing seen them in
possession of the bouse on the hill, we left
them soon after five o'clock.

"We have now three stations on Era-
manga ; the door is open, and our earnest
desire is that the Directors will do all in
their power to occupy this field of promise.
Tbe more we know of the Ersmangsns, the
more it confirms our opinion that they are a
mild, docile race. To the deeds of cruelty
which they hsve perpetrated they were
goaded by the deep injuries received by them
at the hands of foreigners. Those who have
been under our care in Samoa have proved
themselves kind and alTectionatc.

'* Having got under weigh about eight
o'clock on Friday evening, we stood with a
fair wind for our next sUtion,

FATB, OR SANDWICH ISLAND.

'* On Saturday afternoon, about one
o'clock, we anchored off a place called Tc-
roatc, near to Erakor. loane, the Samoan
teacher, was toon on board. He was shortly
followed by Tauri, the Rarotongan, whom
we left last voyage. Since our last visit, the
teachers have been tried by afflictions. Epi-
demics have been prevalent amongst the peo-
ple, loane reports that two months after

tba ?asas l laft last jaar a»«|
ovi, and aaaaf of tba paopla «
refoaad to atte«d acfaocda a»
afleoont of tba sidcaess. Tb
difidadi PoBsaiWt tba cbiai; as
of tba paopla ramaiBad flna in
mant to tba hiu, Twauty
Tba taacbarSf loane and Taur
go to Sema, a vinaga in tba I
where Setefano was kMatad* !
tba aagar of tba paopla m
Whilst thay ware in tba bub,
to taka wiUi them, aoaie of t
party fell upon them and tbi«
them. The teachers told tbe
kill them if they wished, that
afraid of them ; hut the party
want away. The teachers visi
and remained there a fortnif
the chief, and the assistant
ducted religions serrices in t
On their return to Erakor, 1
which seemed to have spent it
peared, and proved fatal to a
numlier. The hostile party U9\
this revisitation as a jodgmaat
duet in reference to the htu, a
united themselves to the teai
tended the services, and since t
been diligent in tbe use of the n

** Tauri, the Rarotongan tei
wife and child in March last,
felt tbe effects of the epiden
enjoying pretty good health '
him.

" The work seems to have g>
on Erakor. Tlie services are
on tbe Sabbat b>dav, and also
tbe week. The chief, Pomare,
sistcnt character, and seems
value tbe truth. He has be*
strumental in bringing a1>out
Erakor. He, along with sevei
tives, are employed as assii
teachers. They have been i
supply the neighbouring villagt
bath day. The success of t
Erakor is the more remarkab
trasted with the surrounding c
either side of them there are tl
darkest shades of heathenism ;
of tbe gospel shiaas in the m
whilst war and cannibalism hi

FOB NOVSMBEBj 1854.

669

ound Uiem, they hare been at peace,
Ibaed to partake of the dugntting
i hnmaii flesh in which their neigh-
tave delighted.

e teachers had been accastomed to
aft Pago, a Tillage a few miles distant
kakor. The people there had built a
,and upwards of three hundred persons
soUected together for serrice on the
h day; but sickness s|iringing up
ift them, it excited their fears; they
d the htu, homed the chapel, and
B the teachers to come any more to
jUage.

lew people, as if to fill up the measure
r iniqQity, committed a most dreadful

A traTelling party, twenty-nine in
r, from Moso, a village in the large
or, fifteen or twenty miles firom Pagos,
in tbeir canoes to purchase pigs with

pnyerty. They were staying with
go people, and the latter determined

tern off. Giying out a report that
■M a foreign Ycssel coming into the
r aft Pago, the Moso people rushed

fthflir houses unarmed to look at the
d ahip. The Pago people, taking ad-
I of their defenceless state, fell upon
iriftli their clubs and hatchets, and
twenty-two ; the remaining seven es-
B a canoe. Reserving ten bodies as
vn share of the spoil, they distributed
A lunong their heathen neighbours,
ilh one single exception, all the ho-
ve eaten. The dark places of the
indeed full of the habitations of

SM of the Pago people came on board
; but, conscience-stricken, they
shy. The burning of the chapel
le oorder of the Moso people were
■ their memories. They soon left the
One or two of the better disposed
it them have removed from their own
md are living at Erakor, that they
itf the benefit of instruction. A Pago
rho ia an assistant teacher, made an
t to preach in his own land ; where-
he chlefli tried to prevent him, but he
mdv and collected a few women and
m% wad addresaed them. Pago is a
ia4| hat, thanks he nnto God, the
caa dispel that darkness, and rege-

nerste their vile natures, and we hope the
day is not distant when they vrill repent of
their sins.

" Last year we removed Setefano, a Sa-
moan teacher, from Erakor, and located him
at Sema, near the large harbour. Togalulu
and Taulua, who had been at Samoa, pro-
mised to do all they could to aid the teacher
in his work. They do not, however, seem
to have been faithful to their promise, hut
have acted inconsistently. The teacher got
up a house, established services and schools.
The attendance fiuctnated ; the first Sabbath
he had ninety-eight present, and the numbers
at length reached 148. He opened two out-
stations, one at Pagonoa, the other at Sui.
At times the attendance was greatly affected
by epidemics which broke out amongst them.
The teacher gained considerable influence;
he was on one occasion the means of bring,
ing about a reconciliation between two dis-
affected chiefs who had been at war with
each other. He got them to meet in public
and shake hands with each other, as an open
avowal of mutual good feeling.

''The teacher's health broke down at
Sema. Having had several attacks of influ-
enza, he removed to Erakor to try a change
of air, and his station is left vacant at pre-
sent. The teachers then put up a house for
Setefano on a small island at the mouth of
Erakor harbour, thinking it was more health-
ful and likely to aid his recovery. On our
arrival, we found him in a very weak state,
and far advanced in consumption. We at
once removed him from the island, and took
him on board, in the hope that the sea
voyage will be beneficial.

" We had the pleasure of attending ser-
vice on shore at Erakor, on Sabbath morn-
ing. The chapel, which will hold about
250 people, was crowded, and several per-
sons sat outside. Worship was conducted
with the greatest propriety, and they listened
with the deepest attention to the addresses
which were given. They were much pleased
with our visit. A great change has taken
place since our last visit. They are much
more orderly and well behaved. This place
presents a fine opening for a Missionar}'. and
the people are very anxious to be instructed.
From this centre, light would soon spread
upon the surrounding darkness, and the

670

XISSIONAET VAGAIIIIB

itrongliolds of Satan gif« way balbra Ika
preadiiBg of tho eroai.

•*We ninforeed this itatioa bj leattaf
Vala and wife, Rarotongaat. They wort
landed on Mondaj noniiag, Oct. Slat, and
after making all our arrangeaBonta, and gir.
ing a small present to the ddef, wa got
under weigh abont two o'doek in the after*
noon, and next morning we andiered near
to the month of the large harbonr.

** A eanoe eame alongside onr teasel tho
night before we anchored ; thej carried the
news of onr arrlTal on shore. Nest morn-
ing, a nnmber of canoes came off to ns. We
had two yonths on board bdonging to the
island at the month of the harbonr. Their
friends were perfectly delighted to see them
again. They Ustened with astonishment to
the acoonnt they gate of what they had
seen in Samoa. The chief, Fktutoha, who
was father to one of the boys, came on lioard
in the afternoon. He reqnested ns last
Toyage to bring him a teacher, and assured
SeteftuBO that he would attend to the instruc-
tions of any teacher who might be placed
with him. He also gate us renewed assur-
ances to the same efflect. We were anxious
to station teachers on this island, belienng
that it would prove a more healthy locality
than any other of our stations on Fate. It
is near the main land, and seems to have
considerable political influence. There are
Kix Tillages on the island. We selected two
Rarotongans, Kaveriri and Pikikaa, as suitable
for this station. The name of the island is
Lolopa, and the Tillage where the teachen
reside is called Tromala.

'* We gave a present to the chief, and the

hmlaggot an their pn
tho boat, wa sailed np to the t
landsd tho taaebera, tlieir wires, ai
yonths who had been to Sasao
WM a giaat rash of men, woasen,
dm to the boat. They gate eq
their deBg^t by ahovting, dandag
ing. Tbsra most have been pteoi
300. The teadiers* wives seemed
oli}ect of faiterest aa well aa theMl
They aeind them by the hand, an^
aa it were in triumph throngh the
the house of the chief. They did
by the Missionaries. When the y<
had been with ns to Samoa, came
indosure where their houses wer
an the women coUeeted togetb
them, and set up a cry of joy wh
for some minutes. The scene wai
ing ; an bustle and excitement. I
assisting to carry the teacher's p
the chiefs house ; others were Int
examining the dothfs, appearaM
the Misdonaries; a considerabli
were taken up with the importalio
a new animal to them; and otl
bringing mats, yams, and a pig as
to us. We weut up to the due
saw the teachers comfortably Um
then, after receiving the present
ns by the chief, we returned to
We were Tcrv much gratified wi(
ception the people gave the teacbe
trust that our most sanguine ex
will be realized, both as regards th
ness of the island, and the snccc
Gospel amongst them.

[7b be concluded tn our ne^

CHINA.
AMOT.

Ix our last number we were privileged to announce the further
ment of the Church at this Station, by the baptism oC eighteen
converts. Contemporaneously with this event, other movements h
in progress which serve to exhibit, under various and pleasing asp
results of well-directed Missionary effort.

Our first quotation is from the pen of Mr. John Stronach, who
in June last, describes a series of visits he had recently paid to t
and 9hop9 in the city of Amoy.

FOB NOVEMBER; 1854.

671

Speaking to women on tubjecU wholly new
to them, but as important to them as to their
husbands and relaUves ; and thejr invariably
exiiibited much attention and interest.

" Nowhere has there been any serious
attempt made to defend their religious
systems or practices. ' Their ancestors had
introduced idolatry and all its rites, and all
around adopted and sanctioned the custom ;
how could they at once reject it? Was it
for one to resist a myriad ? ' Such being the
constant strain of reply to the question whe-
ther idols are worshipped, it is evident there
is no depth of faith exercised towards idola*
try, whether Buddhistic or indigenous ; in-
deed I constantly hear admissions made of
its folly and absurdity. Popery has its vo-
taries. When I meet them in the shops
they are not slow to bring forward the com-
mon-place lie taught them by the priests,
that we have rejected the original Christian-
ity, and thrown off connection with the true
church and ' the head of the religion,' as
they call the Pope— a separation which they
scruple not to say involves our eternal de-
struction. Our church members have occa-
sional arguments with these men; but as
they are taught from the Scriptures, while
the Papists know nothing but what is con-
tained in their prayer books and catechisms
(which are full of Mariolatry and saint wor-
ship) we have little fear of Popery in this
way gaining converts.

*' Though multitudes I have met with in
the shops have never heard of the Gospel,
there are many who have, and who think
well of it, both in regard to its doctrines
and its duties. Some of these find the ob-
servance of the Sabbath an insuperable ob-
stacle to their joining us; their business
would be ruined, if, while their neighbours
traded on the Sabbath, they did not.

*« On the whole I have had every induce-
ment presented to me to persevere in this
plan, and cannot but hope that some of the
seed thus sown may both germinate and
fructify."

w nkffd vr^ niissioiiary brother, Mr. Hirscbberg, bears testimony no
tMKfe to the yalue of evangelical effort in connexion with the hos-
ilAmoj.

ipf tell letter, a part of which I see April, I wrote the following: * I do hope
ti^ At Mia^nary Magazine for and trust that the words spoken to these

iBg the last four months, besides
ly share of the regular services held
rvcnl preaching places we occupy on
!'■ day, Tuesday, Wednesday, and
■id addressing the patients in the
OB Mr. Hirschberg's * patient-see-
gra, Tnesday, Thursday, and Satur-
tvci mually thrice a week, devoted a
Use forenoon to visiting the Chinese
md ak6ps» accompanied by a native
mr with a supply of Scriptures and
Thoagfa the Gospel has been
d in Amoy for upwards of ten years,
sed there must be many in the place
d Bever either attended our chapels
tvr books. I resolved, therefore, to
igb Hm busiest and most frequented
' tke town, visiting every shop in sue-
m I had been accustomed to do for
s ef Ibiir years in Singapore. That
Bkadnot been previously tried here
ft principally owing to an impression
native merchants and shopkeepers
Mt relish the visits of a foreigner in
of business for any object but
I have*only once or twice
f qrmptoms of this feeling. I have
Aid 350 shops, spending a larger or
tiae in each, according to the
met and attention displayed by the
k Aa I anticipated, there were many
m mj message was wholly new,— not,
i^ rqpnlsive, in proportion to its no-
md the reasonableness of the re-
Mla piesaed on their obedience, whe-
lli the renunciation of idolatry or the
)m ef Christianity was generally ac-
i%ed by the listeners. The larger
are occupied by wealthy merchants,
m often well acquainted with the Chi-

and to whose ears quotations
books are * familiar as household
.' asd acceptable even from the lips of
r, whose object was to show their

to lead the sinner to repent-
li holiiiess, to God, to heaven. In

I have had opportunities of

thM tUTHtEt «da,brt tlw MMUk iWHW

km to «r, " What hu ttoLorf «n^^ I-
AtpiBnitkMm ttetBHoftbMliiite
hMT'Ml.—didtrfai—MKiuMMllrwty
dalraiiiaf baHlagAeOMptL' Inj^M
■gt IM tba Lonl hH ^Mtd tor |M)ihi ftf
thM, wd Bi bM Ht pwBRM Ui WMd
""" Aftw r "" ■"

thekMpittf. Tm tMlMfiitaaai

d( tboM «tett I kad iBtinrirhM ImUi
• Imm of tlwm tn nUnUr ftgf derfiMi
cT IwMiBs tfeB Ompa.' TtM othff tbiM
(Mn tt when mn dl» MaMban <d the
TiU SMtMr) took nf*|« M e« kaoH H a
iHarpariiNli nd <m of tbaaa penuded Ua
wffa to attend to tiw pleaching tit the Ooa-
peL Tbe Lord Ucawd the neani onto her,
■Bd the vrhole fatraicfaold (thej broi^ht alio
their Inhut with tbeax) were received into
the ehurch. "Puj made a good ud bold
vonfeuioi) oTMtli, and tber til grettlj re-
Joioe in the Lord. TImt all ttlU Um In the
iHMpital, and ia the eraniiig, when tbeir
work (• over, ud after having taken tbdr
tapper, tbcf all nnlte in tinging ttjBttu and
then pray. It ii quite a pteainre to bear
then. We hare ■ nomberof bjnnt in the
otriloqiiial, which the bnnbleft nnderatandi
ther are Ter; fbnd of linglng theae, and tlien
Ibe; all with ooe •mice ling the doiologr
(tnneold 10Mb)wbieh appeare to be their
hmMrita. Tbejt rest on the Sabbath, attend
all the MTTieea, and between the lerricei
Ihej ling h<rmni. The CbinCM, ]^n know,
hiTc no Sabbath, and invanablj, when I
told theai that tbe^ are breaking Qod"! com-
mandment, thej wontd nf > If we do not
work we haie nothing to eat. Now to tee
tbeM poor nMnejr-loring people keep the
Lord'i da; joyfully, and give up gUdly a
day'i work, ngcdcea on heaiti, and proiaa
that it it the Locd't work, and that hit hand
it not yet ihortened that it cannot tare.

" The one who wu baptized with hii (a-
■Ojr did not bolong to the Short-knife So-
iittr, hat ma peneeited b; bad ChtaMtta

Oarti pUeaa of tiie tMrthamMiif
Htolloaa of ltiUUj. ^be nwMW

ftftatat an Uadt of wiAadHrti
fMSIcet. Tlwfliaw ahtapaH^

man Btadariu, wlio ftj OMi 1
tack and tneh a thi^. Ae ibMt
tort from the people, the raere<
be able to pay to the mandarin, aaj
ter will they ttaad with him ; eM
the IcM hope of redreai hu lit {
pretaed Chioeae. In&etthaTili
dread Ihete men more than the M
becante there ii not the leatt ifK
In them, and the matter nenr

" To pn you an example, I m
the following, which will fully baa
aboire remark*, and exdto pUj &t
mlTeren. Abonl two mimlhi a
cuie a poorwoman to me win [i»i
ing, begging me to help her, ai be
bad been lelzed andfordbly canie
tome men. Deiiring her to tdl i
thing tbont it, the told me thai
band belonged to the Short-kaiA
that he hid been amongit thoaew
rec^itare of the city by the mand
been caught by them, thrown
water, wounded, aaved by the goo
H. M, Steamer Htrnut, hit woom
cd to on board the jonk, mA i
healed in our hoepitd, Bariii
health reatored he toaght fix oat]
and before two weekt elapaad ha
napped by a band of men. I^Eh
t)i« told bet diild, a (iri , paU the ■

FOR NOYSMBXRy 1854.

678

id he weal again to woriL ; but ere ano*
Sew weeks had paued there was a repeti-
»f the same, and she was obliged to sell
inly remaining boy. Now, she sud, I
no child to sell any more, and I come
g the teacher to try his best for my hus-
w My wife, to whom the pitiful story
hterpreted, begged me also to go with
loor woman, and not to rest until I had
fed him unto her. I asked the woman
s knew where her husband was. She
hit master knew, and she would show
I Um. My dispensary assistant, the
nit and I went in my boat, and
fid for the junk where he was last
•yvd. The master came into our boat,
km directed us towards the junk,
I lie thought the poor man was under
Mtdies. As soon as we arriTcd near
I Jumped on board, and heard im-
it^ a Toioe groaning in the fore part
he Teasel. Without asking any ques-
, I walked towards that part, threw open
nl hatch, and looking into the cabin, or
rkde, and seeing no one, I intended to
; Mtrdi in the foremost cabin, but a

fob, half filled with water, standing
I It, I quickly turned it over, and found
I beam was fastened across by ropes,
I my knife soon severed. I then took
le tmall hatch, and there the poor man
k a cowering position, his head fastened
rwards, his hands drawn backwards and
■ds, and both thumbs tied to his tail.
iUy cat the strings, as he was crying
' Sia, sia,' which means pain, took him
the boat, and brought him home with

I need hardly say that husband and

wife were very glad, and she was very thank.
fuL Only one man, respectably dad, tmok*
ing his pipe, and walking up and down, was
on board the junk when I was engaged ii^
the work, which took ' me only a few mi-
nutes. He did not in the least interfere,
only called out repeatedly : ' Teacher, I have
not done it.'

'* In concluding-this letter I must not omit
the following two interesting facts. The
one is, that a patient of mine brought this
morning two idols and placed them upon
the pulpit in the hospital chapel. When her
turn came to receive medicines, I asked her
with what intention she brought these idols
here, if she wanted any money for them :
for a few weeks ago two women brought
some idols and ancestral tablets to me and
then asked for a little money. She said,
I do not want any money ; I will not wor-
ship wood any more, but I desire to wor-
ship God. The other is, that two women,
who have been benefited by the hospital,
have come here the last two or three Sab-
baths in order that they may attend the ser-
vices. As they live a pretty long way from
here, and as it is difficult for them to walk
far, having small feet, they bring their food
and infants with them, and stop from one
service to the other in the chapel. May the
Lord pour out richly his Spirit upon this poor
and benighted people, so that they may soon
love him supremely, and desire him more
than gold or rubies ; and may the Lord, who
is so greatly encouraging us, stir us up to
greater diligence, and fill our hearts with
burning love to him and with love to this
idolatrous people."

LECK OP THE "DOUEO" STBAMEB, OFF THE COAST OF
imNA, AND PEOVIDENTIAL DELIVEEANCE OF THE EEV.
r YOUNG AND 3iBS. YOUNG, AND THEIR FBLLOW-
'ASSENGEES.

IT the early part of the present year Mr. and Mw. Young left their
ion at Amoy, on a visit to Hong Kong, for the benefit of Mrs. Y.'s
tfch, which had become seriously affected. After some stay in that
mT, her medical adviser urged the necessity of a temporary change of
litey and accordingly, on the 22ud May, Mr. and Mrs. Y. took passage
hfB Domro steamer for Singapore, en route for Australia.

674

MnUONAET MAQAlUrB

Of the ditMfcen whidi befid the yoyagen, and of the ngnal profidenoi
bj which thej were rescued firom a watery grave, we are pfeaented witii a
lirelf and impresaive description in the foUowing Irtter ttom Mr. ToQni^
dated Singapore, 14th July ult.

•^OaUitlSthofJiiiM last I addiMMd to
yon ft lew hurried lines, merd j menHoniag
that we bad, in the good provideaoe of God,
been deliveied from the dftagen U ship-
wreck, withont being able to gife yon an j de-
tailed psrtienlaii regtrding'tbe catasliophe.
I BOW give yon a miante acooont.

^ When it was decided by Mrs. Young's
■Mdiosl atteadant that she mnst lesort to a
cold and bfidng dimate to restore her
health, and the Brethren Legge and Chalmers
had gifen me their advice and recommended
me to proceed to Anstralia, I lost no time in
securing a passage to Sydney in the Penin*
snlar and Oriental Company's steamer Domro,
She was to leaTC her passengers for Anstralia
at Singapore, whence, at the Axed period,
they would have to embark in another ol the
Company's steamers for the colonies. On
the 22nd U May, two o'dock tm,, we kft
Hong Koag for Singapoce, and proceeded
fovoarably on ow voyage nntil the night of
the 24th, when, about eight o'dock, we en-
countered a fearful typhoon, which lasted six
or eight hours. The sea broke over the
vessel in a most awful manner, washed
overboard two of her cutters, and almost all
the live stock. The wind blew with such
force as to carry avray her funnd dear over
the bulwarks ss if it had been made of paste-
board, and most of the sails were blown
away from under the gaskets ; rain fell in
torrents, accompanied with constant and
vivid lightning and thunder. The oldest
sailor on board had never before witnessed
so violent a hurricane. Through the mer-
ciful goodness of our Heavenly Father, to
whose throne many a prayer ascended during
the storm, the steamer rode beautifully over
the tempestuous waves without any damage
done to her hull. Towards morning the
storm abated. When daylight broke upon
us, and we went on deck, we could form
some idea of the violence of the typhoon by
all kinds of wreck that lay strewed about
the decks— broken spars, ropes, passengers'
chairs, lifdess poultiy, &c. &c. But what

we all foil moat
Itooaldaotbe
materialaaa

thaloaaaloar finad.
aad thanwaie.aa
wMiwUehta

however, had baea qpaiad by ttm itattii
these were set as aooa aa'it was' tldwiand
by the oapiahi that wa ahaald latans la
Hong Kong, in aider to repair dtmmm,

'* On the morning of the 25th wa wan
under eaavass, making comfbrtdria ptofiaaa
towards the port vre had reoeatly ML No
one dreamt of danger; on the eoataaij, aU
were indulging high expectations of aedag
Hong Kong in three days. When ai^
came on, all bot thoee whose dntiea foriiaie
thdr retiring to rest, lay themadvea aaagly
in their respective berths to sleep; bolllMir
deep dumber was suddenly distarbadt #
half-past one in the morning, by a coiMas
sion and a tremendoos grating' soaad. The
steamer had struck upon a cord nd, II
was very dark. Almost every soul Kaalaawl
on deck. It was a solemn time. Most, if
not all, were under the impresdon that there
was then ouly a step between them and
dedh. In our distress we lifted up onr
hearts in prayer to Him who ia a present
help in trouble. After thevessd struck, she
seemed very soon to make a lodgment for
herself. A sea every now and then broke
over her. Mrs. Young and mysdf vrere
drenched thoroughly by the waves, and stood
in our wet clothes for three or four hours.
Every wave that struck the sides of the
vessel made her crack, as though she vrould
momentarily part in two, and we fdt in
danger every minute of bdng predpitated
into the sea. Our fears, however, were hap-
pily not realised. Whilst all were bewilder-
ed, and nothing could be ascertdned about
our position, a light was suddenly observed
in the distance. It was supposed to be the
light of some ship. The captdn imme-
diately ordered blue lights to be burned, and
rockets and guns to be fired off, in order to
apprise the passing ship of onr misfortune,
and to procure assistance. But there vras

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676

eqpoDfte to <ror sigoalt of distress. At
th the light toUlly disappeared, and left
a we were before, hopeless and helpless,
ipetrs the light was nothing more than
reiection of a rising planet. It is a
mnenon often perceived by mariners,
ii apt to deoeiTe unpractised ^yes. Three
hi houn were passed on deck in the
, daring which time some few things

done to ease the vesseL The foremast
cut away, (the mainmast shared the
: fiite the following day,) heavy articles

heaved overboard, and a raft was im-
ately ordered to be constructed in case
a having to abandon the ship. The
IS of escape were only two jolly-boats,
me of them was not in a fit state for

The number of souls on board was

140 to 150. Had not a gracious God
!d thevrind to lull, and the waves to be
•rmtely still at the time we got em-
ed on the reef, not a soul, perhaps,
i have escaped. But it seemed as if
«ord intended, by bringing us into one
e greatest dangers that can happen at
to show us that he could also easily

us out of it ; that he could kill, and
■old make alive.

Then the light fairly dawned on us, wc
;ht we could perceive low land not f^r
us ; but unfortunately, as the sun rose,
>and it to be nothing more than the
coloured water about the edges of the

At eight o'clock our exact position
seertained by observation, and we found
Ives planted in the southern edge of the

shoal of the Paracels. A consultation
idd as to the steps it was advisable to

under our distressed circumstances.
I was no inhabited land nearer to us
120 miles, and that was the island of
in. Hong Kong was treble that dis-
. "Woody Island, it is true, was thirty-
ilesfrom us; but insuperable objections
r gdng there presenting themselves, it
esolved that some of our party should
sipatched in our best jolly-boat to
in to procure assistance from the Man-
I or any fishing junks. In the event
ir tucceeding, part of them were to ac-
vaj the junks to the wreck, and the
part to proceed to Ilong Kong to get
rtnbtince.

'* Eight individuAlt gallantlj Tolunteered
their services for the enterprise. They staH-
ed in the early part of the afternoon of the
26th with about a week's provisions and
water, and carrying vrith them the good
wishes and prayers of their comptniona in
misfortune. On the 28th they neared some
islands in the vicinity of Hainan, and ob-
served two Chinese junks. Our boat crossed
their track, and hove to under the lee of one
of them, and dropped albngside. My Chi-
nese servant, who went with otu* party as
interpreter, was sent on board the junk to
request assistance, food, and water; but
everything was refused, unless the boat was
first submitted to plunder. The unfeeling
junkmen began to strip my servant, which,
being observed by the party in the boat, they
immediately by force got him back. They
pulled away as quickly as they could from
the hostile craft, and, being frustrated in
their very first attempt to negotiate with the
people in those regions, they came to the re-
solution of bearing up direct for Hong Kong.
It seemed almost a forlorn undertaking.
After encountering severe weather, during
which our boat was nearly swamped, and
Iiaving been continually exposed for eight
days and seven nights, their provisions nearly
exhausted, with the exception of a few bis-
cuits, thirty-six hours before they got into
port, they finally reached Hong Kong tt
half-past four on the afternoon of the 3rd of
June. Thus graciously did the Lord speed
our little craft, on which all our hopes of
assistance seemed to depend. Had any ae^
cident befallen it, so as to prevent its arrival
at Hong Kong, the consequences to those on
board the Douro would have been most dis^
astrous. But prayer was put up to God coil-
tinually for the safety of the boat, and it
was heard. ' that men would praise the
Lord for his goodness, and, for his wonderfttl
works to the children of men.' Ko sooner
had the sad intelligence been communicated
to the agent of the Peninsular and Oriental
Comjiany of our shipwreck than steps wer^
immediately taken to send us relief. The
steamer Malta was despatched fWe honn
after the tidings reached Hong Kong to the
vrreck, and the day following the sttemer
Tartar followed her.
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MiatONAET MAOASIKI

in fMfl «laiiiitMet eftrythiif tbtt hmto
Ifanrity oovld raggett was done on the
wiwk to gntid against emorganciet, and to
Make known onr diaueiaed dtoaUoo. Four
nftawen eonatrncted to taJke off the pat-
aangeia and ci«w» in caae mattera came to
an aitiiaMitj ; and, tnbaeqnently. the hnild-

noati, alaov weie niade» to whiefa two bol-
tlea» tightly atopped up» were tied, contain-
ing a statement in Bn^ish and Chinese ol
the disaster that had befiOlen tts, the laUtnde
and kagitnde of that part of the shoal on
widd& the Jhmn li^ wied^ed, and the
nnasber of the sonls on hoard. At least
lMlf«n-denen of these ftoets were set adrift,
aoase with a large flag flying on their tops,
others rigged with sails so as to attract the
notice of slups across whose trade they might
dmnoe to drift. But, with all the efforts
pnt forth and the means osed, day after day
passed tediously over us, and not the slightest
prospect appeared of anything in the shq»e
of rdief. Two junks showed themselTes on
the 27tli. One of them merely took a look
al us from a respectful distance, and then
bore away; the other we hailed by means of
onr other JoUy-bost, which had been re-
paired. The chief roan of the junk having,
after some parley, been questioned as to
what amount of money they would tike for
conveying a limited number of onr people
to either Hainan or Hong Kong, tbey replied
they would demand for each man 3000 dol-
lars. This exorbitant demand pot an end to
all further negotiations, and the junk sailed
away. For the space of about ten days after
this vre remained firmly embedded on the
north shoal without seeing anything in the
shape of a sail. Hope and despondency had
their frequent alternations, and, in the minds
of most, the latter had often the ascendancy.
Day by day the eye was ever and anon nar-
rowly scanning the horiion to descry a white
sail, or some curling smoke. Help seemed
never to be coming. Six days were allowed
onr boat to reach Hong Kong, and two to
any steam« r that might be sent to the wreck.
When thf ; time was exceeded, hope began
still more rapidly to ebb. In the event of
onr boat •Jiving swamped, or been cut off
by pirates;r (no improbable circumstance,)
the prospect^ before us was starvation, drown-

ing, UM aisiisa, Mti^r» nd ittadL by
pfaratosi and who wodd know, if wa perish-
ed, where the spolwaa? Blessed be God ;
vrith an these horri^riag pra^eeta baisre us
there waaoM thbg to chee r i t waa prayer*
conpled with the reading of Qod'a Word.
Eveiy morning and nvening all the pei-
sengen, and thoae of the ahip'a ooaspasy
who understood Bngliah, a a a embl e d tar Ine
pnrpoee of devotion. KngHthman, Parases,
Mohassnedans, and Chineae all asiagMftt
the honr of prayer. Each oiciiing, as lie
darkness gathered arond ns, and we kniw
not, when we layonnehres down to rest, bit
that a storm might arise and engnlph us
during onr nightly repose, we commemkd
ourselves to him who holds the winds in Us
fist, and bids the waves be still. And eadi
morning that we rose, our thanks ascendd
on high for life, health, the vkpfHj of otr
wants, and the means of graoe. I often fdt
great comfort in dwelling on the doctrine tf
a divine providence. I frequently remindd
my companions in distress, that, though m
were beyond the reach and care of earthl;
friends, we could never be where God wai
not. The lonely reef, shunned most stu-
diously by mariners, was yet a portion of
Jehovali's earth. He was equally with us
on the reef as in our safe abode on land. On
the shoal, mercies and favours could be be-
stowed by him just as much as in any other
situation. The seasons of prayer and read-
ing God's holy word seemed really like the
refreshing dew invigorating drooping plants.
Their hallowed infiuences seemed to preserve
the Ust glimmerings of hope from being al-
together extinguished, to keep down violent
outbursts of evil passions, to provide a salu-
tary antidote to sullen despondency, and to
buoy up the soul with trust in God. Many,
on looking back to those days of peril on the
north shoal, I trust wiU lift up their hearts
gratefully to God, and remember him from
thence, as David did from the land of Jor-
don, and from the hill of Mizar, when deep
called unto deep at the noise of God's water-
spouts, and all his waves and his billows
threatened to go over them, but were pre-
vented from doing so in answer to prayer
offered in the Redeemer's nsme,

^'At God's ^tpointed time deliverance
came. At four o'clock of the afternoon of the

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677

5t]i oi Jttue, smoke was obserred from our
niiea st a disUnce, As the vessel gradually
■eared we made her out to be the Malta,
Am end was put to our fears— joj beamed
in every countenance. The impulse of each
heart was to give thanks to God for his un-
sfeakable mercy. Before I could propose,
the passengers asked me to offer up thanks-
giring to God for his mercy in sending sea-
soaable aid, which request I acceded to with
great pleasure. Wc arrived at this place

in the PeMn on the 13th of last month.
In consequence of the reaction of the dis-
asters we met with on board the Douro,
Mrs. Young's health, by no means vigorous
before, was still further impaired. I have,
therefore, decided to remain here until the
next steamer leaves for Australia, which will
be in the middle of the ensuing month. Mrs.
Young has improved somewhat by her so-
journ here, but is still very delicate."

WEST INDIES.

BElOyiSCSNOES OF THE BAYS OE SLATEBY.

It ifl the well-known custom at the mission stations in the British West
India colonies to observe the 1st of August in each year as a religious fes-
tiTil in commemoration of the great act of emancipation.

The Bey. J. Foreman, of Lonsdale, Berbice, writing under date 31st
AugoBt ult., furnishes a lively sketch of the proceedings at his station on
occadon of the late anniversary festival.

** Sixteen years have now elapsed since
ikt rights of civil freedom were conferred on
the ei^ared people of these colonies. A
grcal many of those who then partook of
thai great boon have since passed into eter-
■iljy and the time is not far distant when
the whole of that generation will have passed
away. Of those who still remain, and who
hf painful experience know what slavery
waa, a large number cherish feelings of
thaakfiilneu to God for the important change
ia their social position.

** It has been the custom at all the sta-
tioaa since 1838 to hold special services on
the let of August in each year. These ge-
Mndly commence with prayer meetings soon
after midoight on the 31st of July, and
m^ek are followed by public meetings in the
tarious chapels on the 1st of August.

*' We had an interesting meeting on that
day althoogh not very numerously attended,
partly becanse, of the three nearest estates,
mm waa paying, and the other two grinding,
aid also because there are a large number of
f&nima, who, having grown up since the days
af aitfery, regard it as a disgrace, and

would be glad to have the day entirely for-
gotten. We had, however, eight speakers,
three of whom were fugitive slaves from
Nickeric, in the adjoining Dutch colony of
Guiana. Some of the facts stated at the
meeting I will now append.

" G. D., an old man, a deacon, and for.
merly captain or steersman of the estate's
punt, in contrasting the past with the pre-
sent mentioned, ' That one Sunday morning
the manager would send the driver to take
him out of the chapel, to go and carry rum
and molasses to town.'

" F. F. another deacon said : * Those who
pay no regard to this day are deficient in
thinking and feeling. They don't think
enough about freedom to see what a good
thing it is, and they don't feel enough for
others/ He then referred to his own early
experience on a cotton estate where ' he had
to gin cotton, and if at night oach one had
not done his full weight there ^as no eat but
plenty of flogging.' They ^r-jre so badly
treated that many of them ran luto the bush.
* When I was brought to Eve u>n the esUte
was just being put into su^ar cane\ and

678

muiOlTASY lUOAltin

oflMi ifter woiklBg ii tlie idd ftvm dqr«
B|^ to miidoini, when we raclied the
bafldiiige which were Just beiBf put op, we all
hid to go to the witcr-iide to carry bridu,
wood, &C. often half the night, and by the
time that wu done and we got rapper, and
Jnat lay down, the horn blew to call ni out
again. It wai iog, dog, flog that time,
indeed.'

"•OneSonday,* he added, 'Iwantedto
go and hear Mr. Wray preach, and went to
the manager to aik him for a pais. Ue
asked me what I wanted to go and hear
that oldfeUow for, and he wouldn't give me
a pass. Bat I have no occasion to ask the
manager for a pass now. Another Sunday
he called me and another man, and told us
he wanted us to go through the bush and
along the side line, to carry plantains to
Providence estate, and thit he would gi? e
ns Monday to rest instead. We went with
the plaintains. On Monday morning the
driver toned oa ont the same as the rest, so
we went to the manager* He laughed at us,
and called out to the sick nurse (this was
part of his duty) to bring the whip and flog
these laay fdlows, so we were glad to run
down the steps and turn out with the rest,
although we had been promised Monday if
we would work on the Sundiy.'

" B. B., from Nickerie, said bis father and
mother belonged to Berbice, but tbey were
sold when he was a little boy, and tbey
were all carried to Nickerie. Ills roaster
was very kind, but bis son was very bad,
slashing at them for nothing with bis riding
wliip. When the master or bis son went to
town on horseback they bad to run behind
and carry the horse's tail, and sing,

* Tftks ctf« Mango, ICassa rid* O.
Mm»» go to town.'

« * One day, while carrying sugar to a
ship, the mate aslied me if I would like to
go to England and be free. I said yes. So
the night the ship was to sail he got me and
another boy into the boat; but the other
boy soon began to cry out, so be was obliged
to put us on shore again ; but he pointed
ont to me the way to Berbice, and told me
if I could get there I should be free. I did
not forget that. A long time after I had to
go a long way with the pant, and I then

got a iBuU eaiioe seareely Wg enov
twapeople. I and another man 1
Satvday night, polled down the C
night (this river fiarma the hoandm
the two eokmies, and is broad at
we then polled into the bush ai
day Sunday; at night we pn
again, and on Monday we reae
hke.'

*• C. F., also from NidLcrie, a fli
manly-looking man, and one of
bath-school teachers, said: 'I
ashamed to say I was a slave,
caused me to come to Berbice. Sis
me come to Berbice without evi
my mother good bye, and I was he
child. There were three of us.
thers once asked me if I would
bice and be free if I could get a <
said. No ; not till I bury my moth
of the masters in Nickerie were Ei
and treated their slaves well, bee
knew if they did not they would si
Berbice. But not so in Surinaj
Dutch Guiana); they are Dutcl
there, and treat their slaves to<
know, because I went there with r
and stopped there eighteen month
do anything there, your master do^
you, but he gives you a paper, am
(8d.), and you go to a man, and he
fifty blows for two bits. Three
mv master came back to Nickerie ;
ed me to go back agaiu. M'e wcr
with his wife, and he was to come
was verv kind indeed to me ; not s»
but a slave can never trust his
word ; so I and all the bouse s'?rva
the coast, and my mistress was <
go with only one servant and the
My master sent after us and we \
I said to him, I thought you had
to your wife, and I wouldn't go t(
with her. Flog me here if you \\l
die before V\\ take Surinam blc
next thing was the estate was to b
asked my master to try and buy
said be couldn't ; the only thing hi
was to give me a good cliaracter.
to myself, I know how much gooi
I'll be off to Berbice. The estate w
by one of the worst masters in Nic
who kept his engine going all

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679

mnd, SuidAyt tnd ill. 80 I made a bar-

l^wiUiainaatosiartiii ftix days. I be-

|Ui to get clothes leadf . I went every day

Is aee this man, and put on two soits of

doilies each time, and left one at his house.

Bat when the night came for us to start, so

■any others were round his bouse that I

Mid not get my bundle. At last this man

got one of us (six had pledged to go) to get

^ plenty of noise, and he went up stairs

lad threw out the bundle, and I slipt away.

I vslked from Saturday night till Tuesday

nwrning straight up into the bush before I

Riched the place where we had agreed to

■est. We then came to a river, but we had

iH qualified ourselves to swim over any

rirer. We got over and found two Indians

vitcfalng us; we separated, and started

Arthe bush, but they caught two of us and

Miried them back to Nickerie. After walk-

fif a long time we saw one Indian crossing

ii a canoe. We asked him what he was

to do. He said to catch crabs. We

lim to put us (S. T. and myself ) over

Ibi river. At first he refused, but I oflPbred

Um my bundle of clothes to do it ; and he

pirt us over, and we got safe into Berbice

1 have always said God sent that In-

^an there, for though we could swim we
were so weak that we had not strength
enough to cross the river. I have been here
fifteen years and a half, and I have never
heard of my brothers, nor my mother, since
I came.'

" P. F., another deacon, gave a very nice
address, leading us to think of a worse sla-
very than we had been hearing about — the
slavery of Satan, and to a greater freedom
than bodily freedom — the freedom of
Christ Jesus !

" C. A., a young man, deacon and Sab-
bath-school teacher, gave a very good ad-
dress indeed to the young men. I am sorry
that I was not able to take notes of what he
said. He is a carpenter, and with the ex-
ception of the week in which he wu mar-
ried, he has not been absent from Everton
estate a single day. This is the sort of
young men we want multiplied, that vrill re-
main in one place ; but, as a rule, our young
people are fond of wandering from one es-
tate to another. He is much respected by
the manager, and once and again his wages
have been increased, on account of his steady
and constant work."

DEATH OF THE EEV. CHAELES C. LEITCH, OF NETOOE,

EAST INDIES.

It is with deep regret we announce that the life and labours of this
UgUy gifted and devoted young Missionary have, in the mysterious pro-
fidence of Gbd, been suddenly brought to a close under circumstances
^eettliarly distressing. Our beloved brother, Mr. Leitch, was drowned
widle bathing in the sea at Moottan, on the coast of Travancore, within a
few miles of his station. The particulars of the mournful event, which
oecurred on the 25th August last, are given in the subjoined communica-
tioii from his friend and fellow-labourer, the Hev. F. Baylis.
- So recently as the autumn of 1851, Mr. Leitch left his native country in
antifipation of a long and active career in the missionary field. After
fpendiiig a few months at Madras, pursuing a course of medical study, he
poeceded to his appointed station, Neyoor, South Travancore ; and, in the
MMlleetion of the holy zeal and entire devotedness which characterised his
labtequent, though brief, career of Missionary labour, his sorrowiug
%hilj and friends will find relief and solace amidst their unavailing regrets
dintt the loss of one so valued and beloved.

680 MISSIONAftT MAAAnm

"IhaireiiidMd," writes Mr. Biiylis, voder diteNajwv,3UlAiVH[|»«it^**pHM
newt to oommtmieete. Our hearti hste bcea filled widi leROW bj a bmmI
nous dispensation of Pro? idenoe. I little thoai^ w1m& I amfttd kne two
sigo, to liibour with my deer friend Mr. Leitcb, tiiat be would be ao aooo
away from us. But in the midst of bis actmtyand iisefiilwi bft bnbeentden
in a moment, and with heavy hearts we strife to bow to tiw atioke^ asd to asy^'bi
is the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good.' Our dear bradwr bod oot been fsdim
reiy well for some days, and as Mr. and Mrs. Lewis were gone to apeod a 9bw dsjfs
at Moottan, a place on the coast in this district, about ttx mSea off, wo retehedti
go down and spend a day with them, and intended to fummine tiie achooh at ooe cr
two of our stations near. So we went down eariy on the monuBg of Tnkj, iSbt
25th inst About 5 p.m. we went to;;eUier to bathe in the sea, in a place where he
had been accustomed to bathe on former visits to the place.

"As we were going down, speaking of the bold soeneiy on the aea-coairt Ikfr,
Mr. Leitch said that he felt that a day now and then at such a p1ace» tbrowiif off
all the cares of the Ifission, was a great advantage, and enabled one to resume wodk
with far greater energy. Being remarkably quick in all his movements, be osi st
the place and in the water several minutes before I was ready. We woe bdasi
some rocks, so that I could not see the part of the sea %vhere be was, tiU I badgois
out into the water myself. I then saw him for a moment among the wavei, alitdi
way out, not farther than we had both been when batbinK there a few wedu betec*
I also thought I heard his voice, but the noise of the waves amon^r the rocks bbbt
was so great that I could not distinguish what he said, and I had then no idesthst
he was in any danger. However, I had scarcely a moment to think, for, si I asi
hasteniofi^ to join him, in passing round the comer of a rock, a strong wave rsifaiif
past from behind, threw me down, and was, as I felt in a moment, carrying aeost
vtith considerable force. I immediately struck out for the shore, and gsiacdt
footinj( ai^ain with some difficulty. Had I been carried out into the Urfee wsie
beyond, I feel sure that I should never have reached the shore again ; for the tide
was receding fast, which neither of us knew when we went to bathe, and there woe
strong currents, owing to the rocky nature of the coast there. When I recovered
from the wave and looked about I could nowhere see Mr. Leitch. For a moment I
fancied that he might be bidden from sight by a wave, but the next moment I felt
that he must have been carried out and had sunk. I knew that it would be is
vain for me to attempt to do anything alone; so I ran up the beach and caDedto
Mr. Lewis to come quickly, as I saw him cominsr in the distance. He was sood sb
the spot; and three or four fishermen coming at the same time, they immediately rss
into the water, according to our directions, and dived about in the place where he had
been, and a boat which had been summoned came to render assistance ; but thmich
the search was kept up as well as the force of the waves would allow, for nearly tao
hours, till it hecame dark, nothing could be found. As we returned to the littk
bungalow where we were staying, it was almost impossible for us to realize the M
that our dear brother, who had been amongst us that day, happy himself, and stririDg
to make others happy, was indeed taken from us. In the morning Mr. Manlt snd
Mr.Whitehouse arrived from Nagercoil, and Mr. Russell later in the day. The
search had been renewed at daylight, and men were sent aloni; the coast to give initroe-
tions to the vills^ers to be on the look-out. But though every means have been
used, the body has not yet been found.

'* I cannot tell you the deep sorrow that has been felt on aooonnt of this loss; for
our dear brother was greatly beloved. His disinterested kindness^ and earnest

FOR NOVEMBER^ 1854. 681

efforts for their good, had endeared him to very many, both Christians and heathens,

in ^liis and neighbouring Stations. He never spared himself, if he could do anything

for the temporal or spiritual good bf those around him ; and unless he had taken

more care, I am persuaded he would soon have worn himself out. Our own loss has

been a most bitter one. We had long looked forward to joining him in this

IfiaaioD, and our intercourse with him for nearly two months in the daily work of

the Mission had made us look forward to years of happy and useful labour. We

bad gone through many parts *of the district together, examining the schools and

tpeaking with the people. We had examined together many candidates for

Btptiim and the Lord's Supper. We had made our arrangements for carrying on

nearly all the duties of the Mission alternately, and he had seemed so happy in our

hiving come to labour with him, that our disappointment and sorrow at losing him

htTe been very great. Our brethren in the Nagercoil Mission, too, are feeling this

efent deeply. He had been much amongst them, and had ever striven to labour with

them in harmony and love. In him the Mission field has lost one of its most able

ttd most devoted labourers. I can truly say of him, that he sought not his own

tilings, but the things of Jesus Christ. His daily walk, his daily strivings after

personal holiness and increasing usefulness to souls, that he might thus glorify his

Msiter, were such that he needed no deathbed testimony to convince us that he has

been welcomed as a good and faithful servant, and has entered into the joy of his

Lord. His was no common order of Christianity. Most heartily did he despise all

fittleneta — all exclusiveness — all seeking to advance the kingdom of Christ by

irorldly means ; but all who knew him can bear testimony how anxious he was to

speak good, and not evil, of his brethren, and of others. He hated oppression and

iojastice in any form ; and as the result of his earnest remonstrances to the British

Reaident, the deputy to the Dewan or Prime Minister had been sent down to this

district to examine cases of oppression, bribery, and robbery, which had taken place,

and his visit has been of some benefit to the people.

*' His whole heart was in the &f ission-work ; and though at first he had doubt
whether Neyoor was the most fitting sphere for him, when he had settled down here
hn whole sympathies were drawn out towards the people, and he resolved to spend
and be spent amongst them. He had wrenched himself from many strong ties when
he left his native land, where his talents might soon have raised him to honour and
£stiiiction. It was not easy for a nature like his, so full of strong family affections
and aocial sympathies, to sever himself from all who were dear to him, and come and
live quite alone in this district among the poor and ignorant, few of whom could
sympathise with him ; but he believed it was the call of his Master, and he cheer-
lolly obeyed. Hia medical talents he devoted entirely to the service of Christ ; for
whilst healing the sick, he was ever mindful of his higher position, as an ambassador
of Christ, a physician of souls. It might appear like exaggeration if I were to tell
■II I thought of him, or express all my love to him. He rests from his labours and
hit works follow him. Many in this district will have cause to bless God that he has
amongst them, as a bright and shining, though transient light."

DEPAETUEE.

ICrs. Porter, wife of the Rev. W. Porter, of Madras, embarked at Portsmouth,
Oft bowd the '' Trafalgar," for India, October 23.

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Memoir nf the late Rev. John Kenilc. Brewood,

Htaflbrdvhire ^......... 68S

The Church In its Relations to the World ...... ^«. €90

A Sermon by the Rev. Philip Henry .^^ «.....• 6tf8

Rev. Prancis Talieiita ...••••m..«.m«*.m.«m«m...m.*mmm 'Ov
IfUlenanauism.— >No. IV. m.....«* mm»—-m, 701

REVIEW OP RELIGIOUS PUBLICATIONS.

Good's Bo(>k of Psalms ...... M. »m. ....»«.«.«.. 707

Trege!1esi' Aecimnt of the Primed Text of Che

Greek New Te*tament 709

Marcfarliiie's llidinic Place ..................M..........M. 711

Cbirkoon's Scene* of the Bible ....m............. 712

The Kpiktie to the Hebrews compared with the Old

TcktAUient 712

Kohlbruggc's Sermons un the First Epistle of Peter 712

OBITUARY.

Death of the Rev. James Haldaiie Stewart............ 713

The Death of the Rev. J. Davles, Independcot
Minister. Mynyddhach, near Swansea ...m.^*..... 7IS

HOME CHRONICLE.

Annual Appeal on Behalf of Ministers' Widows... »• 716
Termination of Proceedings between the Rev. Dr.

Tidman and the Rev. R. Ainslie 717

Death of James Nisbet. Em]., of Bemers-street ...... 718

Notice to the Widows of Ministers receiving As-
sistanctf ftom the Funds of the Evangelical Ma-
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Half-Vearl> Mcrting of Trustees 71H

Congregational Union « 718

York-street Chapel. Walworth ~> 721

Albion Chapel, Southampton „. 723

Ordmatlons ^ 724

Ledburv. Ilercfordshiie 724

Oulton. Noifolk 724

MISSIONARY CHRONICLE 725

THE SUPPLEMENT.

The late Rev. William Wiikins, of Abingdon......... 748

Sketches of Maharajah Duleep Singh.— The late

Sovereign of the Pui^ab 748

A Memorial of Miss Apphia Hughes, Swan Hill,

Shrewsbury 750

Original Letter of the Countess of Huntingdon ...... 754

A Day at the Catholic and Apostolic Chaieh, 0«
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»o»ee«e ••••«

REVIEW OP RELIGIOUS PUBLICATIOVi

Brown's Bvealnn with the Prophtta •«»•»—««.••
Dwight's Chriatianlty In Turkey ^^^^m^m,,.^
Gordon's Original Reflections and Convenatieoi

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Carlile's SUtlon and Occupation of the Saints ii

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Ribbans* Tintern Abbey .......^ .....«.»

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CummlBg's Saiibath Evening Readings ...«.«..«•

Tylei's Nettleton and bis Labours «....«•«.«..■•

Cow|ier*s Scripture Gatetteer ...........................

Poote's Christianity Viewed in some of Its Leadtaii

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Wallace's Portraiture of the Ute Rev. William Jiy

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McBurnle't Errors of Infidelity ...«•«..••— ^ •>—•-•
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Home's Plain Reasons for being a Chriittao •».«•

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Proposed Monument to Dr. W*ardlaw ......^..^.w

The late Rev. Thomas bcott .....•«■•

Bun)an Meeting House, Bedford, Ordination of tfM
Rev. J. J. Insull, as Co-pastor with the R«v

vonn juKes ........................ .............Mi........***

Croft Chaiiel, Hastings-— Ke«iCfn«tion of the Rev

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Park'Street Chapel, Hatfield

Settlement of the Rev. Jantes Lyon, at Dunstable

Ordin.it ion at Huddfrsfleld -«.••

Clevedon, near Bristol «.».«•■

New Chapel, Arthur-street, Walworth ....^......m...

Summertown, Oxfordshire ....«....»••.

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MEMOIR OF THE LATE REV. JOHN FEllNIE, BREWOOD,

STAFFORDSHIRE.

The obMrratioQ and experience of
the dnireh 'will, eontbrm the declaration
of the woid a Ocjd. that *• the effectual
fenrent prayer 9f * rigfateona man avail-
efh miidL* 'Itmaf not be at the pre-
ciae tiinei;, 9br .in the' particular way
that flMflfqjliaiit ijaaj have anticipated,
hat HMlMr ior .kter he ahall have to
ring, "l i a iiri tfte Xbrd and he heard
me.* B tp tuit f tUtone will reveal the
extent to idoUi t&e phorch and the
irarld baviB.lieim -indebted to the bclicv-
ing prajtn'of Cbd'a IsraeL The sub-
ject of the lUldwing. aketch viewed his
own c on v e ra io n to God as an answer
to the fisrvent anpplications of a pious
pandlkther, who was a fhithftil and
respeeted miniater of the Baptist deno-
mination; concerning whom he wrote
tD a relativei ** My grandfother used to
preach when he was eighty-six, and
prayed with the family a very short
time before he reached out his hand to
aiy fhthcr, and died in perfect com-
posore and peace. I was a lad of seven
yeaia of age, and was with him when
he expired* Ali I have, and all I am,
«« gkem in answer to his prayers for
M^ Am fxwwriU ehUdP What a mo-
tive, and what an encouragement docs
ftiipneent to Christians to persevere
b terent intercessory prayer for the
Mvenioa of othcra; though, as in the
toii.xzxn«

present instance, he who prays may not
live to seo his prayers answered.

Mr. Fcrnie was bom at Stockton-on-
Tees, October 30, 1781. His pai*cnts
were Baptists, and imparted to him a
religious education. During the early
part of his life ho was kept from gross
immoralities, but he afterwoi'ds became
tt ^y> dissipated youth. With a view
partly to magnify the riches of God's
grace in his conversion, and partly to
promoto perseverance in prayer on be-
half of others, we will quote tlic state-
ment which he read at his ordination
to the work of the ministry, in which
he confessed, " I soon began to be fond
of pleasure, throw. off every restraint,
and sought companions whose minds
were congenial with my own. With
these I entered the paths of vicc» and
by degrees forsook the means of grace,
became an adept in sin, and immoral
almost to a proverb. The ministers of
the gospel I could ridicule — at religion
I would laugh, and deism became my
favourite topic." ITiere were seasons
when convictions filled him with mo-
mentary distress ; and great alarm was
excited in his mind at the prospect of
dyingi but these feelings too soon sub-
sided. Before the expimtion of his
apprenticeship lie ran away from his
employer, and travelled to Loudon, hop-

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MEMOIR OP THR LATR REV. JOHN FERKTE.

ing to meet with some lucrative situv
tion. Being disappointed in his expect-
ations he began to wend his way home-
wtid, tnd proceeded as far oa Yorkshire,
where he obt«ii#d employment for •
season. He aften^'ards repaired to
Darlington, in which he entered into
an engagement with a gentleman to
8er\'e him for a period. In this town
he was induced, in some vay 9ot koowp
by the writer, to attend the preaching
of the gospel one Lord's-day erening.
The preacher took for his text, " How
shall we escape if we neglect ao great
salvation?" The word came* with
power to the heart of the youth, and
those impressions were produced which
issued in his saving conversion. His
mind was filled with peculiar alarm in
the views which he then had of his
past life, and of his guilty condition
before Qod. Eeferring to this periodi
he said, in his confession of faith, " My
convictions and fears increasing, I re-
solved upon and b^gan to put into
effect a reformation of conduct, hoping
by my own endeavours to silence my
fears, and to obtain salvation. But my
resolution frequently failed me. My sins
appeared increasingly numerous, and
my spirits became abundantly depressed
under a sense of fresh contracted guilt.
Butnotdisheartened,either by the first or
second failure, and being much alarmed
on account of my danger, I tried again
and again, but all pi*oved incfiectual to
remove my distress, and bring real
peace to my mind. My anxiety bo-
came veiy great, and my sins appeared
too numerous and aggravating for me
to entertain a hope of pardon. I was
almost nlwuvs haunted with the fears
of eternal punihhment ; when I walked
in the sticets or the fields I frequently
trembled lest some accident should
hurry me to the bar of God witli all my
guilt upon my head. I felt strong
temptations to entirely neglect prayer,
thinking that God would never regard
the cries of one solitary individual, and
t?Mt one the vilest of the human race.
I thought had I sought mercy sooner,
I perhaps might have obtained it, but

now it was too late— the day of gnoe
was past, and God intended to make
me a monument of his displeasure, and
awamingftofthetB. Ftmnea^lfimm
oA the trf^ of -sii^n^ imo dttipair, ni
I envied the happiness of the brate
creation that had never sinned, and that
would not have to render an account"

But deep and pungent as were his
ooovicttoi|»— ]painful and bitter as was
his distress, and ineffSectnal as all other
efforts proved to restore peace to his
mind, he was not left to sink into de-
spair* . He continued his attendance
upon the preaching of the gospel, where
Jesus was proclaimed as the Saviour of
the lost, when hope was inspired in his
mind : he renounced all other attempts
to obtain peace, and believed in Christ
as the only Saviour, relying on him for
eternal life* and then he found that
peace which those obtain who are justi-
fied through faith. But some years
afterwards he said, " I cannot boast of
those transports of whic^ some speak,
neither am I at all times feet from
doubt, but I tmst the Lord has kd me
to hate sin, to love holiness, to despair
of salvation in myself, to see the pre-
ciousncss of Jesus, to rely on Him for
everlasting life; and at this moment
my only hope is from His merits and
intercession." This was characteristic
of his future experience, in which there
was rather peace than rapture and trans-
ports : not the peace of ignorance and
indifference, but the peace which is a
result of faith in Christ, imparted to
him who, under a sense of danger, had
fied to Him as the only hope of the sin-
ner. He then was as decided in the
service of God as he had been in his
course of iniquity. The house of God,
with all its ordinances, became the de-
light of his heart: the people of God
were his chosen companions : conversa-
tion on subjects relating to Christ and
the solvation of the soul was eagerly
sought : and efforts to pluck others as
brands from the fire, and to direct them
to the Lamb of God, were aealously
prosecuted.

The writer believes it was soon after

MEICOIB OF THE LATE REV. JOHN FERNIE.

687

eooTersion, that he began fo enter-
doubts of the correctness of the
held by his ancestors on the sob-
of baptism. These doubts led to
ul inquiry, and to an earnest
■if of the subject; the result of which
a deep conviction that the views
Splliii 111 lied by Pcedobaptists arc Scrip-
; he therefore decided to join an
dent church, to which he was

r^MBPtted after his baptism by affusion :
^Bhirita not having been administered
him in his infancy, in consequence
.gf the views entertained by his parents.
•9W writer is not able to state whether
was at Stockton or at Darlington,
he believes the church to which he
united was in the latter place.
ithis church he was an active, de-
member, and in the course of two
thne years he was chosen, with some
to offidate as a deacon.
fAtfliia period his mind was deeply
he contemplated the deplor-
eoodition of others, he deeply la-
the unconcern so prevalent
.^piMgst those who were periiahing in
^1 hts earnest desire was, that they
jUit know Jesus as the Saviour of
I wiiiiii and he felt an intense wish to
lipeh the gospel of Christ in the vil-
IPlls atoond; '^but," he said, " the re-
ipBttbilitjof the office, the importance
i( tiie vork, the talents it h^quircd,
vil)i a consciousness of my own ignor-
JMt, and the frequent doubts which
ame in my mind relative to my own
htsitst in the Saviour's merits and the
fcfour of God, caused me to fear it was
% tn^tation of Satan, or that it pro-
|t wwdsd from pride, on account of which
v Bf spixits were oftentimes much de-
f jwsiad, and my mind filled with great
I Mziety. Hiis brought me frequently
' Is a throne of grace, when I many times
'< Mmestij begged of Ood, if it were
X • a tsmpCation of Satan, and not His will,
diat I should enter upon this work,
Alt it might be entirely removed, and
W Humghts of it, or desire for it, re-
ana upon my mind; or if the wish
pffceoded from Him, that I might dis-
oofer it to be so by His making my

way plain. Hence, I resolved never to
communicate to any one the feelings of
my mind on this subject, until I saw my
\Y&y more clear, and was satisfied that
the desire proceeded from the Lord.
These desires remained for about three
years, and the path did not appear
more clear than at first, until one even-
ing the minister, whose labours were
first blessed to me, remarked that there
were many villages around destitute
of the gospel, and perishing for lack
of knowledge, in which he had fre-
quently thought I might be useful, at
the same time he said that it had long
been the opinion of himself and others,
that it was my duty to labour among
them, and asked me if I never felt my-
self a desire to go. It is not easy to
conceive what I felt on this occasion,
but I thought I beheld the hand of God
in it, and I simply related to him what
had long been the feelings of my mind.
Soon after this it was proposed that I
should go to an academy where I might
have an opportunity of devoting the
whole of my time to the improvement
of my mind. After some prayer, I
agreed to this, providing the difficulties
which then appeared almost insur-
mountable could bo removed."

Application was made for his admis-
sion into Hackney Academy, of which
the Kev. George Collison was then the
tutor. Having been received into the
house he entered upon his studies,
earnestly anxious to qualify himself for
his future work. But he says, ** During
my stay the consciousness of my insuf-
ficiency for the work made me many
times think of desisting:" nevertheless
he still persevered in his studies, and
he also laboured abundantly in preach-
ing the gospel of Christ in the various
places to which ho was sent by his
tutor. Among the places visited by
him was Brewood, Staffordshire, which
afterwards became the scene of his
stated labours. In this place a small
but substantial chapel was built in the
year 1803, by the munificence of the
late James Neale, Esq., of St Paul's
Churchyard, London. The subject of

S LATE REV. JOBS FEBKie.

thii mcnibir [-aid hi> first vUit in ItHy,
1808. Al a tuWqucQt iBoIion lie
had been ap|>oiiited to prrarh rlcc-
vhcre. bul at the taniiM desire of Mr.
and Mn. Xcalc. Mr, Fcniic'i lulM
rcqit(-«teil him lo goto Brevood instead.
To Ibis he had a vcrjr elrong objectioo,
and most carnrat]; preased to act
according (o the original appoinlmmt.
Afttr much pftsuauon bo rcluclantlj
jieltlvd to the vtiihes of others, and
ipent hi* vacaltoii there. He tobsc-
qtientl^ rrc»ved an invitatibn to KCitle
in that place; and in the ;m 180S he
«aa Mjlcmnly ordained to the nork of
the mini itrj- b)* prater and the laying
on of the liaiida of tUi' presbytery. Vm-
viona to Ilia acttlcmeut, lh«e ifaa no
ehmch of the Congregation a 1 faith aod
order in the town ; and when it was
formnl, it conbiated, the nnler belicvea,
of not more than ten membeta, includ-
ing the pDitor. The little baud was
■abject to many aDnoyaneea, oiid to
much pereccntion. So great wns the
hoatilitf to evongdii'al religiou, and
Mpecially lo Diaaenten, that they wore
frequenlly inteiTDpted in worship, and
the pastor was almost always insulted
whcu he appeared in the streets. Eveo
on the day of bis mairiage, as tho
wedding parly cnmc out of the chuith,
thay were ac»ailcd with rotten cgga.
But his eonsialency of character, and
hia exemplary conduct, and his fuilhful
and abundant labonra, giadnally won
for him the respect of all parties ; nod
though the inliabitents iu and around
the town disliked his noii conformity,
they treated him with the greatest
courtesy. Ju the prosecntion of hie
work he was abundant in labour. For
Dpwords of forly years he preochcd
three times on the Lord's-day; twice at
llrcwood and once at AVh«ton- Aston,
a village four miles distant, which for
aome years ho walked. In bis vigoroos
days he preached in adjoining Tillages
and hamlcis during the ucck, so that
every evening WHS occupied excepting
Satui'day. An old ministerial friend
remarked since bia death, that no mai
in the county pi-enched so abundantly

^Vhen he bad made on cngogtmeal h(
fulfilled il. wlialtvcr the slate of the
n ealher and tl.e r&ads. and howetcc
thin the atlriid.ince. His family lod
friends ottcn otlitupted to dif^uade liim
from going in very lempettuons ato-
ther, espmally whin unwell j bnl he
peraiated in fulfilling hii work, Ihough
sametimM enti^atcd with tears to fij«r*
himaelf. It wns his delight to preach
the gospel of Christ, and to piu«
his work of faith nnd hia labour of
lore; and tliis nnder many discourage-
ments aiid forraidaUe dilficolties. Some
of hia fiicnds urged him to rcmoYc to |
aome other sphere of labour, and at
acasiiiiB he thought of acting upon their I
advire ; indeed, on one occssioa he had
gone so far as to take a house elscuhcre,
in order to assume the poKtomle of
another (hurch. As the fact became 1
known, he wns cainedly entreated h)
remain at IJrewood; he consented Is
try it for one year, and remained then
until his dewh. The blessing of God
so far rested npon his labours that tht
cliapel become loo strait, and it wis
found nece^Ba^J to enlarge it, Snlwe- '
q^uenlly this more commodious placs i
became so crowded that increased oe- '
eommodalion was required, wlien iha ,
pi'CscDt ehopeL was erected, where many
were savingly converted to God.

His eeiTicca were frequently Bought
OS an occasional preacher in other .
places. He was for eevcral yean one rf
the lloxlon eupplics, wheie his mini»-
trationa were owned of God. He re-
marked not long before his death, that
ho scarcely ever preached away fron '
hon-e [ but ho hcord afterwards of one
or moie instances of usefulness. Hiai
preaching was riih iu evangelical scet>
menlj those who statedly listened 14'
his ministnilions know how faithful,
were his warnings, how eamei>t hit
entreaties, how solemn his appeals ta !
the conscience, and how clear hisslale-
menta of the glorious gospel of Christ.

He was nntted in njarrioge July II,
1 809, to Froiices, daughter of Mr. John'
Simpson, of Drewood, and niece of Mr>
and Mrs, Neale, of St. Paul's Charch-,

MKUOTR OF THE LATE BEV. JOHN FEBXIE.

G89

jard, London. She was an eminently

pioof woman, of great spirituality of

mind. To the inexpressible grief of her

bosbandt fiEimilj, and friends, she was

foddenly remoTed by death, January 8,

1817, after giving birth to a daughter.

Those who, in the mysterious providence

of God, have been brought into like

drenmstances, know how bitter was that

cup which he was called upon to drink.

Ho immediately wrote a series of rules

for the guidance of his conduct, while

he remained a widower, which evinced

his prudence and circumspection, and

his desire to adorn the doctrine of God

our Saviour in all things, especially in

his deportment towards females. He

was left with four young children, the

eldest but little more than five years of

•g«. These required a mother's core and

attention. After waiting a reasonable

time ho was desirous of being united to

some suitable person as a second wife.

Saeh an individual he found in Miss

Ann Jervii, of Wheeton-Aston, to whom

h0 WBB married November 3, 1818. She

was a lady of eminent piety, and in

eterj respect suited to the responsible

position she was called to occupy. Of

titti flzcellent woman a brief obituary

speared in our pages at the close of

last year, she having been taken to her

iwt threo months before her beloved

bisband, who was again called to mourn

m a widower the bereaving hand of

Qod i though it was a bitter trial, yet

bi the exercise of fSedth he exclaimed,

it Bust be right, since Gk>d has done it.

4a he was then suflfeiing from several

■■ladies, it was feared by his family

bat this stroke would hasten the ter-

of his own course : yet as he

to rally, hopes were cherished

ikai his lifo would be spared for some

to come; but towards the close of

he had a severe bilious at*

tkcfOk which he was recovering,

medical attendant advised

atnmgly urged his not preaching

m tke Lord's-day, to which he refused

iPjUd; as in former years he would

Ht lay aaide, if at all possible for him

m on that day he determined

to appear before his flock to dispense
the word of life, which proved to be hii
lost proclamation of the gospel in public.
He had often been heard to say, if ho
might be allowed to choose tlio place of
his death, it would bo the pulpit.
Though he did not ascend from that
scene of labour to his reward, yet when
he left it on that evening, it was with
the full conviction that he would never
return to it ; for on reaching his own
house, he said, " It is all over now."
He seemed to have heard tho summons
from his Master, to cease from his
labours, and to enter into his reward,
and ere another Sabbath had arrived
he received from tho Master the accla-
mation, " Well done, good and faithful
servant, enter thou into the joy of thy
Lord.''

That lost sermon was on a theme
most congenial to his own spirit — the
gospel of Chriit ; the text being, " For
unto us was the gospol preached, as well
as unto them : but tho word preached
did not profit them, not being mixed
with faith in them tiiat heard it," Heb.
iv. 2. He then presented some of the
oharaoteristio features of that gospel,
and his purpose was to dwell on tho
cause of its not profiting ; but in conse-
quence of the agonizing pain from which
he was sufiering, unceasing in its in-
tensity, he was compelled to conclude
somewhat abruptly, merely enumerating
a few particulars. He then read the
first verse of the hymn, commencing,

" Oh, how blest the congregation."

He could not remain to unite in sing-
ing it, but was constrained to leave the
pulpit, requesting another person to
conclude the service, and ere the next
Sabbath dawned he had entered into
his rest.

His last illness was painful, but
short. And we have not many dying
sayings to record ; nor were these neces-
sary for the satisfaction of his fiunily
and friends, who had witnessed his holy
walk and conversation. His second
son sat up with him the last night, to
whom he repeatedly saidt " It eannot

09(1

IDE CBUSCB IK ITS BBLATIOXB TO THI! n

iMt long." On hU replyinf;, " But Toa rSoar to he h'u rock, notil hi* diinuaed
hai^ no •nxiefj nbout death ?" he i*- spirit joined the " tpirita of jail mm
plied, " / Anrr not ttp ilijftttnt nftri'fty .- made perfect." with vbom ho it tifl"
(f / trm lo lire tin'rr errmty yrarn t \ nniting in Bing^g, " t'nlo Him thtl
emM Iwt ninfhrrr Kut tn rAn atntirmmt , \nved OS, and washvd as from our fin)
^ Chritl." ThiM in dntth oa tn lifb, in His own blood, and l<Mh msdc «■
the rrAU in* his onljr hope, and Mof bt^ kings and pricsbi unto God, and his
tbund nll-snflleicnt, OS ho dcwvndMl into Father; to Hhn be glory and doninum
the dark valley. He reolited the 8a- | for e»er »nd erer. Amw."

TiiK nifnm ix its RELATioys to the world.

Tub devlgnatiMi of iho tnpio ouifrnrd
tomoto-ninrht, "ThpChnreh in it« rela-
tion* tn thi' vrortd" is the eommun
nntitheiin of onr religinus apoeeh —
when we would dnt^nsile the apiritunl
charaeter of (lie two fjf^t eluiseii of
mankind, wn unifonnly and properly
Mil them the chnrch and Iho world.
And you are so familiar with Iho two
ideaa — with their contmals and relaiion-
•hipe, their position (owarda each other,
■nil thdr retiproeol influences — that I
must atterty rtlinqaish nit thonght of
•eenring jonr attention, by any novelty
et either thought or illustration. The
ministry is tiii eeonomioal nmiigivment
within ihe ehnreh — an expediency of
the apiritual lil^ oocnrrini^, therefore,
nndor very diversified eonditions. Non-
conformity ifl B modem accident, to
■which with equal pietj you mny or may
not have given yoni' attenlinn. Beit the
two great ftetom c* the cpiritttal sum
of humanity, rfptveented by the terms
"the church" and "the w<n-ld," haye,
from the beginninf^, invariably stood in
close and ftindsmental relationship to
each other. Whatever at the first may
have been the ease in reference to the
world, the church haa never yet been
able, for a single hour, to fhrget that it
existed in the midst of Iho world. And
through the growing mngniludc and
power of the church, this cunsciouSness
has now become mataal. In a tbougand
■irayBtht werid i* otmitwiUy aaade to

feel the presence and power in it of the
ohureh.

It is no), perhaps, wliolly a disad-
vants)^ to hate to apeak to yon on so
familiar a topic, fur the very hct of its
familiarity argnea ita imporlance ; no-
thing ia universally known that doea
not deserve to ba so. %^'hat mav be
lacking in novelty, theivfon, is com-
pensated by monl weight. And attet
all there is not much to be discovered
In our praetieal religious life. It is not
I 90 mneh the finding of new truths that
wc need a* the tmpretision of old oites.
Permit mo then, irrespective of lliwr
characters in this reupecl, to say just
such practical things respecting the
eharaelers and i-clatioe ships of these
two great classes of men, aa on such an
occasion aa this it may be fitting to say.

And I sliall not need lo delny these
things by nay csrioua or careful defioi-
tione or descriptions of cither ; we will
take the two in their popularly and
weU- understood ideas. By the world,
no mean, simply thu nntpiritiial and
nnregenerate section of mankind, wher-
ever they may be found, and whatever
forms their unapirituality may UBume.
.^nd by the church we mean— not, of
coQTve, any material building in which
Christian men and women may wor-
ship, nor even any tcciewaatical socie-
ties or corporations which they may
constitute; we mean slmpty the spirit-
ual or tegeaenle dbua oC naukiiMi,

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091

wherever they may be found, and under
whatercr conditions of spiritual life;
wt will not even ask whether or not
they have joined themselves to any
eeelesiastical society; it is enough, if
in the sight of God they be spiritual
men.

There are, no doubt, obligations and
relationships to the world which per-
tain to church societies as such ; but wo
forbear all reference to these to-night.
We look simply from a spiritual point
of view, and at the spiritual idea of the
church, as constituted by all who, under
anv conditions whatever, have become
regenerate sons of God. And my ob-
ject, with God's help, is to produce upon
ever}' such individual an abiding and
practical impression of his various re-
lationships to the unspiritual world.

First, then, let us distinctly realize
the fact, that this spiritual community
or church does exist in the midst of the
nnspiritual world, and in close and con-
rtant contact with it, every moment and
at every point of its being : for the due
nnpreesion of such a fact were half the
needfril urgency for discharging its ob-
ligations.

Yon remember how it began: a grain
of mustard-seed — a particle of leaven —
a single spark of truth in the midst of
a great and godless world, of obduracy,
depravity, and darkness. Emphatically
was it " a little flock ; " one voice could
address them, one roof could cover them,
one npper room contain them. A com-
mnnify as destitute of social and poli-
tical, as of numerical importance. And
yet calmly and confidently did the great
Mtater plant that mustard-sced-^-depo-
iit tiiat leaven — and quicken that spark.
And under circumstances that would
have cohered a fSallible calculator with
ridievle, he predicted that the mustard-
tree should fill the earth, the leaven
kcnm the whole lump, the light of His
trath illnmine the world. He declared
ttaf nothing in heaven and earth should
be so dxirable as his words, so powerful
•• bifl eross, so universal and permanent
•• Us kingdom. And thus he ascended
wp to hearen, confidently leaving a few

frightened peasants and weeping women
to realize these anticipations. There is
nothing, I think, more striking in early
Christianity, than this calm conscious-
ness of power, although the odds were
so terribly against it — a world so hos-
tile and advocates so feeble — ^yet it never
for a moment doubted its own suprem-
acy. Ignorant men, ay, and feeble
women, spake to the kings and philoso-
phers of tho world unqualified words
of anticipation and fhith. You can find
nothing like it in the history of opin-
ions. Christianity had a manner of
divinity from its birth ; it knew that it
was of God, and that it Would grow
and trinmjih, and disperse darkness,
and overcome opposition, and assimilate
all moral natures to itself.

And this it has done until we of this
nineteenth century see Christianity tho
mightiest moral power in the earth:
the spiritual sons of God are at the pre-
sent moment exerting moral influences,
that mould men's thoughts, and rule
their passions, and control their wills,
more than all other moral powers com-
bined. The cross of tho crucified Christ
is to tho moral world just now what tho
centre of gravity is to the physical ; all
things obey it, and tend to it, even those
the moBt unconscious of it, and, appa-
rently, the most independent of it.

The progress of the church to this
position of imperial power, has, of
course, been fluctuating and changeful.
It has grown up in the heart of the
world, an unsuspected kingdom, " com-
ing not with observation ;" and with
an ever-shifting, and sometimes doubt-
ful circumference. Ilarely, if ever, has
a sharp line of demarcation bounded it.
'llie outer edge of the chui-ch has shaded
very gradually into tho spiritual dark-
ness of the world, and the outer edge
of tho world again has dawned very
gradually into tho brightness of the
church. It has only been rarely, and
when the one was vehemently warring;
against the other, that the boundary -
line has become sharp and distinct. In
the absence of persecution, the inferior
spirituality of tho church has eagerly

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TUE cHuacB a n» bku^tiosb to tbk «

I tuptrior

UOOmmodulnl itself
nwralilf of th« irorM,

Ofthcinlcmolcoiidilionaf (Uudinrtll
iUelf vre liuvo nut non lu (pculc, tiao \
ni^t nv GxliiUt it ln»i>illy varying
t empe r a ftiid MjiMt*; oacilUtions bo-
tWMh MDiuoiu aupentiliona anil parii-
Ijxing intidclilics, inrely prcarrring and
cxeranng Ihe pcifcct power of Uct
pare gnd proper (pirilunlitj.

Bnl reatricting uatK-IvM lo iU out-
ward wlatiooBliipa, nercr, pcrliajM, wt-re
the dinrch and tiie wurld M kuit iiila
Mch «thcr U llicf kr« dow; &eT«r were
the light and (lie darkiicai so perfcctlj
blended: never were tbo gradations of
character on either aide so imiutlpablc.
Tlie chiirch ncrcr sent her jiower so far
into the hcni't of the world i and 1 fiar
we mtut saj', that the world n«Ter had
a mon McuImUiiig aii^ deadening ia-
flueoco upon the ehurch.

And aavc Tor tho Minlidcnce that we
haTO in the power of truth and thelmth
of Scripture, it iiould bo a roost per-
gazing problem to del ermine — what w ill
be the iaaao of thia oomplef condition
—which of these intemungled elements
will pi'evail o^cr and abiiorb the other;
we have a calm and inipettuibabie faith
in the old and impcriahnhlc vitality of
Ood'a Irulh; Bud OS aareljr a« the grey
dawn of the moming never dcepeus
again into dorkucsa, bat bi-ightens into
triumphant aunlight, so surely shall the
■un of truth, in all hia splendour, arise
upon the world, and dispel every shadow
of its darkness, and quicken i(a life,
until tho moi-al atmosplieic, like the
physical, aholl bo full of the tight and
life of perfect day,

Naj, 19 not the nice balance of Ihe
church and tho world just njw— the
dalliance of the one, and iho polilcaesa
of the other~-the noccseary cflectof the
■tagc in its dcvelopniciit which tho
church hoa reached ? Once the world
hod it all its own way: tlie church woa
too insigniScaut to on-cat its attention,
and too feeble to excite its k-an; ihcu
it treated the ehurch loiiglily ; it ntver
doubted that it could coaily trample
out the few apoxka at thie new fire

tliat had bi.«n enkiu-dled; it could ao^
and the bloiv of Christianity filla the
earth. Slowly ond silently the church
has grown in magnitude and power,
until it bos become too TOSt to bo diaro-
garded, ond loo mighty to be defied.
Of suffi-agea, Christiauily (in this weat-
eru world at Icairt) has hf for the majo-
rity. And it ia no longer a queatisn
between Jesus and Jupiter Tonnns, but
simply bctwceu a formal diadplcehip
and a spiritual. Aa we have now to do
with it, the world ealla itaelf Christian ;
it is respevtful to Christ's diadples) it
■its in Christian schools, nor^ips iu
Chiialisn temples, and confesses the
truth and obtigalious of Christian doc-
trine and monUily,

So that it is not an open battle with
tho pagan or infidd world that tlie
ehurch has now lo wage — hardly is it
a doelriuat battle at all — they are not
BO much truth and error, as spirituality
and carnality, that intermingle on Ihe
border-land. The world has yielded
its intellcctnal convictions. It refueea
only its pmctical life; the conflict

flict of spiritual feeling against comaL
Both subscribe the aame creed — both
acknowledge the aomc decalc^ue, but
the world refuses practically to em-
body the one and to obey the other; tho
■pirit and the practice of the world
remain carnal, notwithstanding ite
Chriatian belief. And the question for
ua to ponder is, — How far i* tho
spiritual life of the chnrch affecting the
carnal life of the world; and how far
ia it permitting itself to be afieeted by
it; which, in this nicely-balanced state
of things, ia exerting the greeteat in-
fluence P

You will easily see, then, how much
more aubtle the preaent conflict of tho
church is, than any of its conflicta in
the past. In the rough physical war-
fare of persecution, it waa aimply a
question of sinew and enduring power)
victory or defeat was palpable and
definite ; to aprinkts incense upon a
pagan altar, or lo aland at the stake
and be burned, were poaitive acta, and

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093

they determined a]K}stasy or fidelity.
And scarcely less definite was the
logical and dogmatic warfare of infi-
delity, in which beliefs are adopted or
surrendered. Bat it is otherwise with
spiritnal warfare, the conflict of feel-
ings and tempers, that we can neither
weigh nor measure ; there is no definite
thing to be grasped or let go — ^no pal-
pable boondary-line, on the ^ouc side of
which we are csunal, and on the other
spiritual. The world may be greatly
imbued with the spirit of the church,
and be altogether unconscious of it ; or
the church, with equal unconsciousness,
may be largely vitiated with the spirit
of the world. A paralysis may creep
OTcr the soul, the very deadness of
which constitutes our unconsciousness,
eren while to everybody else it is
painfully obvious. There is, therefore,
much more of insidiousness and sub-
tlety on cither side in the present
eonflict of the church and the world
dian in any previous conflict. Like
the gases which generate fevers, we
become conscious of imbibing a worldly
ipirit only when it has entered our
life-blood. Hence the peculiar neces-
aty in our day for spiritual discern-
ment and vigilance — that we should
inderstand the conditions and ex-
posnres of our spiritual health; the
BQcal chemistry, so to speak, of the
itmosphero of the world, so as to pre-
serve our souls from unfavourable con-
ditiooB of spiritual life.

We are unusually solicited into re-
giooa of unhealthiness; moral infection
is bronght unusually nigh us ; the
church mingles freely in the market-
place of the world ; the world appears
in the sanctuary of the church. In all
oar ftBsemblings there is a church and
a eoogregatiou. The worldly man is
with difficulty recognized, because of
kit Ghxiotian habit and temper ; and
t|gai difficulty often attends the recog-
atioii of the Christian man.

Henoe the wisdom and necessity of
fttqaeat and urgent warnings against
a lewdly apirit ; of wisely and fiaith-
UOij pointing oat to the ohurch its

peculiar perils and duties in our age
and circumstances. It is not enough
that we speak in generalities, or re-
iterate the peculiar maxims of ages
gone by. The relations of the church
and the world are continually changing;
their great fundamental antagonisms
are ever presenting themselves in new
aspects. And we need, therefore, to be
reminded of the peculiar tendencies,
and perils, and duties, of the social life
of this nineteenth century; and to
understand the aspects and charac-
teristics of its morality, philosophy,
and theology; its commercial habit;
its methods of relaxation ; its embodi-
ments of scepticism and sin; its pre-
dominant forms of worldliness, ungod-
liness, and unbelief. ^ Its peculiar
facilities, too; its avenues of impression
and conviction; its moral tendencies,
aspirations, and wants.

Three fundamental things may be
mentioned, as involving the practical
obligations of the chmxh towards the
world.

I. The church owes to itself a con*
9ervative duty, the preservation, amid
the carnality of the world, of its own
pure and proper spirituality.

** I pray not,** said the Master, '< that
thou shouldest take them out of the
world, but that thou shouldest keep
them from the evil." There are many
reasons why the church should not be
taken out of the world. The reason
that is suggested here is, the moral
advantage to be derived by the church
itself, from its position in the world.
It is in the world for its own sake;
the world is the fittest school for its
teaching — the fittest theatre for ita
development — the fittest place for ita
discipline ; there are moral graces and
virtues, — resignation, and fidth, and
courage, and patience, and hope, which
can exist only in a condition of things
like the present. And these are the
most holy and attesting virtues of the
Christian life. <* The God of all grace,"
says Peter, '< after that ye have suffered
awhile, make you perfect, stabhsh,
strengthen you." Ajid we cannot

mi OBuMH III m uuTiovs 10 thB

woit^

doDbt tbat the vlttmate pnftvtion and
UeMfdno* of bMvm will rtMJT* t
high Rihcncvmmt from iho diacipUnv
Mi Dndnnmee of Mrlh.

The Rrel gitmi •diriwdo *f th* clmrph
dwnld, lliMvfeT*, be to rrtklin thit i^Tvat
•atijeetl** puipMc of ita probation in
Ih* irarid. Tint. Mid opgatiTetj-, by
kecpiny itarlf " nnipritlrd fnTln th«
worU." Bcwmdly. tod po»iiivrty, bj
mftkiiiff flio Ttry <rorId itiolf — il* trinli,
msd rvcHiclx, *nd cppodtioiis — tlie rcty
m«Ui>of Its d«*>IaplDrtit and prrTf^ticrn
-<-tuniinf posiblc htndrrancm into
poditiTv holjM.

Evrn the Brat of Uwm, t*\t-jtrt^r-
miion, i> no cuf achfercmriil. TIow
(btr Chriatian m«n aiiccfird In kr<>pfng
IheniMirM [ran;, In brings in ihr< wnrld
utA j*t not of it !

C%H*tJnnitr ndnpla itself in alt onr
Mrlhlj rrlalionahiiis, (a pU fom» of
Mrthljr society. It doe* not meddle
wilh the c«u«tmptinna nf thiog*. It
perraila its diariplM lo Fontinae In tb«
•ocial relfttioDthip in nhicli it ftnds
tbem. It has nothing like a sqinratod
order for its votnriex. It don not
dwell in cities ecjiaratc from other men ;
it has no pcniliflr gpeeeh, or emtom.
or Blliro, or nbode. It confcrms to oH
•ociol iuage» ; obrrH all exialiiig tana.
It has no modes of life Mprieiouslr dia.
eimilar fVotn (hosi> .of other men ;
noltiing that is aaecfic, nnaoeial, or
adrerse to the free nnd eheerliil inter-
oourxe of ordinary life.

Wherever iLeae things have obtained
they have misrepreaenled, olYcn eari-
Cfttnred, Chriatians. Par ofteiier have
tbey been eharBcteri«lio of a «n[)er-
atitions or ph«riBaie temper ; to those of ,
An enlightened jndgmont nndAhnmbto
heart, no pride ia more eomtnon than
the pride of humility ; theT needlessly
expose the dignity of Christian doc-
ftine to the sneer of the infidel nnd the
contempt of the worldly. Instead of
being rebuked by Ihetn, they ha»e
transferred the folly thnt moolm them
*o CSiriitianity itself. For if you make
• morality of thiuga indifferent, you
^flithid moral distinctions, and en-

danger the moral claims of Uuiig*
eitwtitial.

All that Christianity reqnirea la, a.
tctnpw, tt apirit, a Hf* ; that in all our
■oeial aetii And conditions we be men
of ■piriluiil temper, doing even tho
eommonest thing to the glory of Ood.

Thns, therefore, finding an entrance
everywhere, it is ererywhere eipoBod
to peril ; and if it rrlax in its Tigil-
anre aguiut things wiltiont, or against
responsive, sensoal poasiona within, it
bennnra vitiated and contaminated —
the eamal enemy without is aided by
the carnal enemy within. And if, in
any degree, principle be yielded (o pas-
sion in ihe inward conflict, it gires in-
stant admnlage to tho enemy in the

It mny bo easy enough to preserve
our Christinn purity, in great dis-
tinctive actions. Vi'e will neither lie,
nor (fesl, nor be guilty of degrading
vice. The difBcnlty is, in Ihoae thinga
that stand on the bnrdcr-knd, which no
detSuite statute can cover. In the apirit
or temper which no outward rule can
test, nor approach nearer Ibnn tho
genera! injnnrlions, that we bo not
" eonforuicd (o the world," (hot we bo
not "worldly-minded," that we eschew
" the friendship of the world ; " bnt,
thnt we "set our affections on thing*
above," that we be "spiritually- minded,
which is life and pence."

It is certain that I may not disparage
or despise ihc good things of God's
world. It ia as great an offence against
the tmc law of Chriatian life, to undergo
nn asccrie or mniiichean spirit as it ia to
indulge a carnal. I may not, because
my rBligion is spiritual in its reiiiiire-
mentfl and its good, and because that
which is spiritual is snprcme in value,
therefore declntc war ngainat erery
malerin! interest or pleaaorc; I may
not shut up myself in a monastery
or retire to n desert, and rcfrise lo
touch that which possibly may c

I may not avoid possible defeat by
refusing all conflict— possible wnftith-
ftilnees by refitsing all dnty — possible

THB cHUfiOH ni rrs belattons to the world.

695

excess by reftuing all pleasure. I must
engage bi the businese of life, although
it is possible for it unduly to engross
me. I may enjoy its pleasures, although
they may unlawfully absorb me. The
true duty of my life — the great problem
that by the help of Christianity I am to
solve is, not how to avoid these, but '
how to make a proper Christian use of ,
them — ^how to " use the world without |
sbnsing it." Refusing its use, I am [
prtotioaily ungrateful for Ood's loTing
gifts. Abusing it, I am making those
g^ of God's love the instruments of ,
my sin against him.

Christianity permits, and gratitude
enjoins, the proper ei^oymcnt of every
virtuous good — ** there is a time to laugh |
tt well as a time to weep *,** '* a time to
dsnce as well as a time to mourn.'' i
Everything is " beautiful in its time.'' |
Christianity prohibits nothing that is
pore s it makes it no sin to be merry ;
it sees no virtue in a lugubrious coun-
tenanoe; no spirituality in an ascetic
denonciation of the good and beautiful
gifts of God. It permits my free and
fail cnjojrment of everything that is
pure ; the joy of firiends ; the treasures
of literature ; the elegancies of art, and
the harmonics of music. And it tells
9W that even in the most secular and
smial calling, I may bo ** serving the
Lord Christ"

All that wo can enjoin, therefore,
Rspecting these things is, that there
sre moral limits to their indulgence.
Lifb has its spiritual interests as well as
its material — its duties, g^reat, serious,
lad urgent, as well as its pleasures.
And neither my secular duties, nor my
seeslar pleasures, may be so pursued as
to hinder my spiritual progress and
vril-being; just as excess of eating
Wmmrs gluttony, and excess of sleep-
iag indolence, and excess of carefulness
sovetXMuness ; so excess of worldly basi-
MM or pleasure becomes worldly-mind-
And neither the one nor the
can be determined by precept;
aU that can be done is to lay down the
|riiieiple» and press upon the self-con-
of men its honest interpreta-

tion. I may not then be so conformed
to the world as to find my chief occupa-
tion in its business; my chief enjoyment
in its good. I may not live according
to its unspiritual temper, or godless
habit. I am to change the fashion of it
into the fashion of Christianity, and
instead of being conformed to it, be
transformed in the renewing of my
mind, h may not permit the supre-
macy cither of " the lust of the flesh,
the lust of the eye, or the pride of life."
I may not lower my Christian morality
to that of the unspiritual man ; I may
not pursue my business with his eager
and selfish engrossment, or my pleasure
with his carnal and godless thought.
And yet how often do Christian men do
this — neither glorifj'ing God in thoso
things, nor leaving themselves leisure
to glorify him out of thc/n. The busi-
ness and the pleasure that should bo
means become ends — they are pur-
sued for their own sake, and rested
in for their own good. ** Pure reli-
gion and undefilcd before God is this,
to keep ourselves unspotted from the
world."

2. The church owes to its Lord a
witnessing duty. It is in the world for
Christ's sake: — " This people havo I
foiTued for myself, that they may show
forth my praise." ** Ye arc my wit-
nesses." A regenerate man is in virtue
of his regenerate life a witness for
God — a vindication of his chief creation
— ^man, a specimen of what God in-
tended the race to be — a reflection of
the Divine image, an exhibition of the
remedial religion that he proposes for
man, and an illustration of the moral
dignity, and peace, and joy with which
it will bless him. If the church bo a sun,
in which all the moral light of the world
is collected — it is also a sun whence all
the moral light of the world must
shine. The glory of God is to bo seen
in the face of every redeemed man.
How much like God a man may be, and
how blessed it is to be so ! How much
tho grace of God may enable, and how
great the moral triumph of being its
I subject ! How beautiful holiness is in a

ooe

TMB OHUBCH IH ITB ASUTIOM 10 TBU

Toild of sin, and hnmiUty in a world of |
pride, and beneroltacc in » world of
■elfishncu, Rod paiicuce la a world of
trial, and fidelity in a woiid of tenipln- \
tion.' And he ihon* how tho working
of God's miglitf power can jiroducc
theM rirtuca in hearts onM po«etM^
with the opposite vices — how a Mag- '
dalcn tnaj beconto pure, a Zacchcoa ,
jaal, a Saul an apoetlo.

And tho moral valac of audi instnncea '
b, that they ma^ become examples — I
" For thi» cnuM- 1 obtained mci'c^, that '
in me f)r«t Jeans Christ might ihow '
forth all longsutfcring for a pattern to
them who should afterwards hclicve."
A Iransgnjssor forgiven is llic most
effccluiU demonstration of God's inerci-
fhlncEs — an ungodl}- man renewed of
his holy and all<i-ufficient grace. In
this way then Ood will be glorified in
them that believe— he will have us
shine as lighli in iho world, holding
forth ihe word of life — he will hare na
to embody Christ's teaching and work,
»o as to bKome " living epistlcH," to
rcproduee his goepel, bo as to " adorn
it in all things." This ognin dctonnines
the Christian man's iiosition and eha-
ractor in the world. If he he thus to
witness for Ood, then he must, on the
one hand, remain vrhere his witness can
bo Been, and, on tho other, ho must
take care not to compramise his wit-
neasing character.

" Men do not light a. caudle and put it
under a boshel." The Chribtian man
must remain in the world, going forth
into all its walks, coming into contact
with all it8constitneDls,and sanctifying
hy his example all its haeiness and its
jilcflsnrca. But iii the world he must
preaerro his garmenta pure, his witncas-
ing light uudimmed, his spiritual tem-
per uninjured. If he lessen ibc breadth
of the contrast — if he diminish the dis-
tance of bis temper — if he conform tho
dialinctivencBs of his habit — who will
be arrested or impressed by hiswitnfss;
so ercT muBt he Uve as that the Master
addiesbiug him may bo able to say,
" Ye are not of the world, eveu as 1 am
pot of the worli" "Aa !*» Taikf*

hath sent me into tlio world, eiren ■•
fend 1 you iuto Ihe world." '• Yo shall
bear witnesa. because ye hare been with
me from the beginning."

3. Tho church owes to the world a
mitiioiuirg duty. It is in the world fat
the world'ssake. It ia " the light of Ihe
world,'' " the «lt of Ihe earth." Every-
thing that God has made exists foe
■ome relative and instrumental purpose.
Every element and particle of the phy-
sical creation, every agency and issoe
□f Ood's daily providence, have their
relative purpose and use. " All thing*
woik together for good." And man's
lifu on earth is to form no ciocption to
this law. " No man liveth to himself."
He could not if ho would ; he produees
impressions and exei-ti iofluenec upoa
all who come into eoutact with him.
Either ho '' niinislers grace to them," or
"hia iniquity passea upon them;" and
ho may not if he could. It is as mud^
the moral law of bin disciplcehip, aa
the natural law of bis being, that hn
serve Christ and glorify Ood, by brin^
ing bia fcUon'-men to serve and hoDOW
bini too. The world ia benighted : aa
light he is to enlighten it; tlio world is
cormpt ; as salt he is to purify it ; the
world is perishing : as a servant of the
Sariour he is to nave it. He seeks to
make men holy oa bo la holy, happy aa
he is happy.

Tho highest obligations impel him :
tho tendei'cst composaion mores him.
He looks Uj)on perishing men aa God
looked upon a perishing world, when he
gave his only begotten Son to die for it.
He weeps over impenitence aa Christ
wept over JeruBalem i he knows the
grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and
he consecrates iiimsclf to the redemp-
tion of the loot a« he did. He haa
a aalTation to proclaim: he may aave
bodU fi'om deatii : ho may point them
to " the Lnmb of God:" and it is "a
joy before him." He thinks of their
peril and their precionsncss; he remem*
hers that his Master died for Ihcra ;
and taking r'aul's tonsicration motto,
and inaoribing it upon his Ik art ; "If
hj Mf iae«H I bib; am wma," ha

THE OnunCH IN ITS RKLATIOXS TO THE WORLD.

697

IftbourB for them, and socnfices himself
for them, in the very spirit of his pas-
sion.

Privileges always imply duties, and
if his he the privileges of Christian
talration, his also are the duties of
Christian discipleship ; and the com-
mand of the Master lies upon him. He
has received this of the Lord. He is
put In tmst with this gospel, for the
world : Christ has committed it to his
high honour, his grateful love, his
yearning compassion, and he is strait-
ened until it is dischai*ged ; souls may
perish while he delays: through his
goilty fbrhearance men may sink into
hell : lost, even while he dehates the
propriety of speaking to them. Ever-
more has he in his ears the ringing cry
at once of alarm and encouragement :
** Let him know that he that converteth
ft sinner from the error of his ways,
diall save a soul from hell, and hide a
multitude of siiis.^

Such, then, heing the missionary
dutjr of every Christian man, it is
obvious,

That no spiritual man may ho {ndif-
Jereni about the spiritual welfare of
those around him. In making him a
spiritual disciple, Ood made him a spi-
ritual soldier — a spiritual watchen He
is to " watch for souls as one who must
give account" In a very solemn sense,
the soul of every man around us is re-
quired at our hand. We cannot even
stand aloof: '* He that is not with me
is against me." TVe mingle freely with
our fellows ; there arc those of our ac-
quaintance, those of our own house-
holds: men and women whom we daily
see, and have access to, and love ; and
we may no more forbear the effort to
sare their souls from hell, than we might
the effort to save their bodies from a
drowning ship or a burning house. " O
son of nuin, I have set thee a watchman
unto the house of Israel, therefore thou
slialt hear the word at my mouth, and
warn them from me. When I say unto
the wicked, wicked man, thou shalt
dy die, if thou dost not speak to
the wicked from his way, that

wicked man shall die in his iniquity,
but his blood will I require at thine
hand."

And as we may not be indifferent, so
neither may we be afraid. Fidelity to
the truth, fidelity to them, fidelity to
Ood, demands that we forbear not the
warning. Whatever the penalty our
faithfulness may incur, it will be un-
speakably less than the Master's con-
demnation and their eternal upbraiding.
Better lose my friend, than that my
friend should lose his soul.

And above all, we may not be selfish^
for there is a selfishness in religious
service, which is neither indifference
nor fear, but is simply an overweening
and morbid absorption in our own
spiritual interests and moods. We
greatly mistake if we think our own
poor personal salvation is the great
end of God*s moral universe. Great
enough for us, no doubt; it is the
chiefest, highest, personal interest we
have, and should, thei*efore, be the first
secured ; and to secure which we should
be willing to lose the whole world. But
God intends us to do a great deal more
in his universe than to save our own
souls.

Relatively to God's great purposes,
my personal salvation is only a means,
not on end. "A man, with his eye
ever turned upon himself," says a cyni-
cal writer of some great truths, *' asking
himself, with torturing anxiety of hope
and fear. Am I right? am I wrong?
shall I be saved ? shall I be lost ?
What is this at the bottom but a new
phase of Egoism ? "| Wrong ! In a
very vital and alarming sense wo are
wrong, if this be the all, and the end
of all our Christian life. If our only
part in God's grand purposes be the
taking care of our own wretched souls !
Why, is it not just acting in the spirit-
ual economy of the world, as the man
would act in its social economy, who
never bestowed a thought or a shilling,
save upon the security and indulgence
of his own miserable existence? No,
brethren, the sooner we rise into a
higher life than this the better; the

098

A SERMOX BT IBS BXV. imUP VMMKX.

sooner we have done with thii moriud
•elf-intpcction and apiritaal hypoehoii-
drU; the sooner WG exchange thia in*
cessant talk abont getting good, for
doing good ; the aooncr we oease to nae
the Bible as a mieroaoope for the cnriova
analysis of our own powers and feel-
ings, and nse it as a teleeeope for the
sorrej of the moral condition of the
world ; the sooner we cast out of oar
prajcTS and solicitudes the intense self-
ishness that now absorbs them, and
enlarge our sympathies, and consecrate
our energies for the salvation of a pe-
rishing world, and altogether forget
ourselves in our holy and genecoos
seal for others, the better it will be for
the world, and the better for ourselves.
In its various forms of morbid self-
solicitude, of pecuniary parsimony, and
of sybarite indulgence and indolence —
selfishness in Christian men is the great
curso both of the church and the world.
Reversing the estimate of the primitive
Christians, wc seem to deem every-
thing we possess our o^^ni. Wo cannot
spare our ministers out of their pulpits.

•ItlKNigli tlM g;re«t WQcU ii fmUii
armmd «•; tlMfa* w&rmBm mmi iHh
suited to ovr Chriatiaii cxpeiiflM^
•Itluiiigh nneonvertad Ben an ■Mng
by our Mm. W« wwt ov Ubi fa
adf^mprofMPt i av mmntj tm tM-
indmlgviMi oar yaay t i a for arifwii
dtiiiga. llajGod h^ pi^ifQaMr
nanvw aelftshnaaa, for w« kaow hd
little af gmnoQB ■alfr faig a U Mn— ni
aaerifioe!

And yet we tiMpttt the werid ts k
converted, and wofnder tiiat its proeai
is so alow. When Ood shall give m
the ipirii of the Pentcoostal ^andi,
then may we hi^ for their laifs sad
rapid increaaa.

May He help ua, in wisdon, sad
holinesB, and foith, ao to ham Mr eoa-
versation in the world, aa to reaKie in
it, and for it, all the great ends of oar
Christian life. May we be " blanclni
and harmless, the sons of God withost
rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and
perverse nation, amongst whom wc
shine as lights in the world, holdiog
forth the word of life."

A SERMON BY THE REV, PHILIP HENRY.

COMMUNICATED BT SIR JOHN BICKERTON WILUAJfS.

1693. — 3fatL i\ 4. " Bhssvd are they
tfuit mourn : for they shall he com"
fortetir

Holt mourners mourn for their own
sins, like Peter, who, when he remem-
bered the word of Jesus, which said
unto hiiu, "before the cock crow, thou
shalt deny me thrice, went out and
wept bitterly." — Mat. xxvi. 76.

They mourn for the sins of others,
and lay that greatly to heart which
they cannot mend. (Xeh. xiii. 7. 8 ;
p8. cxix. 53, 136.) " Set a mark upon
the foreheads of the men that sigh and
that cry for all the abominations that
be done in the midst of the city.** —
Ezek. ix. 4. (Phil. iii. 10.) " Do not I
bate tbcm, O Lord, that hate thee? "—

Ps. cxxxix. 21. These are the mourners
spoken of in the text. They are tender
of the divine honour. There is frequent
occasion for grief of this kind.

Their mourning for sin arises from a
due sight and sense of sin, and an ap-
prehension of the mercy of God in
Christ. They see that by sin they
have disgraced themselves; (Jobxl.4.]
that they are liable to the greatest
punishments ; (Ps. cxxxiii. 3,) they
sec its destructive nature. They con-
sider there is forgiveness with the Lord,
that he may be feared. The goodness
of Ood leads them, as it should do, to
repentance, lliis is evangelical mourn-
ing. " Repent ye, for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand."— Matt. iiL 2. If

A SERMON BY THE REV. PHTLFP HENRY.

699

thou repent thou shalt go to heaven. ^
I^ven when they have good hope that
God has pardoned tliem, they can scarce
ibrgive themselves. (Ezra ix. 15.)

Their mourning for sin issues in an
ahhorrence of it, and turning from it.
(Job xlii. 6.) E«ek. x^'iii. 31.—" Turn
yourselves from all your transgres-
sions." They have altered their thoughts
oonccming sin, and the properties of
i t. They sec it in its own colours.

Sympathizing mourners may be in-
cluded. Those that ** weep with them
that weep." Inhere ought to be a mu-
tual tenderness and sympathy among
CJod'd people. "They are sor»owful
for the solemn assemblings." — Zeph.
iiL 18. (Ps. cxxxvii. 1, 2, 12.)

Thei'c are patient mourners ; who
do not say God is a hard master, but
that he afflicts them less than their
iniquities desen-e. They know that
trouble docs not spring out of the dust;
but that it has its commission from
God, who bids it go, and it goes. They
consider that God afflicts them in love,
and kindness to their souls, and this
reconciles them to the rod, and excites
them to get an inheritance there, where
affliction and trouble shall never enter.
They suhscribe to God's providence
though it writes bitter things against
them.

There — there are mourners of choice,
who, with Moses, chooso rather to
mourn with the people of God, than
to enjoy the plcasui'cs of siu for a
season.

** Blessed are they which are per-
secuted for righteousness' sake : for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed
arc ye, when men shall revile you, and
persecute you, and shall say all manner
of evil against you falsely, for my sake."
— Matt. V. 10, 11. "If we suffer we
fhall also reign with him.'' — 2 Tim.
iL12.

r. I shall prove the trutli of what
our Lord has said concerning these
mourners. They arc ** blessed"

For, 1. They are well armed against
many of those temptations which attend
joUi^ and mirth. The allurements of

tho world make no great impression
upon them,

2. They are well disposed to receive
the best impressions both by ordinances
and providences. How careful ore
such to treasure up divine truths!
They mark every event of Providence.
And when God condescends to speak
to them, they arc very desirous to
understand his voice, and comply with
his designs.

3. Their sins are pardoned. "Re-
pent ye, therefore, and be converted,
that your sins may be blotted out,
when the times of refreshing shall
come from the presence of the Lord." —
Acts iii. 19. All that truly repent and
reform shall have their sins blotted
out, so that iniquity shall not be their
ruin. And blessed are these mourners.
(Ps. xxxii. 1, 2.)

4. lliey enjoy present peace and
comfort. There is joy in the very act
of holy grief. As in the midst of
foolish laughter the heart is sorrowful,
so in the midst of this holy sorrow
there is a secret joy, which a stranger
intermeddles not with.

But — they shall be " comforted" with
tho bliss of the life that is to come.
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye
shall weep and lament, but the world
shall rejoice ; and ye sliall be sorrowful,
but your sorrow shall be turned into
joy." — John xvi. 20. Tlic luiiipincss of
heaven consists in perfect and per-
petual comfort." — llcv. vii. 16, 17.
Those that arc so blessed are said to
" come out of great tribulation."

1. In heaven they will meet with all
they can wish for, to fill them with true
comfort and joy. Siglis and groans,
and mournful complaints, are never
heard there.

(1.) Their perfect freedom from all
evils will be a great comfort to them.
None can be called happy while in this
valley of tears. Sin, the cause and
source of all your afflictions, will be
abolished, and you completely cleansed
from all the relics of that defilement
which now cleaves to your nature.
And all temptations, too, will be abol-

RET. FSAIH3B TALLBtn.

Uird. None of tba«c ficrr clarU Mhall
•ntrr thciT.

(SO They will hdro tliB immtili»ri'
jiTcwncc of (!od an)) Chrul, aiid the
■bine Df LU (ocrad face to comfort
them. Tbe lu){he>l fcUcItj of k rra-
•onable croature i« lo know and lore
God.

(4.) The fi-re niid loTin); lUcicty of
ftngeli and uint* will add mudi to
Ihcir comfort. There ore llie •wcclnit
Tceiprocoliotu of cndvaniKnU con-
stantly puaing among Owm. There
kTo cWm- pfM flian Ihoao of flwL:
ft purrr yigiit than what I* Mnsible.
How atttkcliro la the difino Ilkenns
lo a holy aoul I How do Ihoy rejoice
tnd Iriomph in each othrj'ii tu|ipiness!
WlicTO all is love nil certainly i«
delight. Oh ! coulit ne hut bcor nome
echo of those tongt that fill the heaven
of hMfcna, wo vliuuld not doubt that
lialy nioanien aro indMd ootnfofted.

(4.) Their way of performing their
-work will be n pUwuru and comfort to
vou. Qod himielf will lake {ilrasure
in your lerricci and son^ of praise,
«nd jou yourotlvcn will be aatis&cd
-with them.

2. Tlicir capacities in hearcn will
Ito vaiilly enlarged, lo lake in those
CDiuforts which arc there reserved for

them. Yuur joy will there never be
iDtennillcd.

Improrttiimt I. Tlic present tine
i« tb» only lime for any profitable
mourning. Itcpvutance is a grace here,
but a pQuUbment in hell. "Now is
the accepted lime." The sentence pro-
nounced on the Boul on its dbunioa
from the body is irreTotmblc,

II. Godly laoDming ia ratltcr to be
chiiocnihoo worldly mirth. {Eccl.vii.a.)

in. Should not this efliwtaallycicite
yoa nnd tne to answer the character of
these mourners ?

IV. This ndmiiiislcTS afaondnnt eon-
solnlion to every aoui that haa tltii
spirit of monruing. Thou, who dost
thus go forth necping. bearing pre-
cious seed, shalt daubllcsa come a^in
KilU rejoicing, bringing thy sheaves
T*ilh thee. (Ps. cxxvi. 6.)

V. UcncG we learn that godly moum-
cr« will certainly bo comforted at loat.
Tlieir tnomning will be turned ii)tO
Joy. Christ himself has said they ihaU
be comforted. And he is able and will-
ing to make his word* good. These
"redeemed of the Lord shall retnm, aud
come with singingunto Zion ; and ever-
lasting joy shall be upon their heedn:
Ihcy shall ohiain gladness and joy ; and
sorrow and mourning shail flee awny."

REV. FRANCIS TAIXENTS.

{To tk« Editor of lh4T^^

I'liE name of Sir Robert Harley, of
Brampton Brian, in Herefordshire, ia
honourably aaaociated with the history
of Puritanism. He wo* truly the con-
atant friend and patron of the distin-
gniahed divines whose learning and
piety adorned that body.

One of the number, the RcT. Thomas
Pierson, woa rector, or pastor, of Bramp-
ton Brian. His '* Encouragements
against Afflictions," an admirable 4ta,
published in 1647, was dedicated to
Sir Robert Harley, by its editor, the
R«T. Cauiatophcr Horrey.

Maoizike.)

Sir Robert died Nov. 6th, 165G. A
•aying he often used was, "llie will
of the Lord be done above oil, and in
all, for lliat ia best of all."— See the
Life of the Ber. Philip Henry, p. 2G^,
8vo, 182S.

Hia aon and successor. Sir Edward
Harley, waa the father of Edward,
commonly called Auditor Harley, who
woa an acqaaintance of Mr. Matthew
Henry, and waa a fellow-aludent of the
law with him at Grays'- Inn. They also
aludied the French language together,
and kept up their intimacy through life.

UITXraARUttlSK.-

(Stt the Bti*. HbU. Hoiit's Life, chapa.
liL ind niL, Srd edit, 1839, pp. 23, 30,
aedSW.)

Bat the eldeit ecra of Sir Edward was
Jtfdert, bettor known as the Earl of
Oxford and Mortimer; as a great lover
m»t booka, and the fonuder of that mag-
xaifleent libniy, the Harleian collectioD.
CSee Lodge's Portraits orillnatriotu Fer-
gana, ToL X.) The Earl waa bom Dec.
S, 1861. He waa edacated at Mr.
'Woedhonae'a aeademy, Sheriffbolea, in
Shrapshire, and be died Msj 21, 1T24.
V» Ut an onlj aon, wbooe covnteu
■old the libnuy to parliament in 1704.
It maj be intereating to jour readera
b fee a letter written to the rieiDg
in, lee* than nine fears before
a roiled to the peerage, hy that
ibla Nmoonfbrmist divine, the
iter, Frsnda Tollenta, of Shrawsbury.
It ahowa how ancient ocqaaintance woa
ccatinned, the polite conrteajr of the
wrtitw, and the anxietj he felt for the
qpbritoal a« well oa temporal weliore of
bia diatingniahed friend.

Hib letter ii from the original rnann-
■eripC, and waa written when Mr.
Tklbnt* waa in hi* eighty-third year.

One of ita phnaea will be explained
by DotiBiDg, that the title of one of Mr.
^Ulenta* publicationa ii, " Sure and
X.arge FonndationaDeaigiied to Promote
Gotholie Chriatianity," and see the lifb of
tb* Ber. Philip Henry, ut tupra, p. 458.

Jomt BiCKEBTON WlLLIAVB.

jnm, tkMtr, ISH.

TO MB. KOBBRT HARLET.

Sept. 12, 1T02.
Hon. Sir,

I gladly take this oppor-
tnnity to retorn my humble thanks for
yoor great civilitieB when I lingered so
long at Brampton beyond my inten-
tions ; and failed to improvo myself as
I greatly might, by having the honour
to be BO near you, and to serve you in
my poor measure in the main concoma
of yonr immortal aoul, as it waa my
duty.

I know not. Sir, what to add now i
but since you will be in the midst of
many temptations several ways, may
the Almighty Ood hear the prayers of
your holy father for you ; keep you by
his power through &ith unto solvation ;
and use you as a choice lustrument for
the true good of your couatrj', and of
hia church which he culls out of the
world, builds on large foundations,
carriea on through many tribulations,
(as we did read in the Bevelatioos,) and
will moke stand for ever, I really am
with great respect,

Hon. Sir,

Your most humble servant in our
blessed Lord,

Fra. Tallbnts.

HILLENARIANI8H.
No. IV.

It fltn hardly Cdl to strike a thooght-
hi Mind •• a seeming incongruity in
I with Millenarianism, that
■•^bMr thousand yean were occn-
fiil in dw work of preparation for the
tat coning of Christ, less than li>o
tavKHd jeara should, acoording to
Am^ W aaSaient for the oeoompliah-

ment of all (hat was to result from it,
prior to his second coming. Christ is
represented in Scripture as the founda-
tion of the church. He is its chief
corn elusions, laid by Jehovah himself
in Zioa. Hia believing people are the
" living stones built upon him a spirit-
nol houK." It is on him that " oU the

70U

MlLLBIiAUiJtUlf*<*4K>. IT.

building fiUy frtmed together, groveth
uuto an holy temple in the Lord." Now,
iffurfy ccutories were required for the
mere preparatory work requisite for the
laying of thia foundation, it ia, to say
the least, scarcely conceiTable that less
than twenty centuries should suffice for
rearing the edifice which that founda-
tion was to sustain.

We are here taking it for granted
that, at Christ's coming, his church
shall be complete ; that the last mem-
ber of the ransomed family shall then
have been gathered in, and the top-stone
of the spiritual house brought forth
with *' shoutings of Grace, grace, unto
it." Millenarians themselres generally
admit this, and it is capable of the
clearest proof from Scripture. We ad-
duce the following passages from among
many that are in point. " While they
went to buy, the bridegroom came; and
they that were ready went in with him
to the marriage, and the door was shut.
Afterward came olbO the other virgins,
saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he
answered and said, Verily I say unto
you, I know you not." Mat. xxv. 10-12.
" They that are Christ's at his coming."
1 Cor. XV. 23. '* Christ loved the
church, and gave hiuutclf for it ; that
he might sanctify and cleanse it with
the washing of water by the word, that
he might present it to himself a glorious
church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or
any such thing.** Ei)h. v. 25—27.
" When Chriht who is our life shall
appear, then shall ye also appear with
him in glor}'." Col. iii. 4. **Thc coming
of the Lord Jesus Clirist with all his
saints." 1 Thes. iii. 13. ** We who are
alive and remain unto the coming of the
Lord shall not prevent them which are
asleep. For the Lord himself shall
descend from heaven with a shout, with
the voice of the archangel, and with
the trump of God : and the dead in
Christ shall rise first : Then we which
are alive and remain sliall be caught up
together with them in the clouds, to
meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we
ever be with the Lord." 1 llies. iv. 15
— 17. These passages may suffice to

dww it to ba tki ioddsift iT B«i|lM^
that, atHieeoniiiigaf CUattkif shni
is completed as to number i thttttti
iMt ■tone of tfc« sfintadts^ML
then iMiire beoi bnflt m.

Wa liaTe fadMr praof of Mi liM,

however, In tiMfc knmAtiluBfii^

moKkiairhUkQn Lord ie nevei^nF^

wiihintlwTdL mi&»aiie«li-

decmsF eeoenn wkbbx ne immi leiBseK

■ins in bie own bodj on fhe tree f * Be

is notentned into tlie hokjfkmmmik

with handa, wbiehm tlia figens of is

troei but into lieaTen itaali; ns« Is

appear in the prceeneeof God ftrak'

Heb.iz.24. «« Wbcrefoce be is sUi to

save them to the nttemosft thatsow

untoGod by bimvsaeing boerer live&to

make intarcfssionTnr iben." Heb.mSi*

** Seeing then that we bave a grseft hlsk

piieBlyWhoia paased into thshuiaii

Jeraa the Son of God, let w hold fiat

our profession. For we have net a

high priest which cannot be toad»d

with the feeling of our infinnitiai;

but was in all pointa tempted like si

we are, yet without ain. Let as diere-

fore come boldly unto the throne d

giaoe." Heb.iT. 14— 16. ** ^rhoshsUli^

any thing to the charge of God's dect?

It is God that juatifieth. Who k k

that condemneth? It is Christ thstdied,

yea, rather, that ia risen again, who m

even at the right hand of God, who sho

maketh intercession for us." BoiBi viii.

33, 34. " If any man ain, we have au

advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ

the righteous." 1 John iL 1. ** It i«

expedient for you that I go away : for

if I go not away, the Comforter will

not come unto you ; but if I depart, I

will send him unto you. And when be

is come, he will reprove the world of

sin, and of righteousness, and of jud^

ment." John xvi. 7, 8.

From these paasagesyit is abaadsptly
evident that the oooTersion of suincn
and their reconoiliation to God, as weU
as the comfort and aanctifieatifin and
eventual complete salvation of his pn*
pie, all depend on the woik wld^
Qiiist ia now canyiag on within (hi
veiL Hia departure to iha Father wv

HILLSMABUKISM. — KO. IV.

703

neecMOiy to the descent of the Spirit,
for the mrork of conyincing men of sin,
and converting them to God. His
uhilily to save to the titteimost them
that come unto God hy him, is here
exhibited tm the result of his intorces-
«ion for them at the right hand of tlic
father. Our enconragcment to come
to tho throne of grace, that we may
obtain mercy, and find grace to help us.
Is the presence of Xesus there as our
«dvocato and intercessor. Hence also
«nr security from condemnation. When
therefore Christ resigns his seat at the
Tight hand of the Father, and comes
ibrth from within tho veil, it will bo
becauae his advocacy for his people is
ilnished, and his intercession as their
great high priest needed no more. All
whom tho Father hath given him will
then have come to him. Their reconci-
liation to God will then be perfected,
and their everlasting salvation secured.
We hare not a solitary intimation
throughout the whole of Scripture, that,
after Christ has relinquished his work
within the veil, and appeared the second
time without sin unto salvation, there
shall be another sinner saved, or that
his work of intercession shall be any
longer carried on.

This will be yet more clear, if wo
consider those passages in which the
dastruotion of the wicked is Represented
ss taking place at the Saviour's coming.
There are many passages in which this
is affirmed in the most unmistakeable
language. Utter destruction overtakes
the world and its ungodly population.
Nothing is saved from the universal
wreek but that spiritual temple which
Jehovah is now rearing for his praise.
This rises in strength and grandeur
from the ruins of time, to find its place
in the presence of God. But all else
perishes — is swept away with the besom
of destruction. We adduce the follow-
ing passages : — '* So shall it be in the
end of this world. The Son of man
shall send forth his angels, and they
shall gather out of his kingdom all
thiags that offend, and them which do
iniquity; and shall cast them into a

furnace of fire: there shall bewailing and
gnashing of teeth." Mat xiii. 40 — 42.
See also verses 49 and 50. " Tho Lord
Jesus shall be revealed from heaven
with his mighty angels, in flaming fire
taking vengeance on them that know
not God, and that obey not the gospel
of our Lord Jesus Christ : who shall be
punished with everlasting destruction
from the presence of the Lord and from
the glory of his power ; when he shall
come to be glorified in his saints, and to
be admired in all them that believe."
2 Thes. i. 7—10. « The heavens and
the earth, which are now, by the same
word are kept in store, reserved unto
fire against the day of judgment and
perdition of ungodly men. But tho
day of the Lord will come as a thief in
the night; in the which' the heavens
shall pass away with a great noise, and
the elements shall melt with fervent
heat, the earth also and the works that
are therein shall be burned up. Seeing
then that all these things shall be dis-
solved, what manner of persons ought
ye to be in all holy conversation and
godliness, looking for and hasting unto
the coming of the day of God, wherein
the heavens being on fire shall be dis-
solved, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat ? Nevertheless we, accord-
ing to his promise, look for new heavens
and a new earth, wherein dwellcth
righteousness." 2 Peter iii. 7, 10 — 13.

From these passages the following
things are evident : —

First: That at the coming of Christ a
perfect and final separation shall be
cfiectcd between the godly and tho
ungodly. The wicked ai*c then to be
severed from among the just. All
things that ofiend, and them that do
iniquity, shall then be gathered out
of tho Saviour's kingdom. Second :
That the ungodly shall then be utterly
and universally destroyed. Those who
know not God, and obey not the gospel,
are then to bo punished with ever-
lasting destruction, from the presence
of the Lord. The day of Christ's com-
ing is also the day of perdition of
ungodly men. To this destruction

3d2

701

IT.

there is no ezeeption. We reed of
none who eseape it There is not the
shadow of sn intimation that 9ome onl j
of the nngodlj ere orertaken hj this
perdition ; that a portitm onl j of those
who know not God, and obey not the
gospelf are then punished with de-
stntction. It mnst be a strange species
of critidsm that can make anything
less than nnirenalitj oat of sodi lan-
guage as that which we haTO quoted
above. Third: This is the more evi-
dent from the destroetion being repre-
sented as orertaking the world itself
as well as its nngodlj inhabitants.
The earth and the heavens are said to
be " reserved nnto fire." The heavens
are dissolved and pass away. The
«• elements melt with ferrtut heat."
The ** earth with its works is bnmed
np." So perfect is the destmetion,
that new heavens and a new earth are
represented as rising to take the place
of the heavens and the earth that are
now. How the elements can melt with
fervent heat, and the earth with its
works be burnt up, and yet any portion
of its inhabitants escape destruction, is
beyond our power to conceive. Fourth :
Christ's believing people shall then be
gathered into the state of blessedness.

We think these conclusions will at
once be admitted by all, whose minds
are not hopeleshly warped by a system,
that cannot be reconciled with the
plain and obvious language of Scrip-
ture, lu a future paper, we intend
devoting a few pages to an examina-
tion of the ingenious subtilties by
which Millenarians endeavour to escape
from them. Meanwhile, taking for
granted the correctness of our inter-
pretation, we request the attention of
our readers to the following conse-
quences that result, on the supposition
of the Millenarian hypothesis being the
true one.

I. First then, we have the incon-
gruity already adverted to, that while
four thousand years were occupied in
the work of preparation for the laying
of the foundation-stone of the spiritual
temple, the temple itself is rcued on

thb fiMmdatmi in len Ibm Uf tint
9fm» of tine. It k well kMfwalUt
MillwMffitna generally apeet the rf-
▼ent of fhe Smov at a ymj «%
period. Aeeoiding to tiicn H&giM
Cut ripening for it Hie acM

wmcii EMsnpcnrB incokimmi ssii
been aooompiidhed« ahows tint it b
near. Hiej ^datdt, m o t eofer, wi& Vi*
fsw exceptions, tiMt at die SatMrii
coming his chnrch will be eompWtfJ
as to nnmber, and all the laasoni
gathered in.

Now, it does seem most anoBiloM
that we shoold hare sndi a ImgOuMi
period for the work prepaiatoiy to tte
first coming, and sodi a Inff
tar the development of sU tte
resolts to be achieved by it, prior to kb
second coming. Onr minds are toeoa-
stitnted that in the worics of Godm
expect to find (»der, prop ortion, ha-
mony. These qualities are remsifablj
displayed in the material crestioo.
We find them in its minutest as well
OS in its mightiest structures. They sre
displayed in the honey-cell of the bee,
in the leaf of the plant, and in the
crystal of the mine, as well ss in the
solar system. The more our scqusint-
ance with the works of God enlarges,
the more harmony do we discover in
them. And could we survey the vsit
and wondrous whole, we should doubt-
less find it to prevail throughout.

But if these qualities are displayed
BO remarkably in the outward and vi-
sible creation, ore they to be wsntiiig
in that yet more glorious creation
which God is rearing at such infinite
cost, from the ruins of the &11? Is
everything to be tn proportion in the
material structure, but out of propor-
tion in the spiritual structure? We
throw out these thoughts for reflection.
They are worthy, we think, of serious
consideration. Perhaps they may lead
some to pause and examine farther,
before they commit themselves to a
hypothesis which seems so incongruous,
and is so much at variance with the
undoubted procedure of God in other
I departments of his creation.

T*"'

vtuauBiAxisv.— xa it*

ri if tldi - pndifltsd

^kitmotioii of the world and its un-
goJ ly popnlation is nigli at hand,
d mnat Tery soon take effect, will it
lot teem like an acknowledgment of
on the part of God, in his design
MoiTer the world to himself? Christ
informed ns that the Spirit was to
iO. to ** conTince the world of sin."
no. XTi. 8. He prays for his people,
thmt they all may he one ; as thou,
art in me, and I in thee, that
*^Jiej ako may he one in ns : that the
"^roBJLD may heliere that thou hast sent
Jno. xviL 21. Now, in the gospel
• hftTe the diyine instmment for the
ilightenment and salyation of men.
Tlliia instrament, as we have seen, has
"(xcii long in preparation. The work
^began as soon as man had sinned. The
flnt promise of a Savioor was then
Qirreni and the rite of sacrifice was
iostituted to shadow forth the nature of
the work he ahoold erentnally acooom-
>Ush. It was thus that the first rudi-
menti of the Redeemer's **rod of
•trength ** were hronght into existence.
Qradoally was it afterwards elaborated
daring the patriarchal and Mosaic
times, and sobseqnently during the
age of the prophets. But fofst thoa-
•and years were required effBctnaUy to
finish it, and perfect it for its work.
It was not tin the Messiah had come,
and offered his great sacrifice for
human gnilt, ascended to the right
hand of the Father, and sent down
his Spirit (m his church ; — it was not
till then that the gospel could either
he adequately undmtood or efibctually
pioelainied. It was thus with no nig-
gardly esqpenditure of time, and no par-
simoaions expenditure of means, that
tiie instrument of human salvation was
prepared. It was no common suffering
and anguish that were encountered in
this woik* They were no ordinary
tstts that were shed in connexion with
it. niet was no vulgar blood which
was poured out for its completion.
tha Son of God had to travail in the
giMtncM of his strength, when in
he agonised, and on Cal-

vary he died.' Thus, however, was tiie

rod of his strength prepared, the divine
instrument which was to be effectual
in saving man.

Bat according to Millenarians this
instrument, after four thoasand years
have been spent in fashioning it, is to
be thrown aside as ineffectual, in less
than two thousand years, and the work
for which it was so elaborately pre-
pared for ever relinquished. In that
brief space of time the instrument is
worn out It becomes powerless. It is
effete. It fails to recover the race of
man to God, and therefore that race is
destroyed. The Sun of righteousness,
after a twilight dawn of four thousand
years, at length rises in full-orbed
splendour on our world. But after two
thousand years, having failed to dissi-
pate the darkness that covers the earth,
and the gross darkness that covers the
people, the darknww is destroyed by
the destruction of those over whom it
broods. The truth, which it takes four
thousand years fully to develope, fails
in two thousand years to conquer the
error and the fdsehood. They are,
therefore, conquered by the all-subduing
agency of fire. The Spirit, after four
thousand years have been spent in pre-
paration for his coming to convince the
world of sin, fiEuls in two thousand
years to effect this work. The world
is, therefore, convinced of sin by the
perdition into which sin plunges it.
As for the prayer of the Saviour for the
unity of the church, that the world
might thus believe that the Father had
sent him for its salvation, we do not
see how on Millenarian principles it
can possibly be answered. The world,
instead of believing, is burnt up. Is
there not failare, then? The world,
instead of being convinced of sin by the
Spirit, and brought to believe by the
unity of the church, is dissolved by fire,
and passes entirely away. We do not
know how Millenarians may contem-
plate such an issue, but when Moses
was pleading for rebellious Israel, that
they might not be destroyed as had
been threatened, his jealousy for t^

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lfILLB5AltIAKI8V.— 50. IT.

DiTine glory led him to deprecate the
dcstrnction, lest " the naHons which
had heard of the fbroe of God should
gpeak, saying, Because the Lord was
not able to bHng this people into the
land which he sni'are unto them, there-
fore he hath slain them in the wilder-
ness." Num. xiv. 16, 16.

III. But, finally for the present, our
main argument in connexion with this
branch of the subject is the utter in-
consistency of the conclusions to which,
fls we hare seen, the Millenarian hypo-
thesis conducts us, with many most
clear and positive statements of the
word of Ood. It is evidently the doe-
trine of Scripture that the nations, in-
stead of being destroyed, are to be
converted to God. We admit, of course,
that, at the coming of Christ, there will
be a destruction of the ungodly. But
then wc believe that his coming does
not take place till the gospel has tri-
umphed over all opposition, and he
reigns throughout the whole world.
The destruction, moreover, according to
our views, is the destruction of an
ajwstasy. It is the destruction of those
who in spite of all the light which
shone during the Millennial age, when
the knowledge of the Lord covered the
earth as the watero cover the sea, yet
revolt from under the sceptre of Im-
manuel, and arm themselves fbr the
destruction of his cause.

We do not, however, for the present,
dwell on this point. Our argument
leads us rather to ask, where, on the
Millenarian hypothesis, is there a possi-
bility for the accomplishment of those
numerous predictions which intimate
the universal prevalence among man-
kind of true religion? We quote the
following passages from among many
others that ore equally to the purpose.
** In thy seed shall all the nations of
the earth be blessed." Gen. xarii. 18.
'* All the ends of the world shall remem-
ber and turn unto the Lord: and all the
kindreds of the nations shall worship
before thee." Psa. xxii. 27. " Men sliall
be biessed in him, all nations shall call

and wqnhip befbre fliee, Lori, ni
glorify thj Qaine." Pm. Izzxvl 9. "It
shall come to pui in the last days, flul
the mountain of the Lord's boon daft
be established in the top of the wm^
tains, and shall be ezaUed sbon di
hills; and aU nations diall How nto it,
And many people shall go sad hj,
Come ye, and let ns go np to the wm-
tain of the Lord, to the house of the God
of Jacob; and he will teadius of kji
ways, and we will walk in hisptda:
fbr out of Zion shall go fiirth the lev,
and the word of the Lord item Jen-
salem. And he shall jadge among die
nations, and shall rebue many pec^:
and they idiall beat their snstsdi iato
ploughshares, and their spears intopnm-
inghooks : nation shall not Hit up swvd
against nation, neither shall ttij Ion
war any more." Iso. iL 2—4. "Tfc
kingdom of heaven is like unto Ifstcb,
which a woman took, and hid in three
measures of meal, till the whole WM
leavened." Mat. xiii. 33. " If the fell rf
them (the Jews) be the riches of tlte
world, and the diminishing of tfaeai the
riches of the Gentiles ; how much more
their Ailness f For if the casting away of
them be the reconciling of the world,
what shall the receiving of them be, bat
life fit)m the d^P" Rom. xL 18, 15.
'*The kingdoms of this world are he-
come the kingdoms of our Lord, and of
his Christ ; and he shall reign fbr eter
and ever." Rev. xi. 15.

To our mind, passages of this elaas,
which we might quote so numerondy
as to fill many pages, are utterly int-
concilable with Millenarianism- On til
fair principles of Scripture inteipreti-
tion, the Millenarian hypothesis ksdr
inevitably to the conclusion, that the
world with its unconverted population
will wan be destroyed. But the word
of God, as we see from these dear state-
ments presented above, gives us abetter
hope. It teaches us to look for a time
when the nations shall bow to the
peaceful sceptre of ImmanueL It en-
joins us to pray for the arrival of tlus

auspicious era. It gives us the privi"
him blessed." Psa. Ixxii. 11. ** Mi Tva-\\^^ vcA \vs ^ Vihauring Ibr its sp-
ioBB whom thou hast made shaXVcome \^tqqj(^

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. Wb haTe Tory grateful reodllectioais of
filr. JMmm Gooda himng atttaded, while
flOoQiiti Ibur ttieoeatWe winters, hiB
tapiif IntcntCiiig and popular LeotuieB,
4b Aa-'tavrey Xnetitutaon. Although
«il».1ihi» iecty yOMra have paioed away
diseHmt p«ilod« weeaa never forget the
itelHlviild litecixy ■timulus supplied to
tl^fMrthfiil aludent by hie very remark-
«tflt. ef lecturiag* upon subjecte
with mriovB bnuDohes of phy«
«s|HiQai aad general eriticiflm. At
He ifM wnquestioiiably the moat
leelujrer ia the metropolia, and
aRvnrivalled power of riveting
iMilfeimgktfUl regard of the great maesee
tf-fM^ectaUe penoaa who flocked to
Mia to hde highly-finiahed compositions.
Qjv n> f l8 ara nee,-**that of a perfect gentle-
■an^ — and lua aecurate node of addreee,
aiM t» the thoroughly digested cha-
nalir of hb leoturea, seoured for him the
InatklMft attention of hia audience. He
^tMi meHareart aiagularly courteoua in
liiaMHMrs ^ ae we proved on more ooca-
riav JhpK oaa« AA the eloee of a partil-
eiMt leetme, we onee eeked him for
MteatiDU-iniefevettee to a searoe work
by: hitt ift. the oousee of hia
irlUi.an whanity never to
l»7<HgQCHw» h» pcoffBradtiwlpanofthe
ipidkilbf aiTMlu which, we moat grate-
MlfMAeytfidL

ji'WW e«a thipik of no leeturer of his day,
^pho ptadBced an equal iopreaaion on the
fvMiftf mliA^^-esoept Colearidge» when
minili^pj in tine aame literary InatLtu-
Uniflaa yggeooa dieaminge on the Poeta.
IlSnti & gTCMt exoitevaeat for a youthful
t, aller knqwled^ to listen t» the
id these two reiaarliabLe
i& aMnorate thinkwi ^ tJUa

first class, — the other a transcendental
speculator, but ii^ithal a great quickcner
of human thought and feeling. We wis]i
we could now point, in this boastful age,
to such lecturers as John Masun Good
and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Dr. Mason Good, especially in his
latter years, when he became more decid-
edly eyangelical, was a man of marked
devotional feeling. No safer instructor of
yoimg men could scarcely be imagined.
Hia criticisms, when they touched on
sacred subject8» which was often the
case, were always calculated to foster
reverence for the word of God;--i-and
when, at auy time, he waa led to advert
to the Poetry of the inspired volume, ^e
always kindled into a sort of rapture,
evidently regarding it-;^^ ae poetry — to
be the finest thing the world liad ever
seen;— but, at the seme time, never
ignoring the etipematural afflatut which
pertained to its authors. We can, at this
distance of time, well remember how his
eye sparkled, and his whole countenance
lighted up, when he had occasion, in any
of his critical di&quisition:i, to refer to the
matchless poetry of the Hebrew seers.
The effect was most hallowing on the
minds of those who listened to him ; and
you left his lecture-room with the feeling
that the Bible was the grandest of all pro-
ductions the world hns over seen. This
representation is strictly true of John
Masom Good, before even his spiritual
convictions and habits were thoroughly
matured. Of the gratuitous empiricism
of some uafiedged modem critics he knew
Bothiag; just because liis mind was too
well discipiinfd to have any sympathy
with their ignorant bombast.

We are familiar with all this great
writca's works, both philosophical and
saeredi and value them above most of
our library companions. Considering
how earnMtly he devoted himself to pro«
fessMnal studies, snd how much he wrote
so well on subjects of general science, it
was greatly to his credit that he could
spend so much of his time on the Utera-
tore of the BiUoc We qiaj b^ve^ from

TtO

Stttiim of S. P. TaBOKLiM ; «id to
ran PaurciPtM tr "trsmi. CainciMi.
Bica wo have Harm on tout Piwion
61 DooJfATic iMpoBTiSCB ; — Nftin on
John tU. 53— liii. 11 : John t. 3, t. Mid
Murk «Ti. 9—20 ;— and a splendid oos-
ctCBioH, full of »ag»dOTi* thought, Bni
■MMiralj* Iparning, in rcfcwnce 10 th»
irholc qnBJtien trliicli ihs anihot hM
unddtBlten to elucidate; and npon wtilch
he ha* aaeurcdly thrown a more compn.-
hcniitc light ttianhtts tTerfanenupon It
hefer*. The last pin of the worit, oc-
cupying ninety-four p»Bra, conmta d a
eorrecl ColUUon of Qriobadt, Scholi,
Lachmann, and TUohendoif, with the
Common VctbIoq of th6 Qntk Testa-

Wu regard thix as one of the beat ad-
^itioni to the Christian biblical atudent'a
ttbrarj, lliat has been nido in our daj.
I^c devout cliaraem of Che authra, and
htt firm belief in the DiTine Aulhoiity
of lie New TMtnmcnt, lia^e preseired
him ftom thi' falling intu that gceptieal
lanncai which haf diaSguicd minT siini-
lai nttemptB. His Preface exhibits the
(pirit in which the noble work haa been
es(-mled.

" Forma of anUgoalam," writes Dr.
Tregellea, ■■ to the authority of Scripture
have indeed Taried. There bare been
tho«e who, with tortuon* ingenuity,
charged the Inspired writers with dpccp-
tion and dishonesty, and who liave ftr^l
deviied tho term ' Bibliolatrj-,' as a con-
teiDptaoui draignaBon for those who
midntaincd thol it was indeed gircu
ftirlh by (he Holy Ohort ; these oppon-
ents might well hnve been confttled by tho
contrast presented between what ihty
were, and tlic nprightncss and hutinexs
incnlcated by (hose writers of the Bible
whom Ihey despised. There hare been
argumeaWiire scepUct, — men who conld
ingeniously renson on the Eodiac of
Dcnderah, and other mcient monuments,
as if they disprdrcd the /ar/i of Serip-
lore; Ood h™ seen fll that such metx
should bo answered by continuous dls-
BWciien, such aa Uiol of Dr. Tonng, by
which the hieroglyphics of Dcnderah
WRc mid, so that the enpposcd arguttKmt
OTty«ho*eil the T»ln. conftilcntc ol Sow

T fiiuoions nmucATion;.

who hAd alleged It. The Baljo
theory has mdearoruTd to rwsflw
Scripture natntirins uilo honnt bi
enthuUMro, and cstremc ordnKt;
Mythic bypothen* haa sought to
nil real objective fhe», «nd thus 1
the mind in a «atc of Bb«ohit
rlionism, — itt cMtainty ai to o
except in the r^ectltm of the p>
Jetns of Natarcih, and of (JI tl
Hfles to F'ti cs the Mecsiah. A
more recently, 5pirifuoiinB he* ti
iu clMms, "bommring much tin
ceding systems of doubt and ni
and taking its name and, in many
its avowed principles, from thO
SoripnireB whose claim it will noi
II would haye a Christbnity
Christ ; tt would bring man to
without blood of atonement ; it
present man with divine teachi
guidance, while it denies the true '
the Holy Ohoat, who, when he w
(he heart, erer does it byglorifytDj
it would adtipt ethics from ret
without idmildng that lh»y ho'
rcvesled ; and it Would demand h
and that without the knowledge c
lore, from which alone i( cub
without tlic apprehension of thot
by which it can be Sustained, and
owning that power from above b;
alone it nm ha»e a reality. Stii
been Euccewive, or in part riv
mutually onlneonistle, mien
Olympus of scepticism and inSdi
systmig which praters to be ■■
which seek to establish this d:
r«ckleasly rejecting the basing all
and long -cherished trutii.

ti SI, ripioif

Z(ii iefrui Kparrinr
TB rpir St iii\£pa rSr It3m
.-Ew-A. Prrrm. Viiut.
Dr. Tregelles' conclusion is eiee
just and telling : —

"In one thing, and only WW
these form* of oppodticm been 1
llicy hove all of them r«.«choed 1
pone's first wbispei of doubt and I
■Tk*. uiin God SAID?"
\ "\l.'\K"toT»*!!st who Talue ifc

REVIE>y OF RELIGIOUS PUBLICATIONS.

711

Nation of God in his word, both for their

^y^n lakes and on accotmt of others, to

^« retiHy grounded in biblical study : that

"^Huch 13 merely 8Tii>erficial will not suf-

~:re ; it would only be enough to enable

sharpness of tlio edge of sceptical

»1i)ectums to bo fielt, causing, perhaps,

injury, without giving the ability

1 to turn the weapon aside ; while,

on the other hand, fundamental ac-

c^uaintance with the suliject may, through

Clod's grace, enable us so to hold fast the

Scripture as a rcvdation of objective

'Kxath* as to be a safeguard to ourselves

sind others.

"The truth of God is a rock assailed
by wavce ; each in succession may seem
to orarwhelm it, but the force of each is
in a measure spent on that which preceded
U« and modified by that which follows.
Sach waye may make wild havoc amongst
the detached pebbles at its base, wliilo
tke rock itself is unmoved and imii^ured.
It is as thus knowing our grounds of
oertaiaty, that 'we have to maintain the
Seriptureo as God's revealed truth."
We oSer our very cordial congratula-
one to Dr. TregeUos on the comple-
tum of a work which, vrith all his fami-
liarity with his theme, must have cost
him severe and oontinuous labour; and
we do Tentnre to hope that the growing
taala for sound Biblical Literature in our
cevntry will secure for him an ample
recompense for his arduous toils. We
owe a great debt of gratitude to such
me|i fts the Author.

Th« Hidixo Placs ; or, the Shmer found
in ChrUt, By the Rev, JoBn Macfar-
LAKS, LL.D., of Glasgow, Author of
-Why Weepest Thouf" ** The Night
iMmf!* *^ The Mountains of the Bible "
^. 4e. Third Thousand. 8vo. pp. 870.

Jsmet Ntebet and Co.
••Mt object," observes Dr. Macfarlane,
'*fai writing and publishing this rolumo,
is to put before the reader such a simple
vmd e o m p rehensive view of * the way to
the Father by Jesus Christ,' that if he bo
it an earnest about his soul's salvation,
he muat rise firom the perusal, if not con-
vinoedand converted, at least in no doubt
o the place where, and the manner in

which, lost sinners are to bo * delivered
from tho wrath to come.' "

After a very careful perusal of the
seventeen chapters of which this Treatise
consists, not so much for critical purposes
as for personal edification, we bcwf our
ready testimony to the peculiar adaptation
of the work to accomplish, by God's
blessing, the benevolent aspirations of the
respected writer.

We have always regarded the Christ-
ology of the Old Testament, which rests
on a thoroughly settled critical basis, as
one of its most interesting and striking
peculiarities, — completely demonstrative
of tlie identity of Divine Revelation, in
all its stages, from its commencement to
its close. The Patriarchal and Jewish
economies were but Christianity in em-
bryo; and thousands of years before
Christ came in the flesh, his character
and offices were exhibited in the antici-
patory form.

Dr. Macfarlane infbmis us that ** tho
plan of the following work is determined
by the order of those new covenant titles
given to our Lord in the Old Testament,
which have the prefix Jbhovah. It is
exceedingly interesting to find, that, by
the proper arrangement of such titles, we
have the entire scheme of tlie gospel in a
system; so that the serious student can
obtain from their study clear and con-
nected ideas of 'the will of God in Christ*
concerning his conversion, pardon, puri-
ty, peace, prospects. There is necessarily
repetition of idea. This I do not regret,
as I desire my book to fall into the hands
of thoughtless or indifferent professors of
religion. It is for their benefit that the
one mediation should be viewed repeatedly
and from diffbrcnt points. My fervent
prayer is, that in all such cases the result
may be, their awakening from nominal-
ism, and their cordial espousal of tho
truth as it is in Jesus."

After an Introduction, wliich contains
a vivid sketch of the great outline of
saving truth, our author proceeds to his
immediate task, viz., to identify tlie Je-
HOVAH of the Old Testament with the
jJesus of the New. We have a chap-
iter on Jehovah, showing, that the name
W God is Jbhovah; — that the name

SEVIEW or HBLI0lor> PUBUOATIOKS.

JuioTAS is Kremlfd for K Bpeckl o\t}Kt ;
and that the nattie JinoTAU in girrn to
tlu Mu«iAn. Wc BTV then conducted to
■ vpry intcTMting field of contnapilllL^D,
— Iha Duacs girm lo Chrial in the Old
Te((*nient : til.. iBsav^B-Juri ; iho
Lord oiTK Qon, Exod. xi. 3i— JsnovAU-
JiREH : Ibe Loui vill rKOTiPE, Gen.
sxii. H; — Jxbotjih-Tbidsbsi: : the
Lohh 01^ llioHTEov«J'iB« : Jer. JuiiL 6;

— JlHOTAH-KoFHl ; THB LoSD KY IIXAL-

■n, "Exoi. XT. Ze ; — J kbovah -Shalom :
1HK LoKD ODK riAOv, Judgc* vi. 31; —
* JuioTAK-Niial ; TSB LoBti MY BAKnia,
Exod. x*ii. 15 1 — and JiBOTAii-SuAiiiiAn ;
TiiR Lord i» tiiK&x, EiEk. il«iii. 35.
Then oc hate Ihr Imfbotbmrnt. " / JUt
unto (Am (o A'rf.^ »i(." P»a. cxliii. S.

The aiDouiit of well-digerted hibUc»l
iiiBtnictian contained in Ihrae chaptcn,
ia a Terj Ttmarkable featura pcrtaiQiiig to
them; raorc e«peciBllj a* there i* not a
cold or dr; pnuBge in the entire volump.
Theology it hero iiutuict with life,— a
thing M mach of the heart w the bead,
taking iti standing at eT<?r7 avenue by
-which accen cim be gained to the banian
Bpirit. We have eccn few practical works
in our day, more calculated to do good.
The author now ranlLS with a clau of
writcta who are doing good Bcrrice to
their generation, and whose names will
be long and gratefully cherished, when
thoy have gone the way of all fieah. We
doubt not that many wanderers will be
conducted to the sure hiding-plnce by the
perusal of this touching volume.

ScENra or tub Bible ; or, Scriptun
Slatehei. By Rn. Wu. Clabxsoi^ lalt
Uiiiiennry lo India. Author of •• India
and Ike Caiptl," " Miitioaaiy Enecm-
rajementi," " Life of Cliriil," %c,

LoDdon: Boow.
Mb. Clahksox, after spending many
years in India, ia now laid aside from
active labouTB ; but that he may atill aid
in the good work to which his life wsa
consecrated in the foreign field, his pen
has not been pennitted lo slumber. Here
we have the fruit of his rctiremrnt and
coraparative leisure. Ahd ceiiainly a
more eiquiritely beautifiil little book we
ftaeldomrcai.

ll conaiau of a serin of sketches under
the following litlea ;— Tlie Preaching ot
John the Bspiist— John the Baptiit'i
Teatimony lo Jeaus— the Night of Prayrt
on the Mount— the Healing of the Sick,
ana the Sermon on the Mount— Jeana
Receiving LitOe Children— Jesus' LaM
Entry into Jem salem — the Eve of Jesus'
Betrayal. In these sketches our readen
will Snd a greater amount of fine thought
forcibly and elegantly expressed, thtm
will be met with in hooka of higher pr*.
lensions, and wore sounding name*.

Tub Epistib to tub QETi&K<m co*.
I-ABan WITH THB Olu Tesiahbst.
By (Af Avtl,or of " Ttu So^j ef Sohman
Campnrni trilA other parlt of Scriptun."

This ia a kind of running Cornmentaty
on the Epistle to the Hehrewa, in which
(he meaning of the apostle is chiefly
illustralcd by kindred or analogous pit-
saeei from the Old Teatameiit. The
•pirit of the Epibtle is A-eguently brougltt
out with great tondemesa and beauty,
and molt happily applied to the heart
and conscience. The book, as a com-
mentary, makes no pretensions lo cri-
tjciam or learned reeearch. Its tone b
eminently practical, and is addressed to
the affections rather than the intellect.
It would, we think, make a very admi-
rable closet companion for the Christian.

Sbbkonb OS THE FinsT Eputlb or

FbtKH. Bj/ H. F. KoHLBltUOQS, D.D..

o/Elbtifeld, Grrmany. Tranilafd fr«m

tKt GUTMH.

Lcndon: P>riil4((. 0*kcx, snd Ce.
TiiBsB are on the Tchole sound and
vigorous sermons. They are conceived
in the spirit, and sometimes carried out
to the length of good old Puritan dis-
courses. They are occasionally difiiise,
not unfrcquently vehement and impas-
sioned. Some points we should be
disposed to modify, and from soup w*
should diasent, — as for instance, th« of
ve submission, advocated in the
sixUi sermon.

OfilTUAKY.

713

^ftoarp^

OlAIH OF TBB BXT. JAXBB HALDANB
8TBWART.

(From tAs Record newipaper of iho 26M
Odohtr,)

Thb death of this eminent senrant of
tile Lord will be Hslt as a loss to the -whole
Clnirch. Few clergymen were better
bown, and none more uniTersallj be-
lofed. He hai £dlen asleep in a good
old age — gathered into the heavenly gar-
ner as a shock of com fully ripe ; but he
Wis one of those whose stedfast faith,
Holy life, serebe piety, and persuasive
example difi^ised an influence around
liim, of which it was impossible to mea-
tnre the importance. His annual call to
united prayer for the outpouring of the
Holy Spirit was characteristic of the man,
and found a cordial response in the hearts
of thousands, both of the lay and clerical
members of the Church of j^gland. For
many years he was the minister of Percy
Chapel, and drew around him an attached
congregation, composed of many of the
most eminent and devoted Christians in
the metropolis. It was with regret that
this connexion was severed, but he was
called to fill another station in Liverpool,
where he was equally beloved and hon-
oured ; and where he left behind him a
name and an example which will ever be
remembered with reverence.

The evening of his useful life was spent
in the beautiful rural parish of Limps-
field, where, amidst the Surrey hills, he
fijthfnily discharged his duties as Rector,
and was near enough to the metropolis to
be enabled to favour his numerous friends,
ss well aa some of our most important
Committees, with the advantage of his
^ his exhortations, and his pray-
He was pre-eminently a man of
Chid ; there was " an unction from the
Holy One" that seemed to shine on his
V«"f»g countenance ; and it was impos-
nble for any one to enjoy the delightful
privilege of being admitted to his society
wi&ont thinking of him in sentiments
akin to thoae lo beautifully expressed by

** When ona that lioldi eommuiilon with the tkiet ,
Hm filled bit horn where theae pure watera riae,
And once more mingles with ua meaner thin^
' Tia e'en aa if an angel ahook hla wings ;
Immortal fhigranoe filla the cirenit wide,
That telle ua whence hia treaanrea are aupplied."

The exalted place which Mr. Haldane
Stewart occupied in the Church was not
so much the result of brilliant talent or
extraordinary acquirement. Weight of
character waa his chief distinction. On
hearing of his departure, it was said by
one who had known him long, <* He has
not left behind him a better man." His
last publication was a most appropriate
preparation for his approaching change,
and beautifully describes the frame of
mind in which we ought to be waiting for
the coming of our Lord.

He was in his seventy-ninth year, but
he continued in the enjoyment of health
till within a short time of his removal.
Two months ago he was in town, when
his eldest son, the Rev. David D. Stewart,
of Maidstone, was married to the daugh-
ter of the Venerable Chancellor Raikes,
and the good Primate officiated at the
ceremony, at St. George's, Hanover-
square. At that period Mr. Stewart's
friends had reason to hope that his valu-
able life would still be spared for some
years to the Church. He was then, as
usual, full of active benevolence ; and
his influence as a peace-maker was judi-
ciously, and, to an important extent, suc-
cessfully exerted in a case which has
painfully attracted much public notice.
But his work was done ; and this good
man, full of faith and of the Holy Qhost,
peacefully fell asleep in Jesus, last Lord's
day, in the sure and certain hope of a
blessed resurrection to eternal life.

The following particulars respecting
the last days of this eminent and vene-
rated servant of Christ, will doubtless be
read with much interest by those who
were acquainted with him or his writings.

His illness commenced about three
weeks ago, when, after returning from
London, where he had made arrange-
ments for a Church Missionary Anniver*

714 o&nt

BftTj in hie Tillage, he complaiDcd of dif- i
ficuUy in hrpathing ; ind io the course of ,
* dajr or tvo ikfterinu'ds his meditol at- '
tcnduiU. irho examined htm with the [
MachiMcopf^ delected the prf«eiice of
water in ths cirities of the left lung. '
Tliii discoTctf. of courar', airakeiied leii-
oiu apprehenuans tmoiig the membeis of
hii funily ; but Ur. Slcw&rl, whiUl he
■ubmilted teadily and thonkfiiUf to the
remedies which were applied, maintuDsd
tho most perfect compomre of spirit.
He told the doctoi at his drat inleniew
with him, th>i lie need not hcaitaU to
UU him Iho truth, u the daf of bis AeaOi
wanldbe to him thehuppiest dayof his life.
And to tervral of thixc who entcifid hia
■icic chamber he mule a remark most
chatuetcristic of bis constuil racoliection
pf the Redeemer aa a peraonal &iend, ,
t< Our Lord knom that I cnnnot bear i
paJD, and if there is to be paiu connected
with this disease he will say, Cume up."
He null moat anxious thnt the Missiouury
Anniversary, in which, as tending to the
honour of the !iIaatL-r whom he loved, he
always took a lively interest, should toko
place, notwithstanding hia illness. Ac-
cordingly the meetings were lield. and he
wns gratified by hearing that a lirgcr eol-
lectioii than usual had been nuide. On
the following day, the members of hie
family and other relatives aisemUed in
his room at his request, and bi« son David
■dminisicred the Lord'e supper to liim

uid tl>ei

Itw

n affeet

Q,but

he expressly desired that it might not be
coutidercd as ■ visit to ■ dying laan, as he
did not antic:ipate immediate death, hut
rntlier aa n blessed oppartunity afftudcd
by the presence of »a many lelutives,
some of whom had eomo from a distance,
for united profession of fisith in the Sa-
Tiour. ^Vhen the sacrament had been
administered, he delivered a short adr
dress ; in which he said lliat it wus now
about fifty-three yeors ninco the Lord had
called him to a kjiuwlodge of the truth,
and that he had never once regretted
llic profession of union with Evangelical
miuuiters which God bad enabled him to
make. Ue believed, he ssi<I, that the
Xord pula special honour upon those who
Meparatt tltemwlves decLiledlj t[Oi& IW

hsbitinndcustomsof thewarldly-miidEi
and exhorted his children to sdnpl fach >
coune, expressing his thankfukna to
the Lsrd for Ihe honour conlem^ on ttim
33 the instnuntnt for directing ilu sBn-
tion of Chritlians to the impottiDoe
prayer for Ihe onlpoiiijing of th* Be
Spirit. He declared that he vuplsoi!
his entire dependence on the merit
interccMion of the Lord Jesus, n
that like his friend Mr. WilkioaOB,^
baptised all )ti» children, he had a
beyond the publican's prayer, "Qodte
meinful to me, a sinner," add hevidli
to make known, to the honour of hil Di-
vine Master's fadthfulnees, that ihon^h
had met with many trials, he had IwB
btonght through them all ; md. cawlad-
ing trilh givini- fais blsEoing to those p*-
aent as well u to iame of his abs«
lativee, he requested that » fivocnl)
hymn might be mmg to the glmy of ib

During tho remainder of hit ediffUl
life, he continued to roonifcM * siDilsi |
spiril, and his hnmiLity, his courtesj,iBil
his confidence in the Saviour were p«*ii-
liorly nffi-cling; but no immediate dsa;^
was apprehended. On the contmy. ^^
continued lo die&a hunself with bi> vFoi
acoorary, day ifter day. and look Lit
usual delight in the singing of hymns.

One piece of itacrod music which ipc-
cially pleased hioi, woa set 10 tha iir-

" mun I hi

.< Joji

And on Ssturdiiy last, h« aslAd •■>■*
of his family to aing,

" Let KB dotll in CD:(Mfaa.' Ac
Eien on thnt day, however, his famill
had not ceased to hope that he mighl Ik
spared to them for uionlU*,or cvenyui>>
and ha himself woa intending to wn"
^^<t ua*^ uomul invitation on Uoadiy

CBTTUABT.

lib

lut : but the Lord had prepared for him
smother work, in that heaven on which
"^hen on earth his thoughts had been
continually fixed.

His wife, who had ooostantiy attended
lum, was persuaded to seek a little rest
In another room, after seeing him in a
tolerably comfortable state, about twelve
o'docky on Saturday night, and a fedthful
old nuTM who was sitting up, was re>
quested by him to withdraw about half-
post two, as he felt himself disposed to
deep. She aecordingly withdrew for
about half-anohour, and during her ab-
sence it is supposed a sudden e£fbsion of
water took place upon the heart ; for on
her letom, she found him in a redining
position, quite motionless. The spirit
had departed gently, and he was asleep
in Jesus.

He died on the morning of the Sab-
bath, the day which on earth he used so
much to r^oice in, and he is now en-
joying a Sabbath which will never end.

We may have other opportunities for
directing attention to some of the most
lemarkable points in the life and cha-
racter of this devoted Christian : we will
now only add respecting him, that as he
delighted to honour his Saviour, so was
he specially honoured with a peaceftil,
eheeifhl, loving spirit, and in him was
stmarkably fulfilled the great promise of
our Lord, *' If any man lore me he vrill
keep my vrord, and my Father will love
Um, and we vnll come unto him, and
make our abode with him."

His remains were interred in the quiet
churdiyard of Limpsfield, on Saturday
moming, the 29th of October.

We rtjoice in the opportunity of giving
such a testimony to the memory of ** a
good minister of Jesus Christ," who
lived in the hearts of all Qod's people,
widiout distinction of sect or party. —
Sdrdm.

nut nSATK OF THB BXV. J, DAVIES, XNDE-
rXXDSMT MiariSTBB, MYMTDOBACH, KEA&
tWASSXA.

Tku distressing event took place on
Wednwdayy 6th inst. Some little while

ago, the proprietors of a small colliery in
the neighbourhood, finding some difficulty
in carrying on their luidertaking, and
knowing that Mr. D., when young, had
paid great attention to the working of
collieries, asked his advice and assistance.
He being very intimate with some of the
parties, consented to superintend the
work for some time ; this turned out
greatly to the advantage of the propri-
etors. For some days previous to the
accident, the men had been obliged to
give up working the coal for i^'aiit of pure
air. He being very desirous that the
obstruction to the firesh air should be
speedily removed, we are informed that
he went in company with several other
persons, remained in some time after his
companions, and had a fit of apoplexy,
which ended in death before any one
returned to him. He had had two slight
fits before. He left a wifo and five chil-
dren — some of whom are young— to
lament the loss of an ofibctionate husband
and tender father. It was to the church
then under his care, he was at first re-
ceived a member ; and it was evident, on
the day of his funeral, that he was greatly
respected by the church and all the neigh-
bours around, as well as by his brethren
in the ministry.

Before leaving the house, the Rev. T.
Jones, Morriston, prayed ; at the chapel,
the Rev. J. Jones, minister of Cairsalem,
Ne>vydd, (Baptist) prayed ; the Rev. E.
Griffith, Swansea, preached in English ;
and the Rev. J. Evans, Three Crosses,
preached in Welsh. Revs. T. Thomas,
Qlandurl and £. Jacob, Swansea, gave
out appropriate hymns ; and the Rev. T.
Davies, Pentre, proyed at the grave. The
arrangements of the funeral were under
the care of the Rev. T. Davies, Morriston.

It is probable that a more lengthy ac-
count of the life of this useful minister of
Jesus Christ will soon be prepared.

I^omr C^ronfclr.

ANNUAL APPEAL

TO rUWM, MUeOn, CMcbcH HIMBIM, SCICDJkT-IOBOOL TSICHBU, WD ly.

ON BEHALF OP MINISTERS" WIDOWS.
T>m limiud IncouM of muiv of our dcTotnl Brethrm in the Jluiislry, which w«
k*lo had ampla opportunity of bccoDiing pstufiillf acquunted with, lendet it
ImpoMlUa far tham to malic ouch pratision. in ewe of removal bjr deatli, foi dvr
Widom Mid CUldm, m nature and religion would alike dicUte. What the; m
do, thay omgkt to do, capccially in early life, when Insuruices might be miids it t
eenptntiTclf tmall ondtj. But, with »alatici varying fk'oni Jlfty to a iumini
ponndi p«r anniUD, Uld in manjr caie* with four, or rix, or twelre chUdim, hoir at
tbmf, out of theii aeantj rioutcm, to proiide foi their Widow*, if it should plesM
Ood to reniOTa thMB bj- death ■ Whateiet improverociiU may be made in tb«
•eoncmy of oni chnrohca^ there will of ncfeoity be a. large class of eameal and
honoarabla men, who mnat Icbts Ibeir beloved partnora to Ihc lympslhy of thar
■arriTing Brsthren, We are uol f<m that thi* ia not tlia order of things that the
Sivine Ifuter hu ordBiiird. Of one thing we are certain, that the W'idowi of ooi
d«e«aaed Bicthran, when left dependent, have a powerful claim on Ihc gcncTOU
coniidaration of all who are able to render them aid.

Now, there are multitvdcs who ferl deeply for the bereaved ^Mdowa of Ministen,
Wbo can do but little to alleviate their grie&. It is in their hearts to render them
BMUtaiice ; but tlwy know not how. The little pittance they can aAbtd t« give, they
would not like to ofligr leat it should wound their feelings. We submit lo our readen
generally, that in outlet for this benevolent feeling ii admirably provided for in (he
Fond ra& Mimibtbm' Wtiiows connected with the Evahoilicai. MaoaiiXK, wbidi
ha* now been in active operation for Siitt-ohb Yulm. Every purchater of that
work baa full value for hia monthly outlay, with the additional comfort that all the
proBta ariiing bom its lat^e aala are conacicntioualy devoted to the relief of thoae
Widoir* of piou) Iliniiten who have not an income exceeding JiJIji pomiji per
oinwn. So greatly ha* thia monthly periodical proapered, that, &om the relief
annnaUy of Jf/tian or lietHtif Widowi, in the earlier yean of its existence, it it now
enabled to m^e grants to Omi Hukdbid add Fiftt, at a coat of oearly f 1300. But
this is the extreme limit of the Truateea' pieeent reaoorcea, dependent, of couiae, on
the continuance of their present sales.

Will the churches, by supineness, or want of benevolent feeling, allow this waB-
Jlniiiiin AtyM of tht Pailor'i Widov to fail, or even to b« impaired i Will they not
rather determine, by a vigorous eflbn to inoeaae the circulation of the Uagaaine, to
render the fund available for. a yet greater number of suitable candidates i We
venture to think that the influential member* of our churchea, stimulated by the leal
of their piston, should do all in their power to awell the amount of this Fund for
Minister*' Widows. We do not plead for a mere proapective or problematical benefit ;
but for one the evidence of which is placed before our readen, twice every year, in
palpable figure*. Nor are we ashamed to urge the sale of our vrork, aa the means of
comforting so many widowed and sorrowfid hearta. We are bold to say that the
Magatine ia entitled to stand on its own merit* ; that it has worked only good for the
churches ; but assuredly it* usefulness has been greatly increased by the many
Ihoiuandt of poandt it has contributed to meet a claim which is yet, with all the
means in operation, most inadequately provided for.

It is consolatory to refiect that, while Ka are doing onz ntmoat to soothe the
•orrowi of the Pastor'* Widow, our friend. Dr. Campbell, by hia able and inde-

HOME OBBONIOLB.

^«%Ablo labours, in " The ChrUtian Witness," and " Christian Panny Magaiine,* is
providing a large fond for the relief of aged Pastors. These two objects are in
l) e a a ti£ u l harmony; and they are not the only points of harmony between the
"Works and the men who conduct them. We hope, in the course of the present
month, our Brethren in the ministry will feel it right, to refer from their pulpits
to our denominational literature ; and that, in doing so, they will not forget the
powerful claims of noeeasitmu Widowa, and agtd Payors with alender meome$.
If they object to a pulpit notice, we shall look to them confidently for the adop-
tioa of some other method that may be equally e£Gectual for securing an increased
dorealatUm of the Magazines.

fll3CUIATX02r OF PAOOBBDIKOS BBTWBBV
THB BBY. D&. TIOXAN AMD TUB BBY.
It. A.IK8LXB.

Ox Wednesday, the 8th of Noyember,
just as the eyidence for the Plaintiff had
nached its culminating point, the De-
Cndaat'a legal adrisen sought permission
oC the Arbitrator to retire, for half-an-
hevr, to deliberate on the course which
|haj should pursue. The result was, a
xetractation of the libellous matter which
the Defendant had published against Dr.
Udman, an ample apology to that Gen-
tlsmsn £» the offence committed, and an
to meet all the expenses connected
the trial. Now, although the
was no party to any such ar-
nmgemeiity and had nothing whateyer to
sppcebend from the further progress of
the case; yet as he sought only the
Tiadieation of character, which had been
d^lorably aspersed, and the establish-
vcnt of truth ; and as these objects were
fidly accomplished by the course which
fte Defendant had instructed his Counsel
to propoae^ Dr. Tidman, through his
Coaneelt expressed his readiness to ac-
qoictee in the arrangement, when the
AriMtntoTa as a matter of course, gave a
wdiet fat the Plaintiff.

HoWy we beg to state, that we ore not
la the least degree surprised at the turn
vUdk this painful case has takenl The
■tttzwtiont so far a9 we are concerned,
IkBaBOt-ahed one additional ray of light
oil oor minds. For months past, wo
hvre been perfectly acquainted with all

the material fkcts inTolyed in the pfose-
cution ; and neyer doubted for a moment
that the Plaintiff had been grieyoualy
libelled, — not in the legal sense merely
of the term, but meral7y, as haying been
accused of what he had neyer done. Our
wonder, therefore, was not that the De-
fendant's Counsel were instructed to
arrest the arbitration at the stage of the
proceedings selected by them for this
purpose, but that they had been in-
structed to perseyere in a hopeless case
so long, when the unimpeaehabU mtegriiy
of the Plaintiff had been so abundantly
demonstrated.

But homage to truth and righteousness
must eyer be welcomed by us, though it
should make its appearance at the
eleyenth hour. We are willing to belieye
that the Defendant's ample apology to
the Plaintiff was sincere ; — that it was
the result of a conyiction that he had
seriously wronged his Christian Brother;
— and of an anxious desire to make the
only reparation in his power for the
ixgury he had inflicted. We surely
honour Mr. Ainslie in thus speaking;
and shall exceedingly rejoice to find that
we haye not too fkyourably estimated
his state of mind. Time will interpret
all!

Our dear friend Dr. Tidman doea bear
and will bear his triimiph meekly. The
case is altogether so punful and affiiotiye
that good men, such as he, can only weep
over it.

VOL. XXXIT.

•> I.

Bon eaaoKicLK.

Wb bkre bMn vcU acqutinUid irilh
tUs cxMlkat Cliriiiiui muk for forty
TWtn, Tke amit «f iiU <lri>t>i wu md-
dm ; bttt It WM KccArajiaitiod by oil Ihc
piieiftiliHW which CTI3I the nemben of
hi* own ftnulj' «niid dcnre. He bad
bMR nthn- tmrrll, on th« *fleitiooD
of Wcdnwday, Ihu Htli of Novembrr,
afto- retnmiiig (toni a public coininittM ;
and hii belored wife, Hun^what uiiioua
ott hia accoont, Iwgited the fkmil]- phy-
•Iclan lo look in mid tct him. While
■peaking to hte doctur, (who, bnl k mo-
ntnt beftjM, had fvlt hiijniUt. and found
U» to be mttoh better,) he leaned bnek
Ui head tm hit pillow, and pu»ed twa^
to " be with Jeaui, whieh i* far better."
Mr. mabet was a luceMifUl nan in
tnde, •■ a pnbliilier, and was -well
known for hia libemtitf to exery good
MlUe. He WM eminently national in
Ui habit of mind : and many a poor
Caledonian ha* hai reason to be thank-
(tal to him lor his warm and cfTceliTe
patronage. In hU o«-n naiice ph
Xelao, he built n church chiefly, if not
czcIuaiTely, by hii cwn nicani. '
WM a good man. and full of fpilh, and of

theHoIyOhoat."

KOTICE TO THE »lDatV§ OP MIMSTBttS
EECEIVIKQ A<^^tHTANCB FBOM THE
PDHDB OF THi; ETASOELICAL MAO.
ZIXR.

Al.L widotra of our Minialerial Bre-
thren, entitled to gronU at (he Chriat-
IIIB8 diatribntion of profila arising from
theaaletFfDieEvA.sGELicALMAOAKiKE,
nre reapectfiilly informed, tliat their
applications must bo made to the
Editor, tbroDgh llic Publishers, on oi
before the 25tli of Beeembcr. Nc
OBANT CAN BE .MADE WlTHOl'T ArPLl-

HALF-TBARLT MEETING OF TRVSTEE8.

The Tmateea of the Evanoelicai
Uaoaeine, in London and Iho Pro-
vinces, are hereby respectfully in formed,
that the Half-Yearly Meeting for (he
distribution of jiroiits to the widows of
piou miiOateia, will bo held, (I), v.), at

the OoildhttU Coffee HouM>, on Tnoda?,
the 2nd of Jannnrr, 1RSS, at Elrm
o'clock prrcitely, when their nttendanie
ii eaineatly solicited.

Thb Antamnal Meeting* of the Con-
grvgatiooal Uoion were held, in Octoba,
at Newcaitle, Sunderland, and SiMit.
They commeDoed on Monday the iWi,
and tfrminaled on Friday the 20lh. The
e;ipenM of time and money involved I7 »
journey so far north, no doubt, preclndtd
many attending, who would gladly hin
been there, bat the number prcaent n>
highly iatitfactoty. The tnonung niMt-
iugs, for buiincu, were held in each fi
the lowoi. in turn ; nhile thi? cvcruug
mcctinga were called in all the tovai
limultaneouely.

On the itortJay etening, derotion*!
meetinga were held, and appropiiau
addreues delivered, at Newcastle, by the
Rev. J. TiV. Richnrditoni at North Shield*,
by the Rfv. Dr, Stowell, and at Sunder^
land, by the Rev. S. UcAiL

On TWtiAiy morning the first Seaaisn
of the Tj'&iuu was held, at Sunderland, in
Fawccll-itrcct Chap*!,— the Eov, A. M.
Brown, LL.D., the chairman for tha
ycnr, presiding. Aiwut two hundred
miniilera and delegates were preaent In
the body of the chapel, and the apaeious
galleries were filled with interested spee-
(atori. Tlie proceedings commenced with
singing nnd reading a portion of Scrip-
ture, after which the Rev. W, Seott
engaged in prayer. The chumian then
rose and delivered a rerf Me siddreaa.
After lome striking remarks, bearing on
the time and locality in which they wen
assembled, he ptoceeded to show, that It
was iacombent on the denomination to
keep before the church and the world the
evsngellcol character of their doctrines,
atid the spiritual nature of the kingdom
of Christ ; ai well ns lo show the neces-
sity of vigilance on the part of both
ministers and churches, le»t personal
piety should be enfeebled by the over-
culture of public and community Chris-
tianity. Having dwell at length, and
with much force, on these important
points, be oBercd some Bnggestioas with

HOlf S OKBOMIOLE.

719

ragwd to the pnritjr of tha churolieft
the 0|^t of aggression, and ministerial
lldilitj.

On the motion of Br. Stowell, tecoiided
bj Hr. Charles Bead, the chairman waa
naanfmmiBly raqneated to place his
addnsa in the handa of the Committee^
to be printed with the traaaactions of the

TIm IUt. O. Smith introduced, the
iallowiBg hiethren to the aasemhlj, to
whom the ehairmaa gare the right hand
of fiteidahip : — > the Ber. FtoliBiaor
ThoBaoOp H Jkt of Glaagow, repreaent-
iive of the Congregational Union of
Beodnd ; the Bev. D. G. CoUen, of
Uith; the Ber. M. Johnstone, of Glaa-
|ow; the Bar. W. Wilson, of Palkizk ;
aad Ihm Ber. J. Tomkina, of Nora
Seotia.
The Ber. B. Aahton presented the
atatemcnt, whieh ahowed the
eireulatkn of the Congrega-
tional Tear Book, and the Hymn Book ;
tMeilnpovted a conatdenhle balance
dM to the Treaanrear.

The Bar. G. Saaith read a paper rea-
fiitliig the CktiiHtm WitmmM Fund, eon-
triaiBg the enggaatlona of the Bnh-Com-
■itte% Jbc lendflriag that Fund more
iaaadiatalj and eztanaiTel j nseftil.

Iht Ber. T. Jaaea reed a paper on
Biitiih Mlssiona, and stated that the
imnigata le ea ipta §x the laat year
wmmimd to £805$ 9$. 6tL

IhtBeT.J.Oothinzeadapaperonhehalf
tf tiba OoBgtegalioBal Board of Edneation.
n eoHaUe leaolvtion on the anliriect,
waa dosed with prayer. The
then adyoumed to dinner, at the
Hml ki m^ Street, when the Bar. B.
W.XaAnpnaided.

•fwring of the day a pabUe

hi aid of British liiasions, was

at Bethel Chspel, Sunderland,

8ple«r, Bsq^ in the chair. The

well addreased by the Bay.

Bar. J. ToBBkina, and the Ber.

of Lskeater. Br. Legge

on the occaaion, a speech in

of a leaolution, relating to the

M9t m§Mc^t^ Soeialy, whieh was one

pewctftil and brilliant erer

lA 4lit0«r of that lamd» or of the

excellent Society which seeks its amelio-
ration.

After referring, at considerable length,
to the appalling influence of Popery, in
that country, and anticiimting ita moral
and spiritual regeneration, he eondnded
with the following eloquent remarks,
which we cannot deny ourselTea the gra-
tification of giring in full :—

" Then, Ireland, ' great, ^orioua, and
firee,' in a higher sense than ita poet sang,
or could understand, shall arise from the
dust and put on her beautifiil garments.
The sone of her genius shall fiow radiant
around her,— the shamrock, her emblem,
not disdaining the thistle or the roae,
shall twine a gariand for her brows, orer
which shall smile the sun of celestial
hope. And then, united in reality, —
one in interest, in policy, and in faith,
England, Ireland, and Scotland, with
their Colonies in the Canadaa and Aua-
traliss, and islands of the West, with
their empire in Hindoatan— the Britiah
race ahall ofier to an admiring worid, a
spectacle of harmony and happiness,
graoefiilneas and strength, nerer wit-
nesaed till then! Bright and inspiring
porehide of the time when it shall be said
—« Babylon is faUan !' "

On tiie same erening fToesday) a
meeting was hdd, in connexion with the
English Congregational Chapel Building
Society, at North Shields, when J. W.
Pye Smith, Esq., occupied the chair;
and a third meeting waa held, on behalf
of the Congregational Board of Educa-
tion, at the Lecture Boom, Newcaatle,
T. Bamea, Esq., M.P., presiding.

On W0dit4»dtty morning the second
Session was held in St. Andrew's Chapel,
North Shielda.

After the Ber. T. Timpson and the
Ber. J. Hayden had offered prayer, the
BeT. J. C. Gallaway read a statement, in
the name of the Committee of the Eng-
Ush Congregational Chapel Building So-
ciety, firom which it appeared that already
fifty-nine applications had been receiTed,
for adrice and pecuniary assistance in the
erection of placea of worahip.

A resolution, mored by the Ber. T.
Spencer, was cordially adopted, express-
ing the pleeaure it ailbrded the aaaambly

»0 n

ta -wwltona to timz Midst 1h» dapMatioo
from ScoUind.

.Tlw B«T. H. Bromlej md » brief
papcz in refeicnaa to Um PMtom' lB«Br>
HUM Aid 8eelBt7.

The Re*. 0. SoUk road >n adninUi
Pffiei SA the inportuiM of ixtnuUng ottr
dMUMoiiiatumBl principls* and wonUp,
which wM foUow«d b; raaolcttiiau Bbtjr
moTcd tund oMondcd bjr .tlw B«**. T.
BinnaTi ^- Alkm, J. Kcaaeij, Brewin
Qmit, «nd J. B. Biotd.

Mr. Chkilc* Reed mgt^tad the d«-
iilllMtinrM of a confarenoa of Bonday
School Tcacbtn, in ooanaxioii witli tha
Autumnal XeettiifB of tha UnioB, In
raplf to whitih A* SMtvtary expTtiaad
hia wiUingnen to do eTeTythmg pnctl-
cabla toward! curjiug o«t <h« idea.

The amnhlj thn adjourned to
dinneT, «t the Albion Rotal, the chair
being taken by Ur. Aldeiman Foir.

In the arening (Wedneadaj) a large
and inSuastial meeting, In axpoailion and
daCanee of CkmgiagatlonBl Pifatcipls, waa
hdd in Weat Cl^ton-itraat Chqiti,
Newcaitle, at whleh Edwaid Bainee,
Eaq., pt««idad. A aecond meeting wai
held in Bt. Andi«w's Chapel, Notth
Shields, Chnrlrs Kced, Baq., in this
chiir ; and a third meeting at Bethel
Chapel, Sunderltind, Oeorge Leman, Baq.,
Maror of York, preiiding. We were
happy to learn that theae mectinga were
well attended, and were full of intereat,
ai WB regard them of the utmoat im-
portance.
, On nuriday morning the brethren a«-
icmbled in Weat CiByton-»treet Chapel.
After prayer by the RcT. J. Pamona nnd
the H«T, H. Bower, the Key. O. Stnilh
rc;id a communication Irom Walea, ree-
peeting the condition of the Engliih
population in the North of the princi-
pality, which waa rcrerred to the Home
MIsaionary Society.

The Rev. Cntlibert Young read an
elaborate paper in relation to Froteitant
Minaions in Turkey.

The Rev. O, D. Cullen moTcd a reso-
lution on the lutiject, refening to tho
opinion* nniformly expreaaed by tho
Union, with regard to SlaYcry in the
Vnited States of Amnica, which give

ri*c to ft bmg and awmairi dUcn»<

A Tceolution of deep aympatby with
(he Patlora and Hemhcia of the choKhca
m Wwcaitlc. who had laireTed from the
M->trr epidemic of leM year, and the
I'llimitoui Are of thia year, waa nnant-
mou-ily adopted.

The Rev. Bi. SlDWeli temd n pioiion of a
li^ttthened paper, of the greatest iolcreat,
oil the HiatoTT ot Noncoafannity in the
throe Xorthem CountiM of England.

The Kav. Profcuor Scott read a vali^
iible paper on the importance of diieeling
tin? attention of pious and gif(t-d youog
nifii, lo the naiV of the Christian

The nhaiiMua cuacludnl tin b
of the momiag with pnyer, after whkh
tho brethren adjourned to dinner, at the
Aaaembly Booma, WaMgate-atiMt,— Ae
Ret. A. Raid prodding, whm tke Bcv.
Q. Stawaid nd otheaa deUvcMd bcW

In the araafaig of the day (Ilrartdaj)
appropriate and eBeotiTe aenaoaa ww
pieachad, •■ foUowa :— ths Rn. W. 8.
Edwarda, at Neweaatle ; the Rff*. Vn-
temor Thomaon, at North Shielda; the
Rev. Dr. Legge, at Sunderland ; the
Rev. Dr. Brown, at ShieUa ; and the
Rev. J, W. Riohardion, at Monkweai*
month.

On Friday momlng a Foblic Breakfaat
Meeting was hald in the Sohool Room ot
Bethel Ch^el, Sunderland, to pcomoU
the objecta of the Congregatianal Board
of Rdncalion, when the chair waa oc-
cupied by E. Bainta, Eaq. A letter waa
read from Bamusl Morley, Baq., the
Mteemed treaaurer, exinvaiing bis ain-
cere regret at his unavoidabte abaence,
and Mating that five gentlemen had pto-
miuU the mnniflocnt (um of £100 a year
each, to the New School Fund, in Aid
of Sehoola in Poor DiatricU, in addition
to their former inbaciiption to the Board.

The meeting, which waa extremely
eomeat and interuting, cloaed about obo
o'clock.

Thai terminated a aerie* of meettaiga
of the greateat praeticiil value to the
I'nion, and calenlatad to prodnco laaling
good fav the tenai whe*e th^.waK: held.

n03CE OHSOMIOLS.

TXi:

The Mtowing ministcnl, m addition

to dioffe tih^n/dty named, irere* present,

Hid f0dk ptfrt ilk the Tarknis delibera-

ticMuir^ the Bera. Dr. Maasie, S. MoAll,

A. Jaek, J. O. Rogers, K. Bewley, T.

WaddttKm, ftc^ ftc.

- We thfaik it if impoesible to witneaa

the glFowing intelligetece and vigofcr of

the Uirfon, without Joining witii Dr.

I^egge in hia briel^ Vat apt apeeoh, in

a«|ip e> t of one of the eariy reaohitiona : —

**Jle entirely oohcnrred in what had

heen aaid reap e et l ng the Report, which

led been preiented, and the general con-

tftfoa of oiir body. He itjoieed that ita

j <i r n»iM l , ita ataff of aetion, was ao aoiiftd

and e f fcet l Te, and alao, that ita maUriU^

iBbm ainewa of war wUh whieh it waa to

p t o eee d in ita wotk, waa ao fiur aatia-

telorythat the Society ml^t go on ita

w«y rejoicing. He eongratulated the

ihly on their anapidona meetinge,

ttjefeed to belong to anoh a body aa

the Congvegaitional Union* He bdiered

fbet with it waa eonneeted oar best and

M^ h ea r intexeati-^the intereata of our

Uiid «id eoaatry. Ha cdnaidered that

BttNpe waa the heart and aool of the

woMf that Bnglandwaa the heairt and

aMd ef Evrope, and that Congregational

BfeMnttra wave the life and aool of

••

We dtaply legret that droomataneea
hefOMd oar control deprived ua of the
frtfflege end the pleaaare of attending the
■tirtup at Newoaalle, Shielda, and Son-
iariaadf- from which we angnr the hap-
piaetfceolta tothe Unioa, to onr denomi-
Mioiiy^andto the canee of Caxriat, both
«ttd abroad*

'llHai'#iaiJill' OKAVfllr, WA^WOBTK*

-A- voaue ai ee H ng waa held at York-
<aupat Walworth^ on Monday
Aogaat 21, 1$54, to promote
ef 'ne#, oonipl0te,'and com-
eehooti te the benefit of the
aHPBpadliig'aiig^boaiihood, and in oon-
vith' the above congregation.

taken at aeven- o'clock

bf »tbh Ber. <>eorge Clayton*

ib)»t4l|e *Sev*> K'J* Torqaand^

ottanidiiiMi99'iiAd-genlleBflen. '':<.< i

The prooeedingB having been Com*
menced by singing, prayer was offared by
the Rev. Thoinair Binney; '

The chairman then said, that although
the age waa one of. iitoprdvement; in no^
respect was that improvement mote ex<»
hibited than in connexion with « ^e
sabject of popular edtioAtion.: The pre«^
jndicea that' fbrmerly eziated^'agklnat
edu(»tion were now entirely' temc^ed,*
and the only question nbw.waaj'the best
way in which it could be imparted. : Onoi
of the meet efficient meana* ef religibua
inatructionwaB the 8abbath*echool? ond^
aa vraa well known, such aahoola' had>
been in the course of <^radon in cohaex*^'
iott with that place of woieh^ for many
years ; bat the exeitiona of their friendr
had been much crippled, and thehrakw
rangementa continually frustrated* ' .in:
conaequence of the impoasibility of ob*^
taining a site of ground on which to erect
pr<qf>er schools* The greater partof iiur
landed property of the diatriet belonged'
to the Dean and Chapter of CahterborfV
who vroold only let it upon lease, and it
waa not, therefore, thought desirable to
raiae Sabbath<*achoolB under those- cir*
eumatanoas; but now, through what he
might call a providential movement, free*
hold land waa to be obtained in immedi*
ate contiguity vrith the chapel premises*
and it vraa upon this groimd that the pro*
poaed schools were to be erected* 'vi^clt
would, he hoped, drain the neighboor*
hood of the ignorance, vice* and misery
with which it unhappily aboimded. With
reference to the efforta of their friends to
achieve the present object* he would
mention partioulaily the teachera in oon^
nezion with the chapeL Their laboura
had been patient* exemplary, and aelf-
denying, and were often put forth under
ciroumstanoea of the moat inauBpidona
character. Iiong had it beeaa aulrject of
regret vrith him* that iu> better echool
aocoBomodation had been provided for
both the teachera and the taught* The
work in whudi the church vraa now abovt
to be engaged in theerootion of the aehboU
waa great* and it vrould be neoeasary to
make some aaerificea ; but he felt tiiegi^
owed to the- living* to . the dead*ff-the
I dnat'of very nanyef ^ whom tepeaad 'ill

Tht nsallMt CkvUr-ackool, kaown u
•Mil CSajtMt'i Sdbool for O^' Rub-
lUkad ig«tT-faBi tmo ■«•, Mid Ow umaU
Baktak Bdwol-iaaM te giik, crccied
■bMt Sft«« ymn t^o, tatm Iha arep-
tiona tUttdad to. Thra^ dia rrn-.-{.
dmeaof Ood, indtkeldBd aod •«*> <ti-
«bla interiBmice «ad tid of • gentli ::j \:\
(Oeor^ K«0i. Eiq., the Ute Stho.l
Tnaaacer), who, though now no Icliiti't
with iu, hu much ifuptthy in iho
■ei^iboathood, «nd hu fait loaieOiins
el a iufwinf obUgmtioii, ox impuU^,
aiiaiaf out of bia famer eonuexian wiih
ua, « mort eligible site has beoi Mcurrd.
inu»ediatcly adjoiniDg the wett aid of
the chipel boat, asd haa bc«n held orer
fin the benefit of the church and con-
gr^ation, if Ihey will avail thtwitlTee of
it at the price of porchaaa ; the same
gVi^Mnan alao oBeri a liberal donation.
The picqwaed aite sonaiala of a pierc <i(
beabold lead, of abont iS feet bf 86 U-ot,
er saw &ei. Tha coat of the fraebold,
aad iKa nwaining leaaeholda, wilj b«
about MM ; a&d a snail cstra expense,
if thought fit to ba incniied, will aecvire
the wltola frontago from the chapel to
I«ck^aquan, and ytrj graatlj inproTe
the p ropt n j. Tha aboTe-named area la
ivflciant, and it la propoaed, with the
yaeliaai decMen of thia meetiiig, to erect |

•cboola, tot abmit CM a KM bo;* and
pA, cawpiiiaig aa iIm i »«iilial elemtsa
a neat, chaaic, and atmetiTa exterio*
eleratiHi (deraid, kowvnr. of anpor-
■■eaa«r nwTlj a<lntaiw nf ] : tJu nlvaat
pBwIM e Rgaid I

male and feoule, — tbcae alao bdn|
aiaiUblB a* Gom«uitiea-ii>oma, fee. &e. i
two latga gaienl achoola for bo;i and
girls CO one Booir, dJTided b; a dwMf
patlilion, (and capable of being thrown
into one room,} la accoramodale rack
about 2M chiUlrea, and to haie *uiuU«
Kat-proTiiion tar aepante clHia*leaclt-
ing, Willi libraiT, platfotm, Ik., kr. ;
tbia room, or rooms, bciog RmTcitihl*
(with it* aeats) for wcck'daj ■enicca,
public oi local nuMiocary meetingai
lectoira, and cjaaaea for wotkiag toau
Ac, &c., and being available for daily
Kbool initmcdon. aa well aa for Sabbath
uae : the girli' daily ckaritj-achool tirinj
alio varrird cia ihercin ; uid a ankall
hflute for the mistrew to be attachrd, ao
aa to e«cuie thrm the full accommodat ioR
ihET prcTioualy had. From careful com-
parijon of similar prectiona and rati-
matca, ik. i* exi>ected that from £1300 to
iUOO will fully cover tic entire coat of
«uch a building. The title has been
piBinijied into by a pTofeasiunal nun,
uid prosounred quite astia&ctmy. It
is proposed to Teat the building in ths
acting tjuatees of the chapel. It will
thus bv Bcrn that about £1W0 will bn
required fully to meet the object. Our
fstermed paalor deaigna to lay one of the
rorner-atonea of tliii memorial, alike in~
tereeting to him as the flock, as a mutual
pledge and witnea* of former union and
conlinual lovp."

The Kev. Thomas Biiuiey moved a to-
solmioQ of approTBl of the above state-
ment, and of lyiDpalhy withtlieproposnl
olijevt. He said (hat, in the vestry, ha
had been asked what he represented on
the present occasioii. Hia friend, Mr.
Payne, who was on Che platfonn, he had
heard, revreaented Bagged Schools. Mr.

HOM£ OHBONICLE.

ras

Watson repretented the Sunday-Bchool
Union; now he himielf represented no
inetitiition, bnt simply brotherly feeling.
He had come there to show his respect
for, and his affection to, his friend the
senior bishop ; and he had experienced
great pleasure in hearing what was pro-
posed to be done by the church and con-
gregati<m. The contemplated schools
would be a vast improvement to the
neighbourhood, both materially and mo-
rally. They would certainly be a
great improTement to the machinery for
advancing the cause of Christ's kingdom
in the world. He was Tery much pleased
with the idea of the different departments
into which the institution was to be di-
rided. The distinct class-rooms would
be found most beneficial and convenient,
and would prove of great advantage to
young men meeting for the purpose of
mutual improvement and study. As a
JuUIee memorial of the perfect harmony
which had obtained between the chxirch
and the pastor for fifty years, he thought
it the most appropriate thing that could
be devised, and he trusted that Qod's
Uening vrould rest upon that movement.

H. Watson, Esq., was then introduced
by the chairman, who said, that the names
Watson and Sunday-schools vrere almost
B]fBonymous terms.

ICr. Watson, in seconding the resolu-
tioo, said, that although the pastor of the
church had expressed a wish that the
present proceedings should be disassoci-
ated firom anything connected with him-
sdf^yet they could not but look back
with IMings of thankfulness and grati-
tude to God, who had preserved the
health and usefulness of Mr. Clayton,
and irho had made him so great a bless-
bg to the neighbourhood. As connected
irith an adjacent place of worship, he
could fully sympathize with the difficul-
tiM eonaected with the tenure of land in
fti diaCxiet. It seemed as though it were
impossible to obtain a piece of
on which it was right and pru-
; to csptnd public money for Sabbath-
pmzposes. He therefore cordially
fwgi atnlitfid the church and congrega-
lioa upon their good fortime, and he felt
ihat, having obtained a piece of

ground, the question of money would be
no obstacle to their progress in tins im-
portant undertaking. The popular mind
was beginning to feel and appreciate the
value of education; the safety of the
country depended upon it; and it was
the conviction of every Christian church
and congregation that that education
should be based upon religious principles.
Knowledge was power, but the question
of how that power was to be exercised
depended entirely upon the moral in-
fluence which was brought to bear upon
its possessor. Two and a-half millions of
the rising population of thii country were
brought, firom week to week, under the
spiritual care of three hundred thousand
gratuitous Sabbath-school teachers. The
Sabbath-school, then, was a main instru-
ment in moulding the future moral cha-
racter of these young people, and the re*
collection of this fact should show the
vast importance of entering upon the pre-
sent undertaking with promptness and
liberality, and then they might look to
Ood for a blessing upon their efforts.

The resolution was then put and car-
ried.

Edward Corderoy, Esq., in an able
speech, moved a resolution to the effect,
that a subscription list be entered into,
and that a committee be appointed fbr
receiving donations and carrying out the
purposes of the foregoing resolution and
statement.

The resolution having been seconded
by Joseph Payne, Esq., In his usual racy
and characteristic style, and supported
in a few words by Edward Edwards,
Esq., of Champion-hUl, it was put and
carried tinanimously.

A vote of thanks having been passed
to the chairman, the dozology was sung,
and the meeting separated.

Nearly £1000 was received in pro-
mises by the treasurer, previously to the
termination of the proceedings.

ALBION OHAPBL, SOVTBAKVTOir.

Ok Tuesday, October 17, the services
connected irith the ordination of the
Rev. William Roberts, as minister of
Albion Chapel, Southampton, took ^lafiA«

724 H<

' Th» Ber. 8. B. Fucb, Putor at iIk-
Baptkt C&UMh, in BMC-atreat, opcat-d
tfa* lawaing wrriM by raaHing tbe
Sariptnrai mad pnyar. Tha ELmt. J
' WiMdwwk de&iud the nU«r« asd omi-
■tiMtiaii at Apo*toli« Cbwrohe*. In thi
VnaT^daUa abMiioa of tha Bar. EdwmrL
GilM, of Nnrpott, Ur. Woodwtric ali.i
pnpned tha iubbI qiuatuaa, to whlth
Hr. Bob«ns r^ed. by MttiBg forth hi:
Tiawa of nh^rfj.^ doctrine, tha ne\ •:
iriueh lad hia Aim into thaiu"Liitalij,«nd
ikmi to uoapt tha m11 of ih* dianh c
AlbMnGhapd, Thk mi fi^vad by

R. lanoattv. ta tha dbot, dut the
UsMMt cotdUlitjr and ntxaoimity pw-
T*d»d tlie dhunh ia itgird to Ur.

Tha detjgn rtJ Qn pnyai wm «&nd b;
the Te&enble pMtor ot tin eluuelk Abo^-e
Bar, tha Bar. Thimtaa AdhlMt the
charge to the young nuniater waa 4c-
Uwed by hia late tutor, tha Bar. 1.
Wataon, ofBaokney ColUge) tha lUv.
Biohard Sakhlejr oloaed tlM aerriM with
pnyer.

In the eretuDg the Rev. A. Uadsren,
fi.A., of the Baptut Chapel, Portland-
atreet, opeocd the aerTice, after whiclt
tJu Bm, T. Archer, D.D., of Londoii,
addreaaed the church and congregatiDu
in a diacouTM of great power.

Ia the interral of the public Berrioea a
large number of miniitera and frimda'
aal down to a cold coUatian in the Let-
tuie Boom of the chapel, whan, after the
tiaual expreaauina of loyalty to the Quean
and the Boyal Paaaily, speechea of great
cordiality and aynpalhy with the young
miniater and his frienda were delivered.

The intereat of the aervlce vaa mnch
hrightaned by rafereiice feelingly made
by Mr. Adkina, to hia having taken part
in the ordination of Mr. Boberta' iathei.
at Oldham, twenty-aeren yoara ago, and
by tlic presence of Stephen Smicfan.
Esq., of Croadal, one of that fainteil

The impreasioD made by tha entlrt
aerricea will not aoou be efiaced from the
memory of thoae who were present ; they

H'iTi! highly eacouiAging aod tnll of pro*
mine for the fulute harmony and pros-
poril7 of the Cause of Christ in the
(>Dpnloui diatriot by which Albion Chapel
is BUTTomidcd.

OsWeduesday.tliG i;)lhof Seplembei,
services were held in tho Independent
Chapel, Duko-strvvt, ^MiitvhaTcn, to eat
□purt Mr. Henry Sanders to the paa-
toTSU' of the chuich and congiegaudu
worshipping in that place.

The Rev. J. Ilind, of Carlisle, rend the
Scriptures aud prayed.

The lUv. A. Jack, U.A., of Shiclda, i
then delivered an appropiiate introductoiy
discourie. The usual queationi were aslied
by the ItcT. W. Srewis, of Penrith ; the
ordination prey cr was oSercd by the Rev.
Jtioalhan Harper, of Alston (the oldeat
minisler in IhccounLy). The ch&j^e to
the minister vraa given by the Rev. F. J,
Fulilmg, M.A., Theological Tutor of Ro-
tliethnm College.

lu the evcDiog a sermon 'was pieoeked
by the ^v. Jiuuea Parsons, of Yorkt
thuseleciKed by his usual eamestneaa
and pDHpr. The aerticcs were deeply
iuleresting nnd iiuliuctive.

Mr, S.iQders' settlement is a iLnanir
moua one, and there is a prospect of
happy aad uieful labours.

Tbb Rev. J. Morxisoa Hewic, Inte of
Aberdeen, bos accepted the cordial and
unmiiiuous tall of tht; church and congra-
gnliuii in this town, and entered upon
his labour* oil Sunday, tho l£th of
October.

The Rev. E. Jeffi-ry, of Emsworth,
Hants, haring received and accepted the
eonlinl end unanimous inntalion of the
churrh and congregBtion vF>ishipping in
tlie IndciKndenl Chapel at Oulton, Nor-
fulk, has entered on liia stated labours
there wit]i prospects of bucc^m.

ilfltsstonarp ^agajtnt

CHRONICLE.

726

MUilOXABT MAOASm

SOUTH AFRICA.

TIIIT OF THl SBT. B. TORiff TO

dr tta BAKI

Asnaoci for the safetr of his ioii4ii*law. Dr. liTingston*, who^ i
further prosecution of his resesrches in the interior of the eoimtr
been long absent, Mr. Moffiit left the Kunmum Station on the 28id
alt., to proceed northwards^ in the hope of lettning some tidings d
The Taried incidents of his joomej are communicated bjMr.Mo&i
long and interesting letter addreved to Mrs. Moffiit^ then staji
Colesberg, and firom which letter the sulgoined extracts aio taken.

It will be in the leeottsetion of mai^ of our readers that^ in 18G
Chief Sechele and Ua paoph, vliila dwdling in peace on the Kok
were savagelr aMaeked bj the emigrant BoecB» their town destroyer
themsehes compsHed to seek another mtfttm.

Preriousl J to ftia erant the ehisfa eUar children had been sent \
Kuruman for ednaatinn, and, at a later period, the jonnger childioi
also committed to the diarge of Mr. and Mra. Moflht^ wUdk will sa
explain some af the anuaiona in Mr. M.'s letter.

aicimow Bff

" Jobs h ISM^TUa
sad ttarti% ev^, resikai
kmmbM, tichrWi absiiu He
pssy cMBS oat a little wsf Is aMil nt i he
appeared cbeeilU and ^hd to Me Bt. Wlm
we haltod hii wife aad cbUdrea cum to
greet oi, all pretty well dreued. Iseb hai
a tery neat tiger-tkin karoM oa aboffS ths
other clotldDs ; they look SMch ths aaaa si
when they left na, Scheie esd BastaaDg
iDQch grown. After a palaver and malael
inquiriet, we weal over Is Secheleni village,
which lies on the other lUs sf s gdl|y» smI
ckMe under a bold pvedpHooi hill; the town
it properly on the top of the hill» whieh I
hope to visit to*Biorrsw. We entered
Sechele's large loloepa (or ootwtrd soar! or
indoture), and mt down In a booth very
neatly made, with s hard dees floor occupy-
ing one end of the indoenre. Ma Sebele
(Sechele't wife) tat la what we call the
▼erandAh, and the daugjiten tat on a carpet
of skin, and were tewing tomething like
calico. Maids were atteadlsf to large
pots on the fire. The oonrti, bsek yardt,
&c., through which we patted, were all well

Bverfthing
BBlepleaty* ly and by the conteoti
sf ths pete «an SftplM into deen^
heiHi. One irith an aaiple em
flieid btlsei mf eanpanioni end
WKh saoh S clean tpoon ; and the bo
the dllh toon testified that we did jt
the psiridge. They mntt haTC co
that ws came fatting. Other indi
Including Jan Khatlaae, drew near t4
we^ Sechele, KhosiUntti, and Batia
brothert, and a couple moreb were
Secfade told the intniden they cou
S walk lomewbere^ from which I g;
thai he did not with them to partaki
coBverHUioB.

A pALAtaa.
" Sechele firtt put on rather a loi
and detcribed hit Poverty-stricken coi
with regtfd to ammunition. This
howeisr, fme toon settled* not mael
tatitfactlra. He next iaqnired vhi
would tottdt Motelekatie to 9Sh\
cheng, the paramount chief of the 1
goato, to return to the Bakuenas, wh<
wat taken pritoner when a youth. I
he beUef ed I wat the only person wh
obtain hit manumittion. In reply ]
stocked with com, pumpkint, and dried the extreme diflkulty there was in

* Intelligence of the safe arrival of Dr. Livingston at St. Paul de Loanda, on th
Coast, on the 31st May, has since been received in this country. — Ed, Mistkmary Ckt

P0& DECEMBEE. 1854.

727

rferiDg with the chiefUinihip of
I wu awire that the captive wu
md proper chief of the Baman-
that that people still loved him,
that he would one day he de-
l reig:n over them ; and I should
n being able to obtain the free-
a one ; but what would Sekhomi*
. question no one could answer,
fair was, I feared, altogether
s for a missionary to touch. I
: was one way in which it might
id, and I might escape a large
5 blame. As he was under the
echele when taken by the Nata-
(ht send a message, or rather an
ition, to Moselekatse, that Ma-
srmitted to return to his friends,
Moselekaste ask my opinion on
I might express myself in a way
t aid in getting the captive freed ;
present I would make no pro-
ing an affisir requiring wisdom,
I Divine direction, which I should
eek.

SUMMONS TO SCHOOL.

time the sun was nearly down,
took the bell (the one you gave
and rang away, passing up a
le to warn those in the upper
e might have spared himself the
10 one came. It was the call to
went thither to a tolerably welU
le of wattle and dab, close under
^ng precipice. It looked well so
is concerned, but the floor was
ee inches thick of dust. Jan
iras there, Sechele's children, Ma
I three or four more. All had
, and Jan read with tolerable
id modesty the last chapter of
er singing a hymn), and then
mn, after which reading corn-
had asked the young people
many they had taught to read.
>iit one answer from every one of
people will not let their children
Mr be taught themselves. For me

h the pTMent chief of the Banum-

it a Motnto of the Oriqiut Town
. .. wjm Seohele inritad to reside there
M fai tha work of iaatntotioD, and is

to talk to the people would be like talking to
the echoing rocks aronnd. But I lectured
Sechele. I told him that although he had no
right to compel his people to believe, or even
to attend Divine service, he had a perfect
right to insist on their learning to read, it was
a thing against which they had no law ; and
if he had the means he ought to enforce the
duty of their learning to make and mend
wagons, guns, and tools, which might in-
crease their comforts as well as their riches.
* If I were like the Matabele chiefs I ooold
do so ; but, as I am, no one will listen to me,'
was his reply.

A OOMBSnC 8CBNK.

** June Sth.^This morning, after break-
fast, I went over to Sechele, and found
Madame S. (his wife) sitting on a skin in
the loloapo mending her lord's braces.
Sechele soon made his ai^iearance, and I
commenced praising her for her industry ; for
she had other articles of dress which she was
putting to rights. « Yes,' said Sechele ; 'she
has been well taught at the Kuruman. How
should I get on without her ?' This was so
far good. A number of persons being now
present, I enlarged on the blessings of
civilisation, and pointing to the numerous
bracelets of beads on their legs, asked what
were these things for, but to hinder them
from running away from the Boers, or any
one else who wished to catch them. Some
laughed, while the dames pitied me for my
want of taste. Ma Sabele keeps herself tidy
and clean, the girls too, and have always
their little t^gtr karosses on, whidi are made
with great neatness and taste. His little
boys as well as Scheie (the eldest son), are
well trousered. His little children seem to
think they have a perfect good right to play
about my knees, and are highly amused to
see some of their playmates scamper off with
fear, as if I were going to eat them. Sechele
gave mc a hint, and we retired into the house
which is large and comfortable, with a fire in
the centre of the one half, the other being
partitioned l!or a bed-room. Two or three
tolerably good chairs and a very respectable
table, with a gnn i» two, bullet pouches and
powder horns suspended on the walls. A
bowl of porridge was placed before me. I
had breakfasted, but just tasted ; theu came
a dish full of boiled com and some other

728

MHUONABT MAmAMMMM

tMfi Itoi we Ml togvlhtr ta
IM for iv« hourtt 1m wutad to Imio Ui
talkoad thoBtolMorMiM. Woweroaloot*
•ad ooly oov oad Umb latoRviilid I17 u lo*
foinr aboot ioom dawwtic arrtagOMBte, m
to Cbt diviMoa of the iesh of ui ox wUeh
hod beeo ihmgfatered, Ae., Ac. NoCirith-
fteodhif theie little Jolte we centfaiocd our
pelofcr.

Ihefr I
tea

** It wee oo very aeriooe Ml^Mte, ead So*
ehele ceo eppeer grave whether he feelt lo
or aot. The flnt eol^ect wee the otter in-
penitenoe of the Bakuenat, hie eodeovoon
to show them o better wegft end how he hed
lehoored to cooviaee them of the foottthoeta
of eendiof their ehildreo to Boguera aod
Bogale*— hot oooe,— m, oot ooe, wooM
Ikteot addieg that he ead other chielt hed
Boi saflcieBt power over the people» who
might kUl him ee they hKl done hie lather
Noehoetele, if he oppoeed them. I replied
thet I wet grieved iadeed to eee the herd-
nem of their hearts. Ho reaserked theft
Uvtegaloa, whom he atyled Monrti or ho-
aatla^ saw this, and waa grieved, aad hod
waned them again and again that their ob-
stinate refusal to be instructed or ellow their
children to be uugfat would compel him to
seek another people. He then pointed to
the Bakhatia and the Baharutse, who had
also had English teachen, who were es hard
as his people. I, of course, commented on
these things, which I need not here repeat ;
adding that if the Bakuenas continued in that
state, Ood would certainly visit them with a
heevy rod, when they would be mede to feel
that their snffierings et Semane were only a
warning to them to humble themselves.
PBOTser AOAUcer hbathsn oustoms.

** I next introduced the subject of his chil-
dren and the Boyalei for I was informed
that he had called them, and asked them
what they thought of the eeremony ; when
they would give ao answer, though doubt,
lees their hearts longed to be in it. I entered
fUly into the cese, and, Uking the New
Teatament, pointed out his duty to his chil-
dren, and referred to Joshua's decision,
also to Sephni and Jantye, where these im-
moral customs had ceased, and asked if the
were better or more noUe than
« XiatBsiit ttaehcr.

flomeealllag,llwMddbi
thdy to hiadcr oaa from aachlaglol
trading like SaaMsd (Mr. U«m«^ a
to sketoh aadmaima hUhaaddrii
Bobart(tha eoa of the writer), or li
ia wood or iroa. AU thna man M
lo tha Older aad wen beiag of ndeli
AOsaaao aao oovme v^ire i^B^seam oa
aad imparted aolhiag lo the kadMdM
pride and impadaaes. I had hen 1
ewer of the woridag of theae babfo
toasa for more than thirty yean, aa
heea ia a loloapo amoqg a eel ef 1
glrlt (aone of them old enoogh to hi
lied) aU ia a etate of aadity; aad wo
lUow hie childreay who coald read the
of God aad sing hk praisee in thri
language, who had been nnrtored \
kaowledge of Divine things at the Kor
to wallow in such obeeenity ? This
poser. lleaaidKerAMleooe'^waa vm
thenish, having lived so long away fro
before he sent her to as. At this m
Bantsang t entered, with her fine mild :
gent countenance. We paused, and,
left the threshold, I reminded him '
wish that she and Sebele should be a!
to remain one, two, or even three years
our care. Had he done so, tke^ woul^
been so completely weaned from heat]
habits that, on their return, they woulc
looked on them with disgust. But
Ue would take all, and employ th(
different parts of his town, to teach hi
pie. And where, / otiMf, is the indi
they have taught, and where is the s]
which any of them has gone to invii
children to a lesson ? He replied wi
interjection, Aits^, know jfou the Bah
will not ; the mothers prevent the cfail
all are opposed; they will not hear
God of the whites (Makhoa), who, U
were to be judged of by their deeds,
conspiring together for the annihilsti
the native tribes. The interdict on a

* Hit eldest dmnghter, bom before the
the chief wife. 8be had ooaliaaed mth h«
ther till a thort tune before they came
Kanuiuui, Hid ilmye viiiio^d ■ttxAmnnl
cttttont.

t BaBtaug, ths yoonfsil of tboto we 1
oar house.

FOB DECEMBER^ 1854,

729

rg6d as a reitcm for this ditgnit
mnert of the Maihoa, I ad-
appearances were such aa to
nindant reaton to think to ; but
not the case, as the English
d the native tribes to unite in
He then took up the New
lad wished me to explain some
the nature of the resorrection
3or. i. He neit turned to the
same epistle, of a man having
wife, and the point he wished
to have explained was his being
er to Satan, which his own cir-
made him view as a serious mat-
made him perfectly understand ;
i aimed at was, why he oonld not
eived or re-instated as a believer.
r led very naturally to the subjeoC
Intended to deal with him in all
I told him plainly what was
character, and that his present
es rendered it impossible for him
ed into Church fellowship. After
lid on the subject, it being late,
ition dropped, and we separated.

I KKSPBCTING UISSIONABIKB
AMD TRADERS.

e, Friday. — I went to Sechele's.
d, he and his wife were sitting
tair by the fire. My fellow tri-
also there, and the two brothers
After all, the family is wonder-
ed in civilization. Sechele gave
I of the hardships of the tribe,
•peated what he considered none
the prohibition of ammunition,
not willing to acknowledge that
If ahura to prevent hunters and
Muing into the interior, though
deny that Mahura sent such a
him. He enlarged on my going,
tsionaries generally, and said
not be hindered — they were sent
niey^ were neither hunters nor
brought nothing but supplies for
ir Karosses to give to friends as
r cariosities ; and that no man of
Bg would prevent such men.
roUbitkm on powder continues,
pennlssion to hunt would not
nid two years. After holding

forth for three-quarters of an hour Khoal*
tlntsi followed with another long yam.

POLinOAL DIVFICVLTin.

« He made a statemtat of focts about the
native tribes, the Boers and the English, and
deduced from these most logically that the
Boers and the English were united on one
side, and the natives on the other ; and ask-
ed most emphatically to whom they were to
look, the power and means of defence being
only with the whites. It was true what
Moffkt had said, that by allowing travdleti
and traders to pass, the Bakuenas stood a
chance of getting some powder ; but if such
were hindered 'they would get none at all.
He then gave some aecoinit of his visit to
the Bamanguato, where at a public meeting
the subject of tbehr pditieal rriation with
Sechele was discussed. * We dissolved con-
nections with him,' said Sekhomi. ' He
interfered with us about the Bakaaa,* and
took them from us, and so with another
tribe. He opened the road to the Lake
for the white people, and therefore he had
ceased to feel oonneeted with Sechele.
And now Moflht was coming to penetrate
the road to Moselekatse. Why was Mosele-
katse so anxious to see him sending anon for
him to go ? Was it not to open uplhe road
thither, that travellers may go to him aa
they do to the Lake ?

*' The time required for such a journey waa
then introduced by Sechele. 'You will
return here,' said he, *in the seventh month.'
I stared at him, but he continued, * You will
reach Sdchome^s easfly with this moon (alioat
ten days), and with next noon you will
reach Mosdehatse ; and if he loves yomas he
always did he wOl keep you two months ; and
if you go as you intend, to seek Livingston, it
win be nearly two nnniths more, and then
you will be only at the end of the Journey. '
I said I should make my sUy as short as I
could, returning from the M akololo country
to Moselekatse, and from thence a more
direct road hither if practicable.

DISCVSSIOir ON PROPHRCT.

** The party was now supptied with food,
and Messrs. Chapman and Edwards, after
eating, withdrew, when Sechele introduced
a new to^c, the one which I had partially

* A trib« once tributary to Sekhome, and took
refofo with SMliolt.

mUIONART HAGAXm

780

iwr'f'f™' tiM pnetdiDg d&f. It »M «a
jKojbKj, aad Iha qvcttioa wm it pnphcta
•till cxiiUd. Hi* mind htdbeea p»rticobrt]r
dnwn lo thcM^feet from ntdiiii; the OU
, UM bUi of the pnpbet* of
I told him the tge irheii
Ofbili uid pruplire; Mued
abeisfind, scd thu thoie in the
« the lole [eveliUoa of
t h« vrauld do till the lut
d aU the de*d from that
(ram hencefoTtb no human
xM U etenl, the ipirit of
eaucd to be impirted, tbtt
Ood't whole eMUud wu dow written, and
it wulh^i

Wb«

d Only n

laihe

i ■ppeinncci, ■
Skviow nnnaikad about nin aad fair wea-
lb«r> TbMt (naeUttg naa called prophecj-
lagt fetlnrt^Me, I tell the Balnienai who
bear ne, that if Ihaj wilt not Men lo ia-
itcnctian, and learn to read God'i word, ihat
thef will remain ignorDnt, die in tgaorance
of tha SaTMHir, die mueiatilj' naJ go M p«r-
dition. To tall of erenti apart from retela.
lion whieh will happen l« indiridnali or
nationa waa bejond the power of man.
Piunling to aman who bad the bide* sua.
pended at hia neek, I taid tb^ poor dark
benightod mortal peranadca himaelf that he
can fortel with thaw plajthingt wbethn
he will kill same ;
if he will get hia ttomaeb Slled there.
What a treat i
aaodt of Heathen* to talk wttb a man who
knowi the acriptam. Once he gazed at me
like one lott in thought, and uid, ' Hoflkt
jnil hear me, I cannot ccaae lo wonder at
the thing! written in (he Old Teitameat —
tlnnge thing) ; I tometimet ttop abort and
atartle at what J read, and aik, I« tbii the
word of God ? 1 go back, and read again
and again, yei, there it ii, clearer than
ever. Who could hare propheaied that I
(botild ever read inch Ihinga in the Sechnaiia
language i tbingt of wonder, thinp of ter-
ror, thing! good, thingi bad, eierr thing to
teach, eTCry thing to warn. Veriljr, how
few good kingi there were in thoae daji.'
' Are there more now ?' I enquired. ' Trtllf ,'
Mid be, ' joo moat know. Ttee an ttsue

■ ProfDotUcatiBi aiw.

here; bnt the UngawbDhaietbeOld TMt-
mcnt ought to be good, for the; en nid
what became of all bad one*, and how grad
God was to the good ooei ; and t'nl «ji
Ibese Ihlngi ire written (at our initincliai.'

" After aame roore oonvenation «i (Ik
riTCi and death] of the uin(a, I iiarud in
company with Kbollintae to take a lartrj tl
thediArent village* in the hiUt, which uru
mgged a* yon can powiblj coticeiic of, il-
tording ihcUer for Ihoosandi. Agreilnrie-
tj of erergreens cover the hills, ihoogli Am
appean to be very little toiL The hilU at
compoied of coene hard aanditoee, wilk
many rounded pebbles, and aome agitci en.
bedded — stones of aU ibapca nA am,
•ome piled ooe above another i> mgic
block! to a gital height. Many of lUr
conical hull are perched on the higW
point!, but noitly in the boUow! when tn
hilU join ; bat ttill, among the stenei, R*na-
ly ■ bit of path !(raight. On two lida J
(be liill*, which may be OMaidMod «|^p*i^
able, ire Urge walb of looae itDM^ |U
np about Ave feet Ugh, b^ad -Mk
maAaman are iBtendail to ewtfifc flib*
advea ihonld as m»A be OMda. 0» M
tpoti, at tb* bottom of the taDI^ Am m
eowidenUa villagea «f the trib* iMi
ham naiapiil from the jakm et ObBw^

romid the una to two very lM|i lOipi ■
the aman plain at Um <Mi of ap
pert «( the UIl^ nd wUrii a^ •
about thrae thomaad lahditnli.
are of the Bakona tribe*. After a i

daAneai, wltbont an Inqmy aboqt MsMf
bnt bow tbqr maj obtain powdM wi f^

vrnrdinmglitbMeTill^w, aWlMMI
aikd nAj KBt, fiveiUj mdwMrftt*
panage, 'And th* ~ ~ ~
ahall alng,' mjr
thonaand* r^^dag in God**
nuking the Ugh pcriae* of Jehovah la Mfei
from roek to rei^ Codd tUi ba mial
bowwilliai^ wvBld am i^mt,»B»ifm
ot iihi. Bnw wt^*KH«a«iii^

rO& DECEMBER^ 1854'.

781

lial hat been done would result in the
UOB of these people. Thej hftye now
of food, and the dance and- the song
1. I torned towards the wagons with
adioly heart, and while walking tried
rm the mind of my goide, who is of
Ue and kind disposition. He seems
i that dvility is a cheap and useful
iditj lor this life, but to him the life
le is a phantom.

mftTIKW WITH THB CHIBF'8

CHiLDaaK.
Ith June, Saturday. — Since I came
sy time has been entirely taken up
t when writing by candle-light) at-
g to the best interests of the people,
at do all I wish to do, nor hear all I
like to hear. As Sechde wished me
t with his children, I went thither
fagr afternoon, and stopped three
We went to the Loabo, and Ope,
iaeoe, Kuanting, Bantsang and
a** were called. The young people
ked very grave, except Kirebolecoe,
wt on a smile, or perhaps a grin,
Uhrence. I commenced by telling
hat both you and I felt the deepest
t In their wdfare, that their own fa-
id done for them what no other chief
emmtry had done for his children,
[qr had possessed advantages which no
in this part of the country had done,
■■I pains had been taken to make them
id good, that they could not only read
wmd but understand much of it, that
Kuw surprised and grieved to hear that
1 this they wished to enter the Borate.
ted the Batlape Boyde, and sdd that
osed that of the Baknenas was the
Mad aaked them what that would do
B. I referred them to the women of
and other Christianized towns,
daughters Mary and Ann, and
if the Boyde would make them
■Ivea and mothers than these were ?
JktA a Christian damsd, and one just
i» Boyale ; and, that of the latter so
idkraua, they could not refrdn from
f§» After a solemn talking to them
and eterm'ty,! concluded by stat-
I was, and how grieved you
that they were opposing the
8d»de the eldest ton.

wishes of their father who was determinatdy
against their conforming to that heathen cns-
tom. ISee Ensnaring,'] Sechde then opened
the Old Tettamant, and turning to the 17th
Chapter of Genesis, handed the book to me,
and requested of me to read and explaiB it to
them. I did so, and showed its uses, and
how it was abrogated under the New Dis-
pensation. This done, I dosed the book,
when Sechde took up the subject, and cer-
tainly if ever father talked fdthfnUy to his
children Sechde did. After a pause he
asked them what they wished to do, and
what they would do if left to their own
judgment. I repeated and re-repeated the
question. They were obstinatdy silent, the
younger vrdting for the dder to speak first.
At last Ope opened her mouth, and sdd

* My fisther oppresses me.' I startled, and
asked, ' Because he objects to your going to
the Boyde ?' • Yes,' she replied. * Then,'
said I, * you are a very wicked girl. Are
yon wiser than your father ? or that book ? '
pointing to the New Testament, * which says
Children, obey your Parents ?' The ice was
now broken. Kirebolecoe then sdd that if
Ope went she would go too. Kuanting sdd
the same. Sebele, dtting at my right hand,
came bolt out, saying, * I do not vrant to go
to the drcumcidon. I will not. * No,' sdd,
I, 'because you will be a man like your
father.' • Kor do I wish to go,' sdd
Bantsang, and was commended. Sechde
then resumed, and addressed the three ddest
with great earnestness. He reasoned well,
and his threatenings were just and proper.

* You eat my food, you wear my clothes, you
are under my care and protection, you are
mine. I am tour fathke.' This he sdd
with great emphasis. * Dare to run away to
grieve me, and put me to shame before those
who have taught me and taught you better
things !' The meeting was then broken up.

A aABBATH WITH THK CHIKP, HIS PAMILT,
AND PKOPLB.

**llth June, Sabbath. — This morning
prayer-meeting was held after sun-rise. I
did not go. I have to ask Sechde, why
ke only prayed and that twice, when three
of my men were believers. Afterward the
bell rang for school, which I attended. The
readers were those you know, with two at
three more wVio VuA XtasnV iX Yj(^s^mssi%—

te Mr

balthii it imif% dajte a hamini m to
It it hoftnwr yhwiiiy to iM
Schoal om--«te Ml
■bosi 400 adnllt cm.
, tkehoMtfid aoi ImU tlM totf ,
ImI Um odMn tKt dott rauMl tiw wallt
ostHOSy ind IS thott m wy pifvitst to
tke voket thej heard tbont at vtll at thote
widriB ; the aiaM, iadadiag the ahBdrm
ooteide, wot perfecUj iflMit. I lead the
ItCk Matt, with a wwd of csplaBatioa hare
avi tfaare, aad tbea eipoondad from vane
S4to27or the 16lh Chap. Matthew. The
chief maa were therefrom neariy dl the
JM fe ieai viDagei, aad Kiteiied with narfcad
atleatioB, whieh I tolidtcd on aceoaat of
their not bein; accoitomed to the tones of
mj Toice, nor the subject oo which I was
goin; to spetk. I was glad to find after-
wards that I was well understood, or at least
much better than I anticipated. After an
inter? al, the bell ran; again ; bot oh ! what
a falling off! Betides oar company there
were only Sechele and his wife and childrea,
and a few domestics. Aftersenrice commenced,
about a couple of dozen more came. I read
the 1 7th chap, of 2nd Kings, and commented
ehieflj on the 13th, Htb, and 18th, 19th, and
20th verses. Ma Sebele appears really a good,
sensible, and humble woman. She may soon
give birth to another heir to royalty. I saw
Kari, the brother of Bantsang, who wu a
captive and redeemed by Vilyven ; he is a
fine little fellow, as sprightly aad active as
Scheie, and well clothed. Sebela behaves
well. Kerebalechoe is a# ihi wom — less in-
teresting than the rest, though growing like
her father; but clings to old habits. Ha
prayed for his children this morning, that
Ood might pity them, and open their under*
itaadiags to see the fboUshuess and widied-

«Lefe m aM

to4»«Hlf IflB
• th^

yoahe makes hit hrothavaaid p
aoleauMilMi gram nhM he 9H
these things. BalWMm tka tervl
Hthlifh, 1 1 toid ha yarallyis
tha valif to tha rocky hrav of «l
hiU, with Us haok to read aac
akiM. These are all fteU I wriAe
eouidtat thay will do your heart
aBeoanga yoa ia prayer far hii
ftmiy. Alltr a abort interval ea
lighted. I aeeompanied Saehale i
his domestics, ay travelling compaa
people, aad a finr other, to the p
the shock af an earthquake would t
aeath anannoat naaset of over hai
On the way thither I asked him
any particular panige which he
haia aiplaiaed. He said, • Yet ;' t
tering the house took a Testament
and 18th venes of the 16th Cbapu
I was rather taken by surprise, a
gneu why he seleeted such an eat
subject ) as perhaps, with the eso
domestic or two, he was the onlj
had his wite there, and she silt
right hand. Peihape the worth
Old Testament, which he has
avidity, had perplexed him. Tt
which the hymn vras being sung ^
long winded, and it gave me time
my thoughts, and look to heaven
When 1 read the verses which
saw had been pointed out to n
husband, she looked at me aad tta
with rather a kindly smile. Ail
of exordium oa the stability aad <
the Divine word, from the 17tl
catered fully into the subject of
and said more than I thought I i
I, of course, referred to the first
of marriage, enlarged on by oui
referred to the disorder in families
eat mothers ; Solomon's harem,
* Mtanrt. Ck^mstt sad Edwa

FOB DBCBMBB&, 1864.

783

him. Wherm a divorce was law*
I part of either party, and the eon-
I of vnlawful divorce. Pftnl'a lan-
the Corinthians on adultery. If I
i large congregation I had a most
one ; it being a subject not often
a text, though often referred to.
vice I went with Sechele and his
heir house, got a bason of milk,
I awhile and left them, giving them
eral directions how to conduct re-
atters. Knowing that Iwasvrrit-
rsquested to be most affectionately
red to you. Ma Scheie did this
teh feeling, both testifying how
atefttl they felt for the live days I

had spent with them. I ean oaly pray for
them till my lelan, when I hope to be able
to give them t second benefit. We hope to
start to-morrow morning, to reaeh the Ba-
manguato some time next week. I shall en*
deavonr,soferasinmelies» to serve the cause
wherever I am ; and I tmst God in his mercy
will accept and own my imperfeet serviee in
the kingdom of hii Son. I wonld have liked
vrell to have written to one or two indi«
viduals, but this was impossible without cur-
tailing more important duties, lamthankliil
to my heavenly Fsther that I fisel so weiL
Though occasionally exposed, I catch no
oold."

POLYNESIA,

5E OF THE "JOHN WILLIAMS" TO NEW HEBEIDES

AND NEW CALEDONIA.

oZ of the Bev9. A. W. Mubbay and J. P. SuHDXBLAin), concluded

from page 240.

ing Fate on Tuesday evening (2nd
r, 1853), with a fair wind, on the
Thursday morning we made the

JLOTALTY GEOUP.

irst pkce at which we called in
p was the small island of

TOKA.

Samoan native teacher Solia, who
Bd on this island, came off to the
liis canoe. He gave us a fiivourable
' the state of things amongst his
He says the natives are kind and
be instructed. Five of the more
act as assistants. A new house
bnilt for him since we were last
"be whole station exhibits an air of
vliieh reflects great credit both upon
e and the teacher.
It one hundred natives living on the
^ we last called, have left for
a Hare. They were conquered in
eriy, and fled to Toka for safety :
Iftt gospel is taking hohl of the peo-

ple, they have been invited to return to their
own lands. We thus are permitted to see
the fruits of the gospel springing up amonpt
them, causing them to overcome their pre-
judices, and to live in peace and goodwill
irith those whom they once considered tiieir
enemies. The population on this island is
but small ; yet as the people were so anxious
for instruction, and Solia was not c^Mble of
taking a large district, he seems to be well
located.

"Leaving Toka about 11 o'clock (a. m.)
we stood for

MARB.

*' We were opposite the principal station,
Knama, on Thursday evening. Make, a
Barotongan teacher, came off in a small
canoe. We were obliged to stand i^for the
night. He gave us a report of the state of
the work at his station. There is not much
alteration since last year. The people attend
services, are exceedingly anxious for instruc-
tion, and many can read and write.

UISSIONABT BflOAlIXB

•«0b Mlijr MMniBf, November M, we
west oa ihoreaad nelUiecUcfr end people^
wIm geve os a eonlial weleonae. Several
■ew pleeterad coiteget hid beee elected eiBee
owlMkvWt. We aneabled the Mtives im
tiM large ehapeUand belda paUie tervke*
We enfened our tlunkftilBen §ox tke nod
we Mw deiog waompIL tkea, and gave tkea
a word of eaooongeiaeBt. After aerviee,
thej bfoaght vi a praeeat of yamt, nigar
eeae, Ac. Tbe tUag, however, which ear.
priaed 01 moet aad aflbrded the moet strikiag
praof of their eenett deiire for a liutloaarjr
wai» that they have alrcadj erweiid m Aenft

tered cottage^ the roonit are kfty, aad the
boildiBg refleeta great credit npoa the alull
and iadoatry of the people. It ia ilfty^foor
feet lon^ and thirty wide, aad coataiaa aiz
roomi. The wotIl haa all heea doae bj the
aativea, the teachers haviag merely anperin-
teaded them. Sorely a nxMre inviting iidd of
labour never ofliBred itaelf to oor notice,and
the people are crying for help. AMiaaionary
might land, oecnpy hia honae, and commence
at OBce hia labonra withoot ezperiencing
tlioae diiBenltiea which are generally oonae-
qoent on flnt entering a new field of Mia-
aionary labour.

'* There are ten natives employed at this
station as assistants to the teachers. They
help in the schools, and visit tbe villages
which are still heathen. There has been no
war on the island since tbe commencement
of this favourable state of feeling towards
Christianity. One half of tbe island is indeed
still professedly heathen, but the people live
in peace with their neighbours. The heathen
acknowledge that the totu is a good thing,
but they say that they are not yet prepared
to dispense with their many wives. The
women are made to do all the hard work,
whilst tbe men employ themselves in fishing
or sleeping. The cluefs have many wives,
and they consider it a mark of distinction.
They look with wonder upon the Christian
party, because they have been able to make
tbe sacrifice on account of the lo/u, by re-
taining only one wife. The teachers occa-
sionally visit them, and there are a few
amongst this party who profess to be lotu.

" We removed one of the teachers from
this station owing to some reports detri-

loUt

by HaviBg Taavaa aBs wHby

•• Wt left KauM a BMlt

on Mkyte the olhcr

Meit^MMiyi

It
ata

tag. The!
He also gave a ftivoanbia npott of l
tiietmidarhiaeMa. Tlw peop le are
rapid progreaa. A co MrfJ er e Me nima
nad aad initio and may attend the
BMOtfaw. AH theae ner a oaa nniiiaa
ahaadoaed all haethea enatoma. to ha
one vrife, and to conform their eon
the strict mlea of outward oMMality.
are fifty-aiz candidatea for baptism, anc
native aaaiatanta. They have also
hooae for a M iaaionary, a neat, comi
plaatered cottage, forty-eight feet by i
four, and containing nine rooms. T
Und to the teacher, and regular in t
'tendance on the means of grace. ^
on shore on Saturday afternoon. The
brought us a present of yams for the
We selected Poito and vrife, Rarafe
to nnite with Mika in the work at t
tion. They were landed on Saturda
noon, and the people seemed pleaM
the addition of another teacher.

** We had the pleasure of attend
services on the Sabbath-day. The
was full, and the congregation most al
to the instruction communicated,
highly important that the present fiivt
state of feeling should be taken advani
The teachen arc doing all they can
atruct the people, but they can onl;
them on to a certain point, beyond
more efficient agents are called for.

" On Monday morning, Nov. 7th,
onder weigh, and sailed for

LIPU.

** Having a fair wind, we found on
about 11 o'clock, opposite to Anere
the east side of the island. The wi
so strong that we could not by any poi
land opposite the Mission station,
solved on endeavouring to effect a 1
at the station where the Rarotongan
resided, towards the north side. It
a deep bay, and the wind blowing ix
it very difficult for us to accomplish

tOB D8C8MBBR, 1864.

785

I veitel nn in as doie as poitible,
nt off in thfi boat, taking with us
ing Barotongan teachers, Kakoroa
rife. We landed in safety. A
bar of the people were assembled
eh to meet us. The teacher, Pao,

pUstered cottage, forty-two feet

They are preparing to build a
el, and had nearly all the wood-
adiness. Pao came round to this
island shortly after the vessel left
i. He says that things are going
rhe people are very anxious to be

The whole of the island professes
f, with the exception of one chief
)f his adherents. The people were
sed with the addition of another
Things were also going on favour*
: other station under the care of
>amoan teacher. All the people

assembled expressed a with to
is with us ; but we were obUged
the honour, being anxious about
as she was lying off and on, wait-
turn. Wcf however, spoke a few
mcouragement to them, selected
I Uf accompany us to Samoa, and
I with our firieads on shore,
g Lifu on Tuesday evening, we
tend with contrary winds, so that
t reach Aneitenm until Sabbath
ov. 13th. We spent the Sabbath-
iteum. H. B. M. Ship the '* He-
at anchor in the bay. Captain
id several of the officers attended
services. The Aneiteumese were
h this act of attention on the part
tain. Here we parted with Mr.
veddie, who had accompanied us
age round the islands. We left
on Tuesday, Nov. 15th, for our
of call,

VE, OR SAVAGE ISLAND.

tedious passage of nearly seven
reached this island on Sabbath
anuary 1st, 1854, and found the
1 well. The old station, where
rated, is in a promising state. All
there have cast off heathenism,
Christianity. They refuse to join
I other customs contrary to the
behave very kindly to the teacher,
him gratuitously with food. We

were nnable to laad ai his ttatMni, owing to
the weather.

" T ^^nn^t thiim, the chief who had been
under instmction in Samoa, and was taken
bade to his own land last voyage, has been
of considerable servioe. He has acted very
oonsiBtently, and done all in his power to
assist the teadier, and indoot tiie people to
embrace the tmth.

** We held intercourse with the people of
Alofie, the new station al which Mose was
settled. Here something has been accom-
plished during the interval of our last visit.
Most of the people had on some article of
clothing, which wu a public avowal of their
reception of the totu. On our last visit there
was only one native who was not in a state
of nudity, so that oor attention was at once ar-
rested by this outward change. The teadier
has built a house, and they have erected a
temporary chapel, in which they conduct ser-
vices and schools« The attendance on the
Sabbath-day averages one hundred, and
twenty attend the day schools. They are
. making preparations for a new chapel.

" The teachers have prepared a spelling-
book and hymn-book, which they put into
our hands to get printed at Samoa. The
teachers say the work is very difficult, owing
to political circumstances. There are no
chiefs who can exert any great influence
amongst them. The strongest man is the
greatest chief; but notwithstanding all their
trials, the teachers are evidently doing good,
and have a hold upon the confidence and
respect of the natives. We had no teacher
to leave with them, but they urged upon us
the necessity of obtaining as soon as possible
three more. Those districts which have no
teachers are very anxious to obtain them, ar d
now feel jealous of their neighboun who have
them, and there is no doubt that if the
island is well occupied by suitable men, it
will tend to put an end to their petty quarrels.

** The teachers have had great difficulties
thrown in their way, and have been exposed
to fpreat personal danger, owing to the pro-
ceedings of H. B. M. Ship '* Calliope," Sir
E. Home. The principal facts are these ; —
This ship of war visited the island in Novem-
ber last to make inquiries respecting a ship-
wrecked party which had been drifted there
on a raft and in boaU. They lost moat of

MttnOMAET MAOAIIIIB

tte wkoto fmif lift tiM
enoM imny.

OffiB tiMirCUMCt
of tlM BtUfCt

lowered, whidi Mitlcnd the St*
led, brake Mae of tiMir euoM,

people, ead wo — ded two aiea. Omt off the
mi a dad pertjewiei on ilMte; the
befaif vaeble to do to, wee drofwoed.

■itiwei, wIm were kept et
roMMfrehki iTritf fief wei full
if tiM people oo abora. Thej teid the skip
bed eeoM to Tut tbe tcoebert,eod begged
wilb teen tbet tbey would go tod intercede
widi tbe people oo boeid to gife op tbcir
fdlow.ieoiuitr7BMB. Tbe teecbew lepUed
tbet tbej bed oo coonezioo wbetever witb
tbe fcnel, eed related to go off. Tbe Mit-
aiouiy ibip, tbej teid, wet the only Tcatel
c oBn cct odwiflitbemttteediera. Theywere
for toeae tboe in totpente it to tbetr own
tefstj. Wer wnt tbieetened egeintt tbem
end the people of tbe lend in which thej
were retidiog, on acooant of the proceedingt
off tbe " Calliope." Their own people en-
treated them to aeek refoge inland, but they
refuted to move. The next dey^they watched
the morementt of the Tcttel and went oft
in e canoe, bat they did not reach the thip.
They met, howe?er, with a chief and hit son,
who had been rdeated and pot o?erhoard out
attea; he informed tbem that the rett of hit
ooantrymen were pritonera on board the ship,
and tbattbey woold be tet at liberty the next
day. They all went athore. Early next
morning they met with three pertont who
had been put orerboard the preceding after-
noon. They had been twimming all night,
and came on thore early in the morning, Tery
much exhantted, narrowly etcaping a watery
gra?e. There were nine nativet remaining,
and they mutt either have been drowned or
killed by the people oppotite whote beach
they landed. They were put overboard when
tbe vettel wat tome dittance oat at tea, and
they woold not have been able to make their
own tillage. Two opiniont are entertained
bj thi Bathes at to tbe ctnie off their death.

Tktint b»tfai tlMf
dravMd al aen; tbi
oaibaraat a ptoee ealbid Aitftatet 1
pie off wbidi ptoee era bealBe to ti
people, and that tbey killed dMM
aoBeoniboio. Be tbnl aa it ai^,
io people made wn
tbrae off tbeir people, and
TktMBwbo ooetHMMod tbe alea
eaeaped tbe BM off war, b«t fell a
tbe anger off tboee m above; be
out to tea In a canoe to peridi then
offpnnUttaenttooennon aapoBgtt tbo
did 0!i f bwwtft tb^ wove to at
tbioogfa bit eondoct tbeir cbieff 1
killed.

" Tbe wife of Togia (tbe cbieff
ceived the teecber latt voyage),
at tbe beard that ber bntband ba
been drowned or mnrdeied, cc
taicide by throwing bertdff froo
dpice into the tea. Thnt by
doct and mitmanagement of 1
board the tbip of war, fifteen ia
have lott tbeir Uvea, tbe people k
aroated to war, and great difieid
been thrown in the way off tbe leecb
accomplishment off their benevob
amongst this people. The nativet <
Island, we well know, are a most
some peoiHe on board thip, but tor
upon them, tcatter and break the
and act in such a way as the *' i
is reported to have done, will n
poblic reprobation. We hope the
by thdr prudent counsels will be abl
measure to restrain the people froi
war ; but when once the evil passi
ignorant and heathen people have
cited, and blood shed, it is most d
restrain the contending parties.

** We landed the teachers' sup
the four nativet who had been i
under instruction for tome time. 1
highly delighted to meet their friei
left the island on Monday aftemo
fair wind for our own home, Samoi

"We reached Apia harbour, I
the 7th of January, 1854. We hi
for devout gratitude to Uod for
eyet have teen and onr ears have
the goodnett and mercy of our
Father to our ttationt in thewett

FOR BSCSMBBR^ 1854,

787

le Missionariet and teachen ha?e
«d in their ardaooi work.
erf from 'the west is, ' Come over
> us.' We lea?e that call with the
church ; the responsibility is with

her, and surely the call will be heard and
responded to, and a band of Cuthfnl men
sent out to reap the fields which are white
unto the harrest/'

HTTAHTNE, SOCIETY ISLANDS.

Bey. John Barff, one of the four Missionaries who in 1852 left
n consequence of the arbitrary restrictions imposed by the French
or, has since co-operated with his father, the Bev. Charles Barff, at
le, in the duties of that Mission.

le subjoined communication, Mr. J. Barff, after noticing the Mis-
serrices held at the Station in May, famishes a graphic sketch of
labours and death of a yenerable Christian chief, who in his early
d been the honoured instrument in putting an end to idolatry in
ye island.

MXaSIONABT ANNiyBRSART.

ITednesday, the 9th of May/' oh-
B writer, under date 12th Jnne^ult.,
iced the observance of onr May
, by a service, during which a ser-
preached from the words of our
oontained in the 17th chapter of
h verse, ' The world hath not known
Fh>m which passage was shown,
deplorable condition of the worid;
interesting facts upon which the
the world rested, * I have known
. Ac. ; and from thence the duty of
li was pointed out.
hursday, the 10th, our public meet*
idd, when several speeches were
pressive of thankfulness for many
Kperienced, and of a desire to pre-
ink-offertng to the Lord. The old
if, Hantia, grandfather to the ruling
Bd as president on this as on former
. la his address, he spoke of all
tUags the Lord had done for them
B thirty-six years that had elapsed
' irst met for a similar purpose to
h liad now called them together,
ii teatimony to the lovingkindness
f if the Lord, told them that he
ilivand should soon sleep in the
a ctrUi, that perhaps that might be
■e Ikal he should attend at such a
^ tkat he hoped they would never
le good work, bat carry it on with

increased energy and zeaL He also made* a
touching allosion to his many coadjutors in
the work who had all faUen asleep, and re-
marked that he should soon be with them.

" The subscriptions amounted to the snm
of 157 dollars, or £31 12«.
OBrruABT oy an agio christian CHiiy.

« P.S. 28th June. It is now my painful
duty to inform you of the decease of Hautia,
the president of our auxiliary society, and
acting ruler for his grandson, Teururai. Little
did I expect, when listening to his language
recorded above, that he wu so soon to realise
his anticipations. He had indeed presided
for the last time at our auxiliary ; for he has
now left the church militant for the church
triumphant. His death at the present time
is a serious loss to the island; the people
feel that they have been bereft of a father,
and a chief too, whose iniinence united and
kept in order the people under his grandson.
What may be the ultimate results of his de-
parture, or how the people will fill the vacant
office, we know not. But the Lord reigneth,
his purposes will stand, and no man is neces-
sary to his work.

" Hautia was bom at the moment when
one of the fiercest conflicts recorded in the
traditions of these islands was yet pending.
That conflict occurred at Raiatea soon after
the last voyage of Captain Cook, and the
battle was fatal to the greater portion of the
chiefr and winion ol l^xui\aiA« veA \o wx^

788

UIUIONAftT MAOASIVJi

nl of Hintift'i imin<tditt<» reUtivM. Is tte
ymn 1812.14, being then aetiog nkr te
Torataiia, he was on MooceA (£imeo), with
the wtrrion of Huahine, fbr tiM porpoM of
reasserting Pomare's anthoritj on TahitL
The precious seeds of Divine truth were then
beginning to bud on Eimeo, and Messrs.
Scott and Hayward had already wept with
joy at hearing the Toice of prayer re-edioed
!■ the valley ef Haetana.

** Haatia joined Mr. Davis's dass of cate-
ehnmens at Papetoai, and there became suffi-
ciently acquainted with the truth to be ear-
nestly desirous of establishing it on Hualiine.
For this purpose, at the dose of 1614, he
eierted his infloenoe and anthority fSw the
orerthow of idohitry and the deitnictioii of
the spirit-still, after which the natives were
then mad. He met with a formidable anta-
gonist in the person of another cliief, who
vras determined to uphold idolatry. While,
however, preparation for an attack was being
made, Hautia deputed some trusty warriors
to bring the gods from their temples, and to
use them for fuel with which to prepare the
feast that usually precedes their battles.
Having done so, a message was sent inform-
ing the adverse chief of the fact, and begging
to know for what he intended to fight since
his gods themselves wete dead. The imme-
diate consequence of this decided step was
the firm establishment of Christianity, and
that without anv bloodshed.

'* The Tear after the arrival of the Rev.
William Ellis and mv honoured father to la-
hour on these islands, viz., in 1819, Hautia
made his public profession of Christianity by
receiving the rite of baptism, together with
thirteen others, the only 8ur\'ivor of which
number is Tate, who I believe is yet engaged
in the service of his Lord and Master under
the superintendence of the American brethren
at the Sandwich islands.

'* Hautia was earnestly desirous of engag-
ing as a teacher to the heathen, and when
Mr. Ellis, together with the deputation,
purposed locating native teachers at the
Marquesas, while on their way to the Sand-
wich islands, he offered to be one of the
numlier ; and his offer was rejected solely
from the consideration that it was inexpedi-
ent to remove him from the island, where he
possessed an amount of inAuence ioT ^ooii
which he could not acquire e\scw\\cTc.

« In tlM f«fir 1835 Ui eewtiTj i
votedneu led tiie ^ndi to adeet
the ofltoe of deeooa, a BManze the p
of which a steady and diligent ei
weU-doing perfBctly jnatified. Ht
truly nsefnl assistant to my fisther
the few years that he activdy disdiar
duties of that offiee.

" At the ehiee of thoae fiew yean it
the Lord to afllict him with a sore
the entire loss of sight byamanra
him it was felt to be a sore trial inde
he wu shortly induced to acquiesce
ordered by him who doeth all thinj
and who is always gracious towards 1
drea. Though thns incapadtatedfroi
laboor, he became more eanest in (
an influence for good.

'* That in his days of weakuesi h
still engage in the public services, h(
small house adjoining the chapel,
dwelling there he might be said^nevi
part from the sanctuary.

'* An attack of measles was the io
occasion of his death. His end wi
though his departure was not withoi
On being observed by my father to i
was asked if he was at all anxioos si
future. His reply was, ' Oh, no ; I
anxiety in regard to myself. I am 1
my Saviour. I have served him, aoc
care for me.' ' Whv then do vou
* I weep for Huahine. I fear there
more troubles for the people after I s
This is the thought that grieves me.'

'* Shortly before he expired, he c
his family, and requested them to «
prayer. They did so, commendiug
the care of his gracious Saviour. .
hearts responded to the amen of tb
tioner, it was answered in heaven,
spirit was quitting its tenement of <
was in the presence of his God and
' Mark the perfect roan, and behold
right ; for the end of that man is pe

** With mingled feelings of sorrow
my dear father improved the even
death on the Sabbath following, o
occasion he communicated the ab
ticulars. My father's is the joy d
and of watering also, and of seeing
of Gofi's approbation upon his laboui
\Vvcivn\fi^'cci£^uTe be mine also."

lOm DBCBMBBRy 1864.

789

AITUTAKI.— HEBVBY GEOTJP.

remote and isolated spot, almost entirely- cut off from European
Be, and from which letters are received but rarely, our Missionary
the Rev. Henry Boyle, has, for a number of years, laboured
ospel with many and signal tokens of success. Of the effects
ristianity has produced on the characters and habits of its once
and barbarous inhabitants, we have pleasing evidence in tha
notices, abridged from a communication transmitted by Mr.
ler date Aitutaki, September, 1858 : —

meant of grace are in?ariably
ed, and on the Sabbath espe-
ways have onr chapel crowded
The riteted attention, the or-
ach to, and deront return from,
>f the Lord's house, bespeak the
ist felt in the theme of the
The church here continues to
nd the members are evidently
the graces of the Spirit— espe-
leir faith strong in that capital
the Bible, the great atonement,
t are intelligent, practical, and in-
Their love is expansiTC and
in an ever-ready disposition to
other in the Lord. The insti-
he Gospel are appreciated from
convictions of their Divine ap-
ind their merciful adaptation to
lal necessities.

love to the Holy Scriptures is
on the increase. When the en-
of the Word of God arrived in
1 barque the highest excitement
nong the people ; and when the
ened, and one of the Bibles held
vation, their exclamations of joy
overpowering.

oyle has an adult Bible class con«
1 Sabbath day during the inter-
vice, the attendance on which
10. There is also a fortnightly
f the Christian mothers of our
eep and pray for their offspring.
!ther with our Friday meetings,
h field of productive labour : here
ces of the deepest import, while
which we are frequently carried
te stirring timet when ' they that

feared the Lord tpake often one to another
and the Lord heard them,' and occationt
have not been rare when we have been con-
strained to exdaim, ' Surely the Lord it in
thit place.' Only imagine a number of
young men bom in heathenitm, but educated
under Christian influences, riting up in or-
derly tuccetsion to addrett an atsembly of
800 pertons of all aget and both texet, on
religious subjects, quoting largely from the
Sacred Scriptures, and thus attempting with
humility to ascertain the stage of progress
which has been obtained in the Divine
life.
'* In mv school labours I continue to find

great pleasure. Nor have my endeavours
in this respect been without their appro-
priate reward. They are conducted day by
day without interruption — the school for
adults in the early part of the morning, with
an attendance of 400, and that for the ju-
veniles at a later hour. My happiest hours
have beeu employed in teaching the young,
in directing the first springs of thought, and
in endeavouring by effort and prayer to de-
posit in their hearts the first layen of sound
knowledge. bow sweet, how lacred to
memory, are those gracious companionshipt
which have sprung up from such employ-
ments ! My love for the island children
sustained me during a season of great ne-
glect from the adult population ; but, for my
long services to promote their best interests,
my heavenly Father permits me now to reap
a rich reward in that affectionate respect I
everywhere meet on the island, especially
from the young. In our principal school
we have 500 pnpila, with an efficient aid of
50 gratoitoM teachers.

740

MISSIDHAKT HASASIKS

" It ill nutter at DO ordintry gntiflcation
•n me Id be in the rrocipt of •irrj intcmt-
Ing HiDimuBicatioiu from fiTolcti AilaULian
joulhi or mj onn Khool. dOW engageil u
evuigcliiU smouB the Wetleni lod Euletu
liiondi ot thia ocean. Rupe it it Alui. 1
*peDl four monthi there in 1S52, lud had
the pleuura of ulmittiDg 9S perwns to
churcit fellowihip. Thrie formed a ttlte.
tian from ■ mucli morcnumeroiuciuiDflbe

mott inleUigent probltiantn of Ktenl
yesn* ttinding. I hwl ample upporiDnJCiei
of ueertiiaing the high eiteem [a which
Rupe it held by the Alaiuu ; the upect of
the Miuiotu wu highly creditable to bii
M>! and (levotedneii. I left them Kith
crowded Sabbitli lerTicei and oveifioviiag
•chcwli, and with a new and larger ichDal'
bouM neail; completed. When 1 left I
brought with me leven pjoui youthi to qna-
lify them for idmiuioo iulo the Seminarr at
Karolonga. I bate a high opinion of Iheit

liaee their rendmce hen. II ii nott gra-
ti^ing to one'i fselii^ to be ■anottBdcd by
wbat |Ood Ur. KkIH alUt ioom and grand-
HHU in the Go^d. Ve have aaother at
Uanilki, Apollo by ntme, from whom we

Umm

alto two amiable roung Ailatakitoi
manga. Hen the long, probabi; a
party who moniacd our heloinl fri
WilCami, gave liii aon in pledge
Mfriy. The iMten I hate inifio
high eoa6ilence in the prondesce
for hariog placed them there irith d
mercy lowardi the poor EraBangao
" Many, we hate reaiaa to knc
found our school the door at eatras
heateuty world. Vet. we hate mo
[Hety in many an early blouom ra
ped off by the hand at death, and t
be pleading discloiurei for the t
Uilaioni at the gnai da; of aceo
concluuon, we > thank God and take <
coanting it an unipeakabie happial
permitted to rcjiofl ibat on tterj
the MiJsio^,., ..r..^a'-- i- i.r.uni i
charai

detotion to the higbeatinteretli of i
pie ooght to bring lome aucfa m
•oeept, tberefbre, with profaond |
the blcMijiK meted oat on behalf of
pie, and Mcribc all to ■'■"—♦'it f

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SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE,

FOB THE YEAR 1854.

THE LATE REV. WILUAM WILKINS, OF ABINGDON.

The mention of this name "will

write interesting recollections in the

Binds of many readers of tho Eyan-

CEiiCAL Magazine. The lives of God's

Kmnts are often valnable to observers,

not because of the unusual incidents

coBtiined in thero, but as illustrations

•f the practical power of Christianity

in ordinary paths, duties, and trials.

Snoh was the life of the subject of this

dcetch. Without much to make it a

matter of public interest, or snitablc to

be wrought up into a memoir, there was

that in the course of this earnest and

winn-hearted minister of Christ, which

imde him a powerful instrument of

good while living, and endears his

mtmory to many now he is departed.

Mr. Wilkins was a native of Cardiff,
ia Wales; his parents died when he
WIS about six years old, at which time
he was removed to Bristol, and left,
coBparatiyely unsheltered, to the mercy
of the world. God's providence, how-
ever, was his guardian, and in early
life he was the subject of that change
ef heart which fitted him for the work
h$ was afterwards to do on earth. This
dumge he was accustomed to trcce to
impressions made on his mind by a
swmun preached in the open air at
Bristol, by the Rev. J. Aldridge, of
/cwiy-strcet, London, and the con-
ftrauDg and deepening of these impres-
rions sabseqnently by the preaching of
virioiw ministers in the Countess of
Hmtingdoii's Ghi^l in that city. In

TOL. XXXU.

spite of many difficulties he succeeded
by close study, assisted by private in-
struction, in obtaining a sound educa-
tional preparation for the Christian
ministry. He joined the Countess of
Huntingdon's connexion in the year
1795, and by the influence of Lady
Anne Erskine was appointed to labour
at Arundel, in Sussex. During his
ministry there he was ordained at Spa-
fields Chapel, London, together with
several others, who afterwards became
eminent ministers. His labours at
Arundel continued for two years, when
ho removed to Goring, in Oxfoi-dshire,
and four years afterwards this sphere
was exchanged for that of Odiham, in
Hampshire.

It is to be regiettcd that so little is
known of Mr. Wilkins'a early life;
there can be no doubt, from his ardent
temperament and warm affections, that
the awakenings of religious life in his
sold were not unattended with severe
inward stinigglcs. It was not, in his
experience, a gradual and imperceptible
change wrought by the instrumentality
of sacred truths taught him, and holy
influences brought to bear on him from
infancy upwards ; but his conversion to
God followed convictions produced by
truths comparatively new to his ears, os
well as new to his heart, when early
childhood was past. We judge this
from the scanty information we do
possess of his earliest years, from his
natural disposition, and from the deep

THE LATK REV. WILIJAM Wil.KIXB, OP AUCSGDOX.

740

sympathy be ever felt with Joan§ _
pie coming to a knowledge of the tratli,
amidut keen convictions and severe
conflicts. Many such persons can now
recall the power of the words he spoke
to them in tk*t period of their religious
oflWM, thi wisdom cf his iArice, the
gentleness with which he would meet
and soothe their fears, the clear and
vivid conceptions they somctimM re-
ceived from him of the Divine love,
and Cliribt's suitability to the sinners
necessities.

The chief part of Mr. Wilkins's life
was spent at Abingdon, in Berkshire,
where he suooeedod the llev. W.
Thresher, in the year 1807. A glance
at some of the eharacteristios of his
ministerial course there will be inter-
esting to some, as reminding them of
sources of personal benefit to themselves,
and may be interesting to many readers
of these pages, as exhibiting a fsithfhl
picture of a true minister of Christ. He
was diligent and careful in his prepara-
tions for preaching, holding this to be
incomparably the most important part
of a minister's work. These prepara-
tions, however, were not of such a na-
ture ns to destroy the freshness and
vigour of what was uttered in the pul-
pit, lie allowed himself full liberty in
the act of preaching for the exercise
of inventive power in ilhistrating his
subject, and for the cxprcRsion of new
thoughts and emotions awakened in the
enp^ngeinent itself. AVhat arc commonly
called literary excellencies he aimed at
but little; or perhaps we should be
more correct in saying, he aimed almost
exclusively at the first and highest lite-
YtLiy excellence — that of a clear and
unambiguous expression of the thought
he had to convey ; and his hearers can
bear testimony that in this he succeeded
to a remarkable degree. There was no
inattention in the congregation ho was
addressing, there was no mistoking his
meaning; and his discourses had a won-
drous power of fastening with tenacity
on the memory. An extract from the
^elUknown Memoirs of the Rev. J.
Oriffin, jun., wiU give, in a few words,

a ttry eencct idea of the eftct of Mr.
WiUani^ preaehing on the misd of a
stranger. Writing to Rer. Tlioa. Gajor,
of Ryde, Mr. Oriffin my, ** I spent a
Sabbath at AbiDgdoiit and hnrd Hz.
Wilkina preach in the aoniBg. Hb ii
averf eKoeBeol mm, pidyil #ii%s
very eaperior praadur; llicfa iea gMt
deal of manly energy and awlmatiw ia
hia deUvarj. His eermeni have tkit
indispensable qnalifioatum (for my tule,
you know)— glowing. His text mi*
'Arise, depart, for this is not jav
rest.' There was evidently little attca-
tion to the aecoracy of the plan, bst
verj fine strokes and proofs of ml
soul. In the evening I heard a niBii-
ter of very different stamp: he Rsi
throoghovt ; his plan waa yetrj ftod,
and displayed considerate ta]mit,M
there wanted the fine, holy, apostslie
nnction of the other."

It will not be thought sniittiiiigj \
with respeet to the doetrines he ttsia-
taioed — ^nor will it by any means bs
laid to his discredit — ^that there wei# sst
wanting some who ehargcd him wi&
"Antinomianism," and others with *Ar-
minianism." He necessarily ran the risk
of both charges from the two parties,
who hold one truth to the cxclnaion and
denial of another, because his appeal
was simply "to the word and to the
testimony," and because he theoreti-
cally and practically acknowledged the
insufficiency of the human nndmtand-
ing to unravel the mysteries of the
Divine nature. We think we may ven-
ture to say that few preachers have
been more successful in leading Chris-
tians to feel their debt to Divine grace,
their dependence on the Spirit of God
for the beginning, maintenance, and
perfection of everything spiritually
good within them, while few have more
earnestly pressed home upon men in
all spiritual conditions, the reality md
completeness of their responsibility.

The character of his private life gave
weight and efficacy to his public labours.
Wo will not indulge in eulogy, but there
is something truly delifhtfiil,and some-
thing — as Mr. Wilkins himself woald

THE LATB REV. WILLTAM WILKIN9, OF ABINGDON.

747

have preferred to aaj — to excite deep
gratitude to the grace of God, in the
spectacle of a puhlio life of nearly forty
years in one sphere of labour, marked
throughout by uprightness and consist-
ency, meeting with universal respect
from all ranks of society, and all reli-
gious denominations, and never in a
single instance tamidhed by the breath
of calnmny. A prominent feature in
his character was kindness and liberality
towards the poor. Such ever appealed
to him in certainty of finding, to the
ateoat his circumstances would allow,
tbt open hand, the hospitable honse^
and the sympathizing heart

It was a short but happy period of
Kr. WiUdna's declining life, while he
«os asaoeiated in miuisterial labour
vilk his co-pastor, the Kev. W. F.
Siarpe. Hie deep experience of the
Igtd pastor, and the afieotionate ear-
ifitiwas of the younger, hannonixed
Vfll, and wrought with powerful eflRact
ia the serrioe of God at Abingdon. The
fnmising and already eminently use-
fid life «f the Rev. W. F. Sharpe met
Witk an early termination, and it was
shortly after this deeply-regretted event
that Mr. Wilklns felt it his duty, from
hit advaaoed age and increasing infirm-
itias, to resign his pastorate at Abing-
doD, which he did after a happy and,
by God's blessing, sucoessful course
there of thirty-eight years.

The nest of his life was spent at
Gbtltanham, oheered by intercourse
with many kind friends, and especially
by the csoBstant attention of an affection-
a|a partner* his second wife, who was
aailid to him at an advanced period of
hit life, and Uvea to rejoice in the con-
ssasasnasi of having made his declining
i$pi happy by unwearied care and
■ftctMi to the last. During the first
two or thrto years of his residence
thfrc^ ho preached frequently in the
Omitaaa of Houtingdou's and other
diipde in the town. It was the will of
Qtiv liowavery to afflict him during his
lilt Ibiir yaan with total blindness,
d^Rfing hin of what, in his
iru almost his only re-

maining external enjoyment But
those who shared his society at that
period can scarcely regret the affliction
that brought out so strikingly the con-
solatory and sustaining power of Chris-
tianity. In some respects, the years of
Mr. Wilkins's blindness were his bright-
est years. Shut out in so great a mea-
sure from the external world, Ids inward
sources of exgoymcnt seemed to multi-
ply, the light of God's presence shono
steadily in his soul. Cheerfulness was
always a marked feature of his charac-
ter, and it never forsook him to the
last. Ko murmur evor escaped his lipa.
He never wavered in the assurance that
everything ordered by God in the lot of
his servaata is ordered for the best. We
cannot, of course, say that there were
no fluctuations in the calmness and
serenity of his mind; but whenever
depression or misgivings crept in, they
were ever speedily checked, as dis-
honouring to the love of God, and
unworthy of one who had so long
trusted in, and so deeply realized the
sufficiency of the Kedeemer. By his
cheerful voice and pleasant words he
often drove the remembrance of both
his age and his affliction out of the
thoughts of those about him, while
holy ejaculations, frequent and unex-
pected, revealed the lofty and imperish-
able source from which the joy of his
spirit was drawn. Wo may truly say,
that his own declining days yielded a
marvellous testimony to the truths it
had been his life-long endeavour to
teach to others. Morning, noon, and
night did he seem to be absorbed in
contrasting with his own worthlessness,
the infinite depth and compass of the
Divine love that had rescued and sus-
tained him hitherto, and was to be hia
portion for ever.

He died on the 14th of June, 1853,
after several days of almost total un-
consciousness, aged eighty-one years,
and was buried at Abingdon, amidst
universal expressions of sorrow, beneath
the chapel in which his voice had for so
many years been heard. His frineral
sermon was preached there on the fol-

r bafcrre^ ftknJ. T!ie Kf i^ T. I-

SKETCHES OF 3£AB.vBAJAB WXiZP SDWIH.— THE L-iTI
80TZREIGX OF THE Pt3JA£.

il ■jUMimm twart]r-«M, i>» tts
ibvvtarfr ctntM.' fk ' tai 1
IiftfHJMm OT thr Pwju, nsj'^rl obi^k
fa Ua old «K« added, ta •«• if U*
frnkt, Ckmmi Kovr to Ae mnAv of
U« wirta, when Ae Wl ■( ■i w iy
cncTjvd from ^rrilMod; ftsd Dakifk
VM ber onl7 diild. Os tbc dma af

molnttel IB the Pnnjmb, «:lb «rUcfa
all who taiw an ialenM in IndUn ^lin
are well uqaBintcd. Mudn ±::r,-.^<.-i^'^
nnrdn-, tTraehery nu met br atill
deeper trrmcherr, till tbeTthok conutrj
vu invnlTcd in [trifr, and thnatcopd
with unbridled aDirehT. The army
obUinrd the ucendancf, uid whiie thej
took mean! to retain all ml power
in their oim handi, tbey sought to
strengthen their authority br com.
milling the nominal rale to a racmbeT
of Knnject's family. Dulecp Singh
■comtd to be entirely to their mind.
He wax a minor, and hii mother, vith
the title of It&ni (queen], was called to
act OB regmt. Of the events nhieh
followed, it in enough to boj that the
lUn! acted with extraordinary Tigoor,
and might haye snecceded in reducing
tho itatc to order, but for her Bhamcle»
licontLoasne^s, which has led the press
of India to call her Ihc Messalina of the
Punjab. At length the Seikh army
threw themMlvcs on the British teni-

* Dulecp Singh having now arrived in
EngliiTK], thin account of his life and
CDUvenion will be read with the deeper

the aorerMgii «f tke
etet liable fron hia
l&ke anT part in the
=.i^A^:^^^-l cJ^-^^ -^-Ls. W'U- the
Psnjab waa annexed to the Brititb
empire a large income was conferred on
the jonng Maharajah, and he was
brovght into the old territory of the
Company. He took np hia abode near
Pntiyghor, with I>r. I^^ao, a gentle-
man of high ebaracter, fbrhisgimrdian.
The Maharajah »et Tigoroosly to the
acquisition of the English laagiMge.
Hi« tutor, I am told, waa the Eoa of a
Brahmin, who had been educated in a
Mission sdiool, and had then beiwme
faTonrably disposed towards Chria-
tianily. This yonng Brahmin intro-
duced bis pupil to the Bible, as the
record of the only reli^Mi which has
God for its anthor. llie yonng prince
became deeply intereBted in thesubject,
and soon outstripped hia teacher. From
hia excellent gnardiui, Dr. Logan, he
received, J nndentand, constant and
jndicioua instraction in Divine things.
The result was, fliat, by the Divine
blessing, he was fully satisfied of the
Divine claims of CSiristiBnity, and soiigfat
for baptiam, which iraa ftdminiatered to

or MAH^TIMAP DUimP SIKOH.

7i»

■Qb. Dnbep^i arriTal in Benares
two days ago (March 20, 1854), I ap-
plied to Dr. Logan, in my own name
and that of my hrethren, Buryers and

from being potted and fitted as the first
Christian prince who has gone from
India, and that he has said ho knows
the grace of Qod alone can enable him

Shcrring, for an interview with the ; to act in a manner worthy of his pro- -

Maharajah, which was at once and
most kindly granted. Accordingly we
went yesterday. Duleep Singh is too
quiet and retiring in his manner to
make a strong impression on a stranger.
He is, however, very frank and con-
Teraable with those with whom he has
some acquaintance. He is rather above
the middle size, and very fair for a
native of this country. He has at first
nther a languid look, but his counte*
nance, when- seen for a little time,
spears to indicate considerable intel-
ligmce and vigour. He has made good
progress in our language, but spoke
Toy little to us. His manner was that
of a retiruig, but not of a haughty
person. This morning he went, accom-
panied by the commissioner, Mr. Tucker,
tad his guardian, Dr. Logan, to see the
dumh Mission premises and Institu-
tko; and on his way back stopped for a
inr minutea at our Central School,
where wa were all present to receive
him. Ha seemed to be interested in
ov operations. After his return to the
hplel ho sent 350 Rs. (£35) to the
Clmnh Mission, and 15011s. (£15) to
eam, with an expression of his warm
iaterest in oor operations. This even-
iag he leaves en route for Calcutta,

The accounts we have received of the
Mahaxajah are very pleasing, and they
lead as to the belief that he is a true
Christian. We are told that he has a
horror of the scenes which he witnessed
in his native state, and is thankful for his
ddiTeraace from them. He has had no
direct correspondence with his mother,
hat thcj hear about each other. She
formerly so strong an infiu-
over him, and she has so com-
iding a talent for bringing others
ander her sway, that he dreads any
direct intercourse with her till his prin-
mfUm an Inlly established. We hear
tibit ha is well aware of the dangers to
whkli lie will be exposed in England,

fcssion. Last night there was a grand
show on the river — ^boats gaudily fitted
up and brilliantly lighted, with the
usual accompaniments of a festal occa-
sion, dancing, singing, and feasting.
This is a purely local festival, and is
the only one held here during the year
which is not directly idolatrous. It is
a mere show, and has no religious cha-
racter. On this account many Euro*
pcans go, but others, I have no doubt
wisely, believe it to border on evil, and
keep away. The Rajah of Benares
wrote to Duleep Singh that a boat was
at his service; but the young prince,
after considering the matter, declined
to avail himself of the offer, on the
ground of his being a Christian. This
indicates a tenderness of conscience,
and a decision of character, which I
trust he vrill have grace to maintain.
He will be exposed in England to the
imminent risk of being cast into the
frivolities of the higher classes, and he
will require no ordinary grace to keep
his garments undefiled.

The young Brahmin who first taught
the prince Christianity remains a Hin-
doo ! He refuses to follow his pupil's
example. The prince wished to tako
him in hia suite to England. This
would have led to the loss of caste, and
the young man refused. What a strik-
ing fiict! The young Brahmin tells
his royal pupil of tlie water of life, and
of its refreshing and life-giving quali-
ties, but himself refuses to taste, while
his pupil drinks and finds his testimony
true. The Brahmin directs the prince
to the way of life, and brings him to
the gate, but himself shrinks back from
entering, while the prince enters and
lives.

It is striking at the same time to ob-
serve the ciroumstances which have led
to this conversion. Bunjeet Singh's
sway, because utterly corrupt, though
able, is brought to an end. The queen,

A jirKfKW*!. or wiM AM-nrA

D0M*a. and te1d!««, «ct <■ part which
Uy* their powHT, by a just retribofion,
iBtheduti. Til* j-onn|r VinfT" i"V^
oat of hi* own Mnmlrr, and nrndc s
|iMi*!nn<>r ; and thm, amidst «r«iip««,
hr hmumni ncquainlt^ «i<h thi' f(niip*l.
of whieh h* hod prohnlilj fTmninw)
j^onnt had hin tlimno tvecn «ta-
'bliihcil. H«w oftwi do Primp* and
diMUil<>n. hy God"* owTnilini; provi-
d«n(v, rnd in the mont gloriou* rMultx !
A provprh mjm, " Prtis* • fiitr day at
muht." WedonnI khnwwhntth^ftihn*
connc of Ihb j^imf man may h*. 1l
may be only ihat of a tiMiiJnal Chrtn-
tlan 1 li* may turn away frrnn the fcith.
"• nM disgrm^ toMmd of hiwionriiifj ft i

or he amy ^io aoon, aii4 »• *«•»«! to
itiflnniM rnnein. Bat, on iho oIlMr

hand. Ood may I* errn now prrparraf,
in the mont «n1llicly ciub«ot«. iaaln-
mrnt* for ndrenHnu Hi* («a*e ia >hM
■litrk land : in Attr time lh« iii>tT*nt»t>
iirr anw to appear, for thia wHinWy
will ccriainly b* fOBrcrtrf Iw Oiri*.
Knowing nl! this, may w» oM hoj».
nnd <m}^t wp nftt to pt»T, thai tWi
ydiing' i«inee miiy br a rwl rhild of
(jod, and may be jirewrTed •nd madr »
Mrmhi; tn Ihis idolatimu laad f If
hi« Ufc fa sptirccl, hia tank and wkIA
will irivo him p^iil influrnee for eitlMf
gnod ar crit. May he and ail hi: hM
bp eonsecrtilrd tn the I<ortl !

llK\; AXD DTMl DoctOK, — Mku
KvgtiM WM tbe d»ghtw Af the Viow
of L«ppinyton, near Wmb, i« ShMp-
■hire, and wag called to the fbith of the
gospel through tbe inttrnroentality of
Sir Richard Hill, of Hawkiton«,inthat {
Ticanity. 1

After hercofiTersion, she eneonntciid I
mneh oppoxition from her futhcr, who '
was not only hoitile to spiritual reli- '
gion, bntoftM prrached o^iKBt what
he called fanatfciim and epthnaiann.
This, however, afae quietly bore, grew
ID graoe, and continued " instant in
prayer." Fortwentyyearaahebewnght
God to lend the gospel into the chnroh
at Loppiogton.

At length her cle«ire waa granted,
and tbe " truth aa it ie in Jemi " waa,
for a reason, earnestly preached. A
paralytic strohe disabling Mr. Hnghee,
he Boid, " Now, Apphia, yon may get
whom you like to serye my church."
She at ODoe iMoreA tlie curacy to Ihc
excellent aud i-crw^nd Thomas Jones,
Gubseqacntly the renowned curate of
Creaton, who was then driTsn from
yby

Mr. Jaaol'a lobonn M Loppuigtaa
•oanwaHd in IWtt.Mdwirtin— iwrtil
after the Tioar's death. "Oi^ -wera a
blessing to many. Hia trials, naier-
theless, from "the richer aort" there,
as at Oswestry, were very painhil ; bat
being eanctificd, prepared him the bet-
ter, no doubt, for the hoitovr and peace
he so long enjoyed at Creat«n, to whit^
place he removed in fbe year 17M. Sec
a charming Memoir of l>ir. Jonea, by
the He«. John Owen, pp. fiS— T?. Oct.
1831.

When Miss Hughes left Lof^ngton.
which she did after her fWber's decease,
she resided ot Shrewrtwry, and died
there in Mardi, ISOO.

My late beloved friend, the Rev.
Thomas Weaver,* often visifod ber, aud
in the evening of Lady-day, the 2Sth
of that month, preached ttie funeral
sermon at Swan Bill Chapel. 1 bad
the privilege of hearing it, and the fiili
notes I made at the time enable me to
give tbe substanoe.

If yon con eonveniently allow a place

* 3ee hia Memoir in Etatt, Mag. (or
fme, U6t, p. *M.

I I .

tkt Mm Mmaam in joor adnindila
MagABine, many of your readers will be
grati6ed. It is a fair specimen of Mr.
Weaver's sound, persuasive, and useful
style of preaching, and contains the
only known record of an esteemed
Cbristian lady.

In tbe Evangelical Magazine for
IBM, p. 567, may be seen an Obituary
of Miss HnghM' devoted and godly
sorvaat, Catberiae Griffiths.

I am, &c.,

^OHN BiCEERTON WILLIAMS.

Wem,

lOM APPHU BUaBM.

Maitiiew xxv. 10.—" And ikey that
were ready utent in ufiik him to the

The parable from which our test is
•elected, is of a very interestiag,
rousing natnre. It directs our thoughts
to the eomug of the great day of
God.

.It is fbmided oa an Eastern custom of
ceMmting the BHuriage ceremony, ajuL
is dcacri b ed fai a particular manner to
the widedilbrence that at present
md vrhiflh wiU ultimately be dis-
covsnd, betwiea fonoal professors and
ml Chiiatians. The former are the
fMiliih fipgiM, who took their vessels,
iaAeed, but took no oil with them. The
ktter are those who took tiieir lamps,
Wi4 took oil In their vessels too.

Hie day of judgment is the time
wImb the bridegroom will appear. Then
tlM akeping virgins will be roused, and
tbaisali^ virgins will find, though too
lal>a» that they weee destitute of that
ifirii ttd gvaee which tiie wise virgins

They 4hat were ready went in with
to the macriage." It is added,
^Hm door was shut." These are words
•aknlalid'to toaae those who have been
■aeopcs n iad about the things of «ter-
■itf, and -to anoourage such as have
flmi^ gcaoe believed in Christ.
In ofder to impvove the death of our

di^utad friend, I would,
L Show n^mi institutes that readi-
vhkhji4ii«8 spoken of. And,

II. Show how hoppif they are that

possess it.

I. I sliall show what constitutes the
readiness mentioned in my text.

I think it is hardly necessary to say,
that those who are living in the neglect
of God, religion, and their souls — who
arc walking in the ways of their hearts,
and in the sight of their eyes — ^whoso
hearts are set on taking " down bams,
and building greater, saying, Soul, thou
hast much goods laid up for many years,
eat, drink, and be merry," — are not
ready fbr the ooming of the bridegroom :
arc not fit to meet the awful messenger
of death.

It may be more naoessary to remark,
that a mere nominal .Christianity will
never make a man ready for death.
More externals in religion may make a
man creditable in aooiaty, but they will
not prepare him to give up his accounts
before the '* Judge of quick and dead."

There is one general qualification in
which our mectnoss for death, judg-
ment, and eternity may be compre-
hended. It is this — ^union with the
Lord Jesus Christ. As by our union
with our first head, Adam, we are all
sinners, and under the curse ; so, by our
union with the Lord Jesus Christy we
shall be delivered fh>m all that guilt
under which, without suoh a union, we
must lie for ever. " There is no con-
demnation to them which are in Christ
Jesus."

By a union with Chnst I understand
an interest in his benefits. This is ob-
tained by Qod*s free grace. But on
man's part it is by means of a living
fieuth. When the sinner by fiedth takes
Christ for his portion, a union is brought
about, and the benefits of salvation are
made over to that soul.

lliero are other things included in a
readiness for death: though all, in gene-
ral, are comprehended under that which
are here mentioned. And,

1. To be in a state of pardon is to be
ready for death. We are sinners, under
God's wrath. We have departed from
God, and broken hia commandments.
We are, theiefore, undat l\i<^ wsaib* ^^ W.

7ft9

lORIAI.

r HIM Arruu iiuaHut.

i* writira, Coned i« e^rry one that «mi-
tinaeth not in ail thin^'< uriiitii in ibo
book of the law ts do Hit in."

How vnflt then ore kc io Cii* if u»-
pkrdoncdt B«ioemb*r — dvath, jndg-
ment, and etaniitf, ut> Hwfully impor-
tut. And onlj the lilotiinn; out of
tnuiignwioDi will put n in^iii in a dale
of meetncM tar them X.im-, forRivf
new U in Christ. "We iiiiii^ iTiipinp.
tion through hit blood, ilii for^ivonun
of aina, Recording to '.:. I ndics uf hi>
grmce." He forgive* :;i' iru({ULtii?B of
thoM who belivTs in I ~ niimc. And
when the mui ia tbn-. i <'k-iii'ii, he i*
ready.

S. Thongba man mny hr> fn-f fr<>ni
wnth, jet withont a roaav'uig vsiak of
gneo in hie heart, he will h« unfit to
join in gtorifjing Ood through eteraitr
with BUQti and angek. InwdM-.ther^-
forv, to our mcctnaai, we mnat be coa-
vpricd. Wo mu*t not mly have oar
■ina tbrgiven, bat our hearta changed.
We muat be brought to act from new
priuoiplea and to u now end. Yea, "old
thing! muit paaa away, and all thinga
become new," "Verily I aay unto yon,
Kxcepi ye be converted, and become na
little children, yc cannot enter into the
kingdom of heaven." Our tempers
must be so fmnsformed, that ive muat
be brought into the likencaa of Christ
" Escept ye bo born again, yc cannot
enter into the kingdom of Qod.

This is a great change, and indi*-
pcneably necessary. In order
partaking of spiritual joys be tutu*
have a spiritual nature. In order to
a man partaking of spiritual food he
must have a ipiritnol appetite. "With-
out holiness," indeed, " no man can seo
the Lord." Uolincss and happiness
are inseparably connected. Your hearts,
and spirits, and conduct, must be
brought under this holy influence, or
you will bo unfit to die.

3. The work of religion is progrea-
aive. A man, in the full sense of the
word, is not fit to appear before God
immediately upon his conversion. He
may be fitted by some special act of
God, beoanse ho can conTert and fit tar

gloty at tbe tnm* tjia*b But, vrii-
iiarily, ihtm innat be a graving lo
ICTMw He DiuaC make progrcM in 1^
divine Ufo lo bo lit for heaven.

4. To bo mntt for heaven we mutt bt
in a stolo of WHtchfulurss. Tb« pr«-
panttion hero spoken of is in nnolbtf
place dcKcibcd by Cbri*t under tbit '
idea ; " Let your loins be girded aboiit,
niid your ligUla burning ; and ye yonr-
wlves like unto mon that wait for'Uieii
luid, when he will return from tliii
ivuddlogi ihat when be ccmelh ami
knookelh, ihey may open unto him
imnicdioldy, Blessed are those ac-
vnnl>, whom the lord nhen lie fomclh
.hall Tmd .r.jf^A.W'— Luke xii. 35— 40.

Us lirst lilt itia ytM^ilo for gloij.
They are " made meet to be partakm
of tho inheritanoo of tb« wnta ia
light;" and then be tnkea them U

TbMt meetncaa ia brought about by
the use of meana. 'Watchhdnesa is
incloded in them. Quiatiaiia should
watch againat the temptataona to which
they are pKrticaUrly liable. The world
is tempting. Christiana, take heed
your hearts are not too much wrapped
up in it. — Christians should be watchful
to improve opportunities of useful-
ness. — Christians should watch for the
manifestations of God's presence in his
instituted ordinances, and meana of
grace. — Christians should watch the
providences of Ood. Are we disap-
pointed in any project? Wa should
learn from it the uncertainty of tem-
poral enjoyments. Are we in offlictiou.^
'We should remember that our taber-
nacle will shortly be taken down ; and
this should act aa a stimulus to us " to
lay osido every weight, and the ain
which doth ao easily beset us ; " and to
" run with patience the race that is set
before us, looking unto Jestis, the
author and finisher of our faith." Are
we in prosperity ? Does God's bounty
fill onr laps ? We should " praise him,"
and " give thanks to his name,"

Let us then bo watchful, and seri-
ously consider our own departnre. Let
each inquire, — Am I prepared to die?

A MEMOBIAL OF MISS APPUIA HUGHES.

753

Have I, if I shonld bo called to die,
reason to believe, as our dear departed
friond had, that death will be my gain?
Christians should be watchful over
their own hearts, and often retrace their
waj. They ought to examine the pro-
gress they have made, and are still
making, in the divine life, so that when
they are called to die, and leave this
transitory world, they may be found
ready. Christians must be always

Vfo have great reason to believe that
ow departed friend was thus ready.
At an early period of life Qod was
pleased to call her by his grace, and to
set her face heavenward. He was
pleased to act by her in a way of
aovereign grace and mercy; and he
taaght her, by his Spint, as she pro-
ceeded in her pilgrimage, to view eter-
nal things more and more.

She was, as I suppose most of you

know, an honourable member of the

Established Church. Her aim was to

walk according to the gospel of Qod.

In her private experience she was

one who walked near to Qod. I think

I never met with one who had a more

spiritual mind, or who seemed to live

80 much on the confines of eternity.

Her soul seemed wrapped up in divine

things.

She was at times much troubled
about her state, and feared she was not
a real Christian. This arose from the
great suspicion she had of her own
beart. But her soul uniformly cleaved
to Christ His name seemed to sound
Like music in her ears.

She manifested in her conduct the
Influence of that g^ce which Qod was
pleased to show her.

She was a hearty friend to the poor.
She denied herself many gratifications
that she might have it in her power to
feed and elothe them; especially the
[Mor saints of Christ. They will sus-
ain a Tery heavy loss.

Her walk was as becometh the gos-
id. She loved to have a friend drop
n to join with her in addressing a
'throne of graoe;" and she endea-

voured, at aU times, to speak a word in
season to those who visited her.

In her last illness she was not the
subject of ecstasies, but she said she
was still resting upon Jesus. And
when she could scarcely utter any-
thing, she expressed her affection to
the Saviour by — ''Blessed Lord ! Blessed
Lord!" I am informed, that just before
her depai'ture, she said, with gpreat
warmth — ^''Into thy hands I commit
ray spirit."

Her spirit is, no doubt, now in the
realms of light, to enjoy the presence of
her Lord for evermore.

I am now to show,

II. How happtf they are that really
possess the readiness spoken of in the
text

" They that were ready toent in with
him to the marriage^ The expression
is designed to set forth the felicity of
glorified saints. The members of
Christ's church, the spouse, together
with Christ, the husband, shall be for
ever happy. They will in his presence
enjoy the abundant provisions made by
Qod for his saints. " It is written, eye
hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither
have entered into the heart of man the
things which Qod hath prepared for
them that love him."

lliey will join with the great as-
sembly in singing gloiy to Qod, who
has saved them — ^their happiness shall
have no end. This is implied in the
words immediately following the text,
" the door was shut,** — they shall go
no more out. Their happiness will be
everlasting. It will be their bliss to
behold the face of their Lord for ever
and ever.

Improvement.

1. See the imxx)rtance of prepara-
tion for death. People in general put
off the matter as if it were of no con-
sequence. But it is no light thing.
AVhen the body is dead the spirit takes
its flight cither to realms of bliss, or
depths of woe. It is of infinite im-
portance to be prepared for death.
Seeing then, such a change mU take
place, how necessary is it that our

TU OKI 01

haarts be MBivrU :

mnd we lookivg fm

Lord J«n>Cliri5i.

It b iaportkiii

Auth, not only

, but »r '

[. 1 K-mta cr thk cors'

s ar iFujrrmoiKiy,

our tint {ttrdosed ;
iho coming of our

■Bdasitovttd. I
t. How CMli<

JWWpW-ofMN. Tbi

to tdu a Uog-
The 1

ration,
paini in aettling
rfnnen, irtw tn
mn unknown ^^ '•
kccoant* to sett!
•vU in^Mrtu:
All, infUoatad in.
OD the brink ol :i
dchded bUo* 'i
note i« til* tini' i
hcu-t! I an ■!>.<
minuter, oat <■!' I
•oak. And I m
Mrigaalf how ji
Ood.
"Tke door »

luaf W teat I
o then, I

in iho nrgloet of ,
mrt^IliT who i* piinf
lUTDCj Bwkm pnpa-
iili-fiTiian lake* grtat

lii« Bccounta. But
uboul (a JoBm«]r to
rid. and wbo haTo
uiih (iod.of the men
Tiiukc no prefiarfttion.
iiiuU. wliu ikrci tiport
11 . Itrim; Wf 1 Id ; Oh.
II lit n. roRtidcr tliat
'p luy l)»(»i' lliiUK> to
ildii^ l» vou u Uod'a
iivi' lo j'our prtciuuR
Iicat fou tn oonsider
>u will itaiid l)«for«

moFo adiaittod. " Tb* door ««a dnt"
—tor orer. All wha arc not thm raa^
uill bt el email; <-Kcladod. <Hi,aHi>
Mvt; conntsc much vitli etemi^!
Plan yoniwtlTM. if jou can, in ijiag
cinAnabuictni and ask tbia QncfetioEv—
Sappooo I •■«-« aaU«d 1« div, am 1
nadyr

Oontaoe mnch vith yam own brvu.
Sve if tlu>7 liftTc eTcr been rvncaad—
abtStfr Ibo}' aro atrangan to Cud
ftud Cliri«t Oh, rximino j-onndia.
belbra It ia ton lata I

Sinner, read pour Uibk. Read «bi
it HTt of liuntrs ; ood what it safi nf
CiiriaL Mark how it repreaeiiti liim
I tu united lo all four want«. Rend it
I with prayer and viuditation.
I Coovtrtc niuch with God in prajcr. {

{Jo to him by prayer thia night. Pm
' that lit> wuuld »anctirj tba proTidenrr
nhich viv ara tbin cTcntog asecntbled
to imfirove. Pray tliat he would bless
. tbtb iwrmon to you, uid thul ho would
I fit aitd prepare you to die .- bo tliat
I whcniwcr the Rummons cones y^ou may
I bo found fMidy.

OKIGINAI, LKTTER OF THE COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON.
{To tht Killtor of tht Et^noelicai. Ifioizisi.)

IlEv. AND Dear Doctor, — Tlio fol-
lowing paragraph* have been aelected
bom an original letter of the oelcbrated
CouDtfss of Huntingdon. Thej will, I
think, be acceptable lo your numeroua

The Rev. John Hftwka worth, to whom
the letter woj addressed, was one of
her ladyship's fnrourite students. He
laboured under her patronogo both in
England and Ireland. Foi- a Gcason
he was pastor of the church in Cbapel-
stl-cet, Wem.

In the well-knomi " Life and Times
of Lady Huntingdon," by a inember of
the honaes of Shirley and Hastings,
then an aome noticea of Mr. Hawka-

a'orth, and of the other excellent per-
sons whose names are mentioned.
I am, &c.,
John Biceebton Viixuiis.
TTrni.

Dear Hawksworlb, — Ever auice I
had your letter I have been engaged to
help yon4o a proper student, one that
I think will fuUy answer the hint given
in your letter I namely, notoue tliot has
been there. Mr. Wiukworthistheonein
view ; and he is so Uka jon that I call
him, in speaking to him — " but Hawks-
worth, you nill do so." His sense and
spirit are good, and be is clear in his
prinoiplaa. Uore life, ■■ I vi^ all,

ORIOIKAL LETTBB OF THK 00UNTB68 OF HUKTIVGDON.

755

and man fidth, he and I want. But
bis Bteftdineu and excellent temper
will proTent any difficult iee in your
abaenoe. Hia time to be with you you
will fix in your next.

Our work so apreada beyond all
bonnda of my expectation that I some-
times think I was mistaken, and am
ready to run away from ray poor, un-
profitable labours, saying often — " with
men this is impossible" to undergo.
Bat '< be still and know that I am God/'
stops the runaway, and in loving shame
obliges me to yield my poor unworthy
body, soul, and spirit up anew to that
dear Father, that elder Brother, that
Sariour and Shepherd of hia Israel, and
friend of this wicked, apostate heart.
faith, faith ! How does my soul break
forth into longings after this only power,
which can ordain strength out of such
weakness aa mine. If you should find
me alive it must be because a thousandth
part of a " grain" is afforded me.

How haye I abhorred myself this
aeaaon flor an indifference felt for a
moment to the humbled estate of omr
Saviour Jesus Chriat, who came into
this miserablo world as a poor and des-
pised creature; that, through his mys-
terious humiliation, he might bring a
heaven to our worthless souls. How
did the poor heathen sages reproach my
infideli^ when all their wealth and
honours were poured forth at his feet
in holy worship. And that while lying
in a atable among beasts, and first
practiaing those infant smiles upon a
guilty world, which an eternity of glory
will be but too little for us to acknow-
ledge, with our faces veiled before him
in holy shame.

I am glad you liked the account of
the anniversary. It was a good time.

I fear dear Mr. Toplady is in a bad
■tate of health. His kindness and
Chxiatian disposition to oblige and serve
in our work is unwearied^ He is a
capable friend, has fine parts, great
knowledge, and above all, is deeply ac-
qsainted with divine truths expori-
ktalljr in hia own soul. He is clear
tho important method of salva-

tion, and the leading, teachings, and
guidance of the Holy Ghost in the
divine life. You may possibly see him
at the College in spring, as he, if able,
has engaged to go with me into a part
of "Wales, to visit the churches con-
nected in heart with us.

You must pray with our dear friends
in Ireland for more fkithfiil labourers.
It is our blessed Lord's express com-
mand. And I believe no prayer is so
little used, though none is so much
wanted at present.

A spirit of party, owing to lukc-
warmness, is rising in the churches,
and if it continues this reformation will
end. Though I have a kind of faith I
cannot get rid of, that says it will not
end until the heathen are given for his
peculiar inheritance. One nail only
for the Lord Jesus Christ in a church
among the heathen and savages is the
single ambition of my life.

Should you go into Yorkshire you
will find a great work under Hanis,
and from thence all through Linooln-
shire, under Mr. Glasscot and students.
Should you come to Bristol you will
find there a most blessed and successful
work in a chapel I have opened. And
from Bath to London all is ready to
receive you. Such is the Lord's good-
ness.

In London there is Westminster
cbapel ; and in the city, the old wicked
Mulberry gardens, where hundreds of
the |)oorest and most abandoned kind
are flocking to hear. In your way to
the College from thcnoe we can find
you good and happy engagements
among many poor to whom the gospel
is now preached.

Do say all that is kind to dear Mrs.
Paul, and any friends that inquire after
me. Beg all tlieir prayers. And now
I commend you to that grace of faith
and love which in Christ Jesus does,
and evermore will, cause you to triumph
in his faithfulness, in your labours, in
your life, and in your death ! and to
rejoice in him to all eternity. So cer-
tainly does your present state of grace
confirm all my former just preaenti-

756 A DAY AT THE CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHUBCn, OOBDOM-SQUAfiE.

ments of }rotL And, as ercr, believe
me your fkithfbl, affectionate friend in
the Lord Chriat.

S. Huntingdon.

Cottege, Bee. 28, 1776.

We hare some graeioiu and promiaing
8onl8 at this place. More children each
day to work for the Lord; and he pays
good wages. May they be so many
Moseses. William White, that honest
soul, during the master's absence for a

season, has the care of the College, and
faithftiUy and wisely goea through
the charge. Wonderfhl that so many
" sons of strangers** to me should be
sent to build up "the walls" of our
Zion. I keep to that rule, only to re-
ceive such as oome ooDstndned by the
Lord to offer freely in his blessed ser-
vice.

All here love you that know you;
and all others also by eharaoter. Pray
for us. Pray for us.

A DAY AT THE CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH.

GORDON-SQUARE, LONDON.

{Canihiwdjrom last moftthJ)

A LITTLE before four o'clock I was
again in the building. A considerable
congregation was assembled, to which,
for some time, additions continued to
be made. No one occupied any part
of tlie chancel; nor did it seem as if it
was going to be used. This I accounted
for from the information I had received,
that the first thing was to be the
delivery of a sermon. The pulpit
stands tovrarc- , the top of the north
side of the nrve ; on the south side,
nearly opposite to it, or but a little
lower down, several benches, I ob-
served, were kept vacant. When it
was time for the service to begin, the
various ministers whom I had seen in
the morning, and in the same robes
which they then wore, entered the
church some\^/'cre from the north side
of the chancol, and walked down to
the transept. When they arrived there,
the one highest in office, as it seemed
to me, bowed to the preacher, who
bowed in return. The latter then went
round one way, and ascended the pul-
pit ; while all the rest crossed the
edifice, and took their places on the
vacant scats of which I have spoken,
and which were obviously reserved for
them. I have seen precisely the same
arrangement of priests and preacher,
in Popish Continental churches, when

a sermon has succeeded to the celebra-
tion of the mass. The preacher having
kneeled down, with his face towards
the east (or altar), and having offered
a short prayer or collect, rose up, and
immediately gave out his text. The
discourse was on intercessory prayer.
It seemed to have been preceded by one
on the same subject, as the speaker
referred (at least, so I understood him)
to his having shown how intercessory
prayers derived a peculiar force from
their being the prayers of " dead men."
I did not understand the bearing of
the remark ; — whether it glanced at the
intercession of the saints in heaven
for those on earth, or whether it onlv
referred to the instances of interces-
sion which we have in Scripture, and
to their power as examples^ from their
having been offered by the now happy
and glorified dead. The latter, from
the way in which the position was
laid down, is not very likely; — and
yet it is possible, from the discourse
itself consisting almost entirely of
references to the intercessory acts of
Abraham, Moses, Job, and others. The
sermon had many things in it that
were edifying and useful, and which
might have been so to any Christian
of any church. It showed no parti-
cular power or grasp of thought. The

A DAT AT THE CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH, GOBDOK-SQUARE. 767

preacher somotimcs indulged in a
boyish prcttiness of style, which would
have amused had he not been a preacher
— often in fanciful and allegorical in-
terpretation, which might have led
some, I thought, not only to question
the strength of his understanding, but
almost to doubt his thorough sincerity.
I will give an instance of this,— one
which filled me, I confess, with wonder
and sorrow. Referring to our Lord's
words, respecting the father whose
son might ask him for *< bread," an
** egg" or a " fish," he explained the
hidden meaning of these symbols in
this way : — the " bread " signified Christ,
who is "the bread of life;"— the "eg^ "
was the Holy Spirit, from his mani-
festation, I suppose, in the form of a
dove; — the "fish" was regeneration, or
subjective Christian life, that is, life
tfi, or fromf water. Now I do say that
there are some men, and not uncandid
men either, who would consider such
an interpretation of our Lord's allu-
sions as indicating, in the expositor,
either silliness of mind, or dishonesty
of purpose, or both.

After the sermon was concluded, the
evening service began. The chancel
was again occupied by the priests or offi-
ciating ministers; the chanting was
beautiful as before; a Ught, or lights,
hung from the roof in front of the
altar, and I think there was incense,
but of that my recollection does not
enable me to speak positively. What
principally struck me in this evening
service were two things, — ^the first was,
that one of the readers of the lessons
sometimes paused, repeated a sentence,
and then uttered a word or two, in
toDoa singularly piercing, rather loud
and abrupt, as if he could not resist
giving, in this way, a sort of marked
emphasis to the particular phrase which
was thus signalized. The second thing
was, that two of the officiating minis-
ters stood for some time at the bottom
of the chancel, on opposite sides, facing
each other ; the principal priest, a little
beyond them, stood in the centre, with
hia baek to the altar, his face, of course,

towards his colleagues and the congre-
gation ; while they thus stood, the one
on the left spoke what I believe was a
kind of exhortation, but I could not
hear it distinctly ; he on the right did
the same ; this was followed by the one
in the centre pronouncing something
similar to both. This, my communica-
tive friend, the sub-deacon of the morn-
ing, denominated " the evening minis-
try." It might have consisted of sayings
wise and weighty, edifying and instruct-
ive, but it was not audible, I fear, to
many in the church ; it certainly failed
to reach me. This might partly be
owing to the distance at which I stood ;
but it also arose, in my humble judg-
ment, from its not being addressed to
the people in the form of direct, in-
tended instruction.

This second service concluded about
six o'clock, and with it the public wor-
ship of the church, properly so called.
At seven the edifice was again open, and
while the congregation was assembling
I was again there. I found the under-
deacon standing at the door as I was
going in, but vnthout his gown, and I
inqi^*ed, with some 8U'*prise, why he
was not prepared and ready for his
duties P He explained iiat he had no-
thing to do, officially, vr*\h the evening
service; it was attended, he said, by
difierent persons, and was of a difier-
ent character from those previously
held. The congregation was consider-
able ; it was evidently not composed of
the members of the church, or not
largely, but of the general public. It
was a mixed throng, ac« ated, I should
think, a good deal by curiosity; not
remarkable for its intellectual aspect ;
ordinary, but respectable looking, men
and women; a foir average religious
assembly, whose manners and behaviour
were quite in accordance with the place
and day.

The chancel was now empty and
dark, with the exception of one dim
light hanging from the roof. None of
the superior priests made their appear-
ance. Instead of a long rich choral
seryice, the worship consisted of only

T»8

DAI AX THK OMHOUO AKD AFOnOtIO CBOMIf, OUBMHWIAU.

■ama portionti of the ovenins pnijrn of
the Chinch of Knttltuid, There vrnre
ku^p tMMud« disttibuted o*cr the plar«,
viLh A printixl wlKlioii of metrical
faalm* tuid lijmiui poalCid upon them,
two or Ibn-e uf which Wffro sung in the
aoniM of tin aT«niiig to well-knonn
la&M, rb»r« vcTc only two pcraons. if
I rviDHnbw rightly, who uppored iu
MtUniulieal garrocnU; tlieii rohra, I
tiinught, did not ind>nt« the higher
ettlMv at the miniittrj. Bj tliaM the
pdijen and lenaonft wvr* TMd, On« «f
Itiem wu iho pr«tub«r, whoae discourw
was (o bt' th« pHncipol sTcnt of the
•vvuiiig. Ill reading the l^ison from
the Now Tolameitt, iio AMramjianird it
wilh A brief rnnnlDg commeat. At tin;
cJmo of the tmahip he aaeendtNl the
pnlpit nnd prcpmcd to prcftdt. 1I« had
«few ddIva, to which be oocAnioiuUy
ntermi, but hi> larmini coiuiited of
jwrfeutl^ fr«v, thouj^h prcinuililated,
■p««<.'h. It WM bvideiitly one of a
MtIm. It iududtHl A guod d«aj of
vptrllaAiiiAUon uf Iho pui* and f^oi-
tw«of the J6wi^ tAbnoAclB; but, m
nn nrgument, it was intended to detnon-
stmle iho wiriplurAl authority for four
-oldcra at miiiiitcr-i in the church ;
DBDiely, EpDitlca, propbftn, eTangclistv,
pAAtora ur lenohrrk. I w*B not udilicd
bj Lie cxpobition of the lyptcul digni-
tiennco of the labeniooU; nor wtu I
convinced by bib argum^nlB for the
minittry ■ In the course of lii> ob<^crTa-
tioni, the folloniog things atnick And
remained with me. Olhcr churches, he
Baid, bore nilncai to the justuess of

Thcr — tliougb the t«iliuiony of all was
Blill imperlect. Tlie lloniAn Churoii
■with ill clAimi fur the pope, nod epix-
eopal oUurches with their bishops, nlike
Admitted tlie neoeaeity for ajKnliet. All
chulchH of All orders hud ixmlnn and

t cache ra. Kvery dcnoiaiDatinn that
sent (iiTtli miuionArics gArc ita testl-
iituny iu behAlf of ii^ngelUU. None,
liow«ter, but ibeiiiAeiTM clainied lo
hAT« prejih¥l», or luaerteil liu neccMity
of hATlng all tho fuur. That there
ought to fa« Caw order* of ministry ia
the chunth, waa nttcmpted to be shown
by tlic folliTwing Argnmonin: — Bemuse
there were /aur jiMirt pUccd between
ih« holy and most holy phM* in lh»
Jowiali lAbernai'lo i bm»uMi fi«kwl Um
prophet had tu call for the J^ur leittdt
to brAAlho on the dry bones that they
might ljy» ; and because there were_/bur
r«c*r» lAo* wattni FarMiut. I think
it poeHible that in a pre*i»ua discooru
he had given his interpretAtiou of tli«
poieagc in tho EphetinuA, in which St,
I'niil Bpcaka of aiKWtles, prophets, evau--
Ipliits, end so on; but the above are
somo of the srguniculs /heard, and by
such orgumenta I was not convinced.

Tiiis paper hoi extended so lar beyond
my tsjicctationa, that I CAnnot add, as
I oiMw puTjMwid, any reAectioits on wUoX
1 SAW and heard, and havo here dbt-
iMlrd. 1 believe 1 must content myself
with tho office of tlie historian. 1 have
given the history of a day — a day I do
dot regret to have spent, aod which I
bojiG waa one not altc^ethcr lost. The
most of the readers of this record
will be able to make tlicir own rcHec-
tioDs on whut it ruieals, without my
aidi at nny rate, if I am over to help
them with aome of my own, it must be
at A future D;>por(unity, for both time
and space fail mo now. 1 will only add,
that, though I haTD uot described all 1
i<3W, nor re[iealed all I heard, what I
have Boid, in tlievc two papers, is, in uiy
honest and conseieutioua belief, a fair
and true UDCOUUt.

Xov. nrJ.

T. W.

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ance with the literature of Biblical
investigation and prophetic studies, arc
anxious to arrive at satisfactory views of
the Bible as a whole. To the young
who are entering on an earnest exami-
natioB of the Scriptures, in order to the
attainment of clear conceptions of the
harmony of divine truth ; and to. those of
riper years, who arc desirous of having
their knowledge amplified or confirmed,
it will prove an invaluable boon.

The range of the volume is very com-
prdienaive. It commences with Moses
tad doMB with Malachi. And in pass-

ing over this wide field Dr. Brown
betrays no haste, or disposition to treat
any important question with superfi-
ciality. The full light of patient inquiry
and ample knowledge ' shines on every
topic of importance connected with the
life, and labours, and times of the long
train of prophets that pass in review, so
that the reader finds himself, not merely
looking upon a vivid and life-like picture
of gifted and inspired men, but sur-
roxmded with the circumstances and
scenes through which they passed. The
chapters resemble great historic paint-
ings ; each prophet stands as the centre,
and around him gather the pomp and
circumstance, the grandeur and desola-
tion of ancient monarchies, the sha-
dows of Israel's doom, and the rising
splendours of Messiah's kingdom.

The designations of the various sections
of the book are happy, and wiU convey
to our readers some conception of the
richness and amplitude of the questions
discussed. They are as follows : — Moses,
the prophet of the law— Samuel, the
prophet of the altar — David, the royal
prophet — Elijah, the prophet of Mount
Carmel — Elisha, the prophet of the suc-
cession — Isaiah, the evangelical prophet
— Jeremiah, the weeping prophet — Eze-
kiel, the prophet of the captivity —
Daniel, the prophet of the court — Jonah,
the prophet of repentance— Zechariah,
• the prophet of the restoration — Malachi,
the prophet of the second temple. And
as far as extensive knowledge and ear-
nestness of purpose, combined with great
ease and felicity in delineating characters
and events, serve to throw interest around
the grandest themes that can occupy the
human mind. Dr. Brown's labours have,
we think, been eminently successftQ.
Headers, who have already accurate and
comprehensive views of the various sub-
jects discussed, will be gratified with the
clearness and force with which they are
handled; and many, whose notions of
the sacred volume have been disjointed
and fragmentary, will rise from the pe-

TOO

wot II

niul of ttii* book with conccptif^i- <>r
ill unitf which will asoite their gr^ik I'^il
■ud admiring wonder. And althouj!! iii>:
fomtUj an argument for tLo d:i.i:U'
authoritjof the Scriptures, it cannit bo
read without Ajmiihing to all thinking
mind* atteatationi of the divinity (f th-
Bihle. The book, •• » popular e:(;»i,i.
lion of the great fact* ftndTcritieii.t' ihi.'
(acred volume, nnd *n Indirect, bu; :-, n-
cla»i-re argument for the truth of (.'bib-
tianity, merila, and we trurt willrc^-.u.',
k thonghtfdl peraul among all cUai^ts.

Ihe itjlo in which the toIutie^ is
written ie tuj, beth, and rarled, nut
tmfreqnentlj rising into great force un il
beauty. There are many exampics nf
happy antithesee, and not a few geri-hkc
pauages of aphoriatia witdom, that i.';iii
hear to be quoted. Sometimei th: i c ii
an clement of the dramatic rmniuii;
through Dr. Brown's aketchet, and i-'c-
CMlonaUy there are eloquent outbura.s of
indignant inrective against tyranny ■.■m>\
oppretsion. Throughout, indeed, tin-
▼ariety, spirit, and naturalneaa of the
style are such that the reader glidei -i'.-tng
the pages with an ease thot prevert'' aU
distiirbance of thought, and secure.^ mi
immediatG apprehension of the sulijtrt.

Wc warmly commend the book to all
closxes of our renders, assured th&t iia
perusal cannot fail to yield them Loth
pleasure and profit.

■ IS Tt-BKEVL A Karralireof

the Frotiifanl lit/ormation in tKt Ar.

mmion ChartR. By Rev. H. G. 0.

Dwlont, Conilantiiiople.

London: Jamra Nhlxl indCo.

Thb eycB of the world are at present
flicd on Turkey ; and every thing likely
to affect its present position and fnture
destinies must be looked upon with in-
terest. To Englishmen of every tlnra it
must be gratifying to know that freeJom
and equal rights arc making rapid pr<i-
greas among the aubjceta of the Suli:m ;
and to the Christian it must be pceuli.irly
'welcome to leam that reformation istlriij-
ing its way into the strongholds of ciir-
ruption in the Armenian church, nnd
tikat the goipel is not without teatimontea
« ite power among HohtmmedHu. O! \

Ihcie interesting nnd hopeful sigat of ik
liuiM this volume fiuttLtJics

uiit slat ions. It traces modem cAtru'
Gtuii^liic Turkey, and la rekindle <^
extinguished lamp of truth amid tk
once fanmred cities of Asis Uir.er, to
their origin >n 1S13, and foDowa them
through varying scenes of hope tai
(leapondCBcy, of struggle and suffcTinE,
itntn at the preaent tune mistion stalians
and liltlc Protestant communities gtllttci
like Stan ia a darkened heaven all ortt
ihc Oitoman empire. Amid much tipp>-
liti^ii and numerous sacrifices, as Mr.
D wight's pages fully iitt«st, has this
happy result been achieved, and, the»>
fare, we connut hut traco the hand of
Providence in the entire movement, and
must hope that th* aggression* of dcpot-
Lim wiU issue ia the wide-spread triumph
of Christianity in Uio East.

Mr. Dwight sUtes, not only thot " The
Sultan has issued a s[>ecial halti-sherd
(a fimiDn with his own imperial auto-
graph upon it) to each of the diffeient
clasBct of his Christian and Jewish sub-
Jeeta, pledging to them full protection Jn
all their rights," hut that " native Pro-
lestaot conununities hnvo been regnl:j-Iy
orgiinircd in more than forty plaiYf,
within the boundaries of the Armenian
mission, and that there ore neatly eighty
tonus and villiigca in the Utlomnn em-
pire, where Protestants arc found in
greater or lea* numbers, in most, if not
oil, of which stated Protestant services
are held on every Sabbath." And ns a,
further, and certoijily a very hopeful,
fact connected with the progress of Chris-
tianity in the East, ho adds, " There are
at present witliia the tounds of the Ar-

regulnrlj- ordained, besides some thirty
eolportenre, ccnstimtly employed in dii-
trihntiiig the word of Ood and religions
books and traelc, and in personal con-
verfation wiili the people. Si.t of the
preachiTS are setiled as pastors over
churehcB ; namely, tico in Constantinople,
one in Rodoeto, on the sea of Marmora,
one in BrooBa, one in Nitomedia, and
one in Adahaznr. Tlic seventh was
ordained an an evangelist, nnd is at ptt>-
^cwAon^ V) OTi interesting cor gre-

aX ■
ita I

lb ■

BSTIBV OV BXUaiOUS PUBXJOATrOHS.

761

gilkm Bcwlj organued in Khanoos, near
Enroom."

The book abounds with interesting
details of the struggles and triumplis of
truth ; and altogether forms one of the
most striking and precious chapters in
the history of modem missions.

Orioixal Reflections axd Contehsa-
TiovAL Rb3(arks ; chiefly on Theological
Sybfeets, By J. E. Gordon, Esq.
London : James Nisbet and Co.

This is a volume of stray aiid frag-
mentary thoughts jotted down in the first
instance for the author*s own immediate
benefit, ami afterwards published at the
auggeation of some friends. It is alto-
gether a remarkable book, aboimding in
what is bold, racy, and oftentimes ori-
ginal, in idea and expression. There is
no order or classification followed by
Mr. Gordon; h<8 ** notions,'* embracing
science, politics, theology, and criticism,
are thrown together with a negligence
that gives the picture-variety of the
kaleidoscope, but hinders reference. To
some of his ** notions," although always
well and forcibly expressed, wo should
not feel disposed to assent. There are
many, however, which wc deem at once
beautiful and just, and did our space
allow, should have gratified our readers
by ample quotations. Wc give the fol-
lowing as samples : —

" A jest in religion is like a butterfly
on a skull."

" Riches certainly make themselves
wings ; they fly away, and (Prov. xxiii. 5)
hence it follows that the only way to
keep them at home is to be constantly
clipping their wings."

" Faith and rei>entance are twin graces,
like the two Marys, who were the last to
qnit the Saviour's cross and the earliest
to visit his grave. Repent and believe
the goepel, expresses the relation in
which they stand to each other. Re-
pentance is the exercise of the penitent
son! at the foot of the cross— faith the
eye which first authenticates the resur-
xeetion, and then follows the Saviour into
heaTen/'

'* Some minds are merely trAHimissive

TOL, XXXU,

media— little, if at all, affected by cither

the light or the heat which they convey
to others— like a lens of ice, which is
capable of igniting gunpowder, without
being affected by the combustion which
it produces."

'* AMien men arc at most pains to keep
the mouth of their purse shut, God is at
most pains to keep the bottom of it
open.*'

" Knowledge is to the intellect what
light is to the plant. It gives colour,
beauty, and form, but no fruit; that is
the province of heat"

Ihe reader will find a multitude of
thoughts throughout the volume equally
beautiful and striking ; and in many in-
stances much more extended and elabo-
rate in their form.

The Station and OccrPATioN op the
Saints in their Final Glory. By
James Carlilb, B.I). With an Intro-
dttctory Notice, by the Rev. James
Edward Carlile Brechin.
London : James Nisbet and Co.

This little volume is posthumous. It
was prepared for the press by Dr. C ,
but did not appear till after his death.
There is a beautiful appropriateness in it,
as the last production of a superior and
eminently excellent man, whose spirit
is now united with ** the saints in their
final glory."

The design of Dr. C— > — is to illustrate
and enforce his conception of the pre-
eminent dignity of the saints in a future
world, as indicated by the passage, '* Ye
shall judge angels." The priestly and
regal character with which they are in-
vested presupposes some order of beings
over whom they preside, and to whom
they minister ; and to the opinion that
these are angels Dr. C was con-

ducted by the passage already quoted.
Many may object to his idea of this pas-
sage, and consequently will not be dis-
posed to accept the speculation. But
apart from this, there is a great deal in
the little book that is truly valuable. It
is enriched with a sketch of the closing
part of his ministry, and an inte.t^\ivw%
memoir o£ Htb. Cax\3\Q,

789

BBmw or BKUOtom POBUoiTiom.

TnnBair Ansr : ■ Potm. By T. Bol-
□laBKOKm HiBkuii, P. A. S., Htad
Matltr ef Sir Thommi Pe<Mtt$ EttJnttd
arammar ScIippI, ComArtAm. 4to.

BallandVlim,I.«d«l tat Blau k OoatvlB,
BUh. I

■■ Wanar tha «atliar vh engaged, on
Ul« asth of July, 18M, wtth tome
pawn* on the lop of the KuIm Kt Tln-
tem Abbe7, dixnuung a runiouT thnt tke
I>nk« of Beanfott ma abont to give tlie
dteto th« Bomanuta, he waa aocoated,lii
atnav Iriah accent, brooeof thMaiatlM
gaib of Pritit.—' I hope. Sir, the day I*
tut far dUtant when thla pUee will again
b* In «w banda.'— 'I hope In Qad yiM
nnybe mlttaken ; tot nam, at all Menta,
the** Rain* ipeA tlie tmtb,'
reply ; when tliQ lomewhat
and apparentlj diiplcaaed prieata preci-
pitately lili t)io pUip.'"

This int'iJtjjI U.11 thi! Dcuaion o( tliis
Poen, uLich, in uiUitiou la iu dufic
taate and beauty, ia thutoughly Pro-
tealant in iU feeling.

Witb our aulhof, wc ting iii spirit ovtr
all luch Ruint —

■ I la*t IhM belli T Don In lli} dfC*r>
Vlib Ihjr dctp illci ceiUid thT irDu1il'ilii( naic,

Tho lincB, which are well conceived
and exprcnspd, are accompitiiled with
highly artistical engiuyiiigB of thi- Abbcj
and BUTTounding scenery ; and with briel
Uiilorical Notices. The Tolime will be
a mfc and acceptable present for young

Tub Efistleb of Paul tub Afobw.*:

an Original Tranihtiint ; with Critical
Xoiu and tiilroduction. By JoREi'B
ToRBBtLL, Ph. Dr„ V.D.M,, Honorary
StcTclanj lo the Anglo- Biblical Inililalr.

London: Simucl Bik»<" *i«l Sam.
Wr cannot but npproTC of cvrrj con-
acicntioUB and enlightened effort to te-
tnoTC all that is obscure and ambiguouir
bom the £nglbh TetaloD of the Scrip-
lurct. And it miul be ndmittcd t^t llv:

lD;>f.v of nearly two llttsdMd and BAf
jcus. bince the aulhoriicd InmtlatiM
wo* nisdc, k-»Tc» room for spm* c-mm-
riniioQs. During tha.t lime certain form*
nf rxprcuion, once Iu fjuniliar uw and
• asily underatood, have become obsolete^
<>i luiinlcUlgiblc 1 ind the mean* and
tpplianc™ for a raoi« accurate and cri-
licnl uuiunalion of the Original Ua-i
gUAgcs have groally muliipUed. Such
■itcnipU, then, s« that at Mr. Turoboll
now Iwfmo ut, meriu the higheat rom-
nii'iiilflliiiii, (iiprcially when coDducUd
with tho Mholarahip and derout ipirit
liidlcntcd !n liU Inlroductian and Notea.
To the principle* end argumenla w^«t
by )Ir, Tumbull in hii introdtiction, wA
cordially aucnt ; and cannot but sdimr«
iho patient, KcboUr-lile m-innct in wbleh
lie set about hi* work. The trantdation
will, WE think, in not a few instances
greatly BMi«t the English reader.

BuBATK Etwinia RuDntoi om St.

LvKB. Ay fl* Iter. JoBK Ctrllluiro,

D.D.

LmdoB .' Ailliitr HiB, finiw, and Co.

Tkb facility with which Dr. Cntnming
pours forth treatise, sermon, and com-
ment is truly astonishing. lie never
leemt to exhaust himself. His power
appears to augment with the multiplica-
tion of his eflbrts. Ills productions may
not be profound, or highly erudite, nor
docs he intend them to be such : but they
sre full of instruction adapted to the
great multitude, to whom he iitimedi-
ately addteeses himself.

Ilia " Sabbath Eiening Beadinga " are
among his happiest efforts. Tlley cm-
brace a large amount of healthy, vigorouf,
and well-digested exposition. No one
con read them without being stivck with
his readines* and felicity in applying the
lessons of di*ine truth to the crer-Tarying
circtimatanccs and ciigcncies of men.
Of this there are many heautiftil illtts-
tralions in the volume now before us.
And besides, the cartlinol truths of the
gospel have always a prominent place
assigned to them, nnd are unifomlly
represented as the best hope of the
world.

T^«t tLcw^^ hate otir bearty com-

BETIBW OF BBLIQIOUB PUBU0ATI0M8.

768

meiidation, fts they cannot fail to be
eminently useful.

Xbttlbton and H18 Laboura : beitiff the

Mmnoir of Dr, N&ttUton, By BsvifET

Ttlbk, D.D. Remodelled in eomeparte^

with oeeaeional Notee and Extraete, and

Spodmena of hie Sermone and Addreeeee,

and an Introdudion, By the Rev, Ak-

miBW A. Bona'k, CoUace,

XdiBbuTgh : T. and T. Clark. 1854.

Tux importance of this work woul4
justify a more lengthened notice than we
■re able to giro it. We shall be glad,
howvrer, if the litde we may say should
lead our brethren in the ministry, and
young men preparing for the sacred
woriL, tb procure and study it for thcm-
selTes. While there may be some things
in it with which they, like ourselres,
could not altogether agree, we are sure
they could not peruse it, in a right state
of mind, without denting great personal
benefit, and learning many inraluable
lessons.

Dr. Nettleton was tmqfuestionably one
of the most useftil and successful minis-
ters of Christ that America ever pro--
dooed. He is stated *' to have been the
means of awakening no less than 30,000
souls," He could be no common man, of
whom, when a student for tho ministry,
President Dwight could say, «*He will
make one of the most useful men this
country has ever seen."

He was bom in 1783, and had the ad-
▼antage of religious instruction in early
life. like many who have afterwards
been eminently successful in tho work of
the ministry, the conflict through which
he passed in becoming decided, was
kngthtned and severe. It issued, how-
etet, in due time, in his possessing peace
md joy in believing. Having been led
to drada on giving himself to the work
of tlie ministry, in 1805, he entered Yale
GidleBe, then under the presidency of the
Tea e tata d Dwight. Even here he was
tfetinguished for his piety and useful-
■csa. He had intended, with some others
Uka»minded with himself, to devote
to missionary work among the
. But *'soon after he began to
iw a elit hia labom* were crowned with

signal success. Wherever he went, the
Spirit of God seemed to accompany his
preaching. His brethren in the ministry,
witnessing the success of his labours,
were of opinion that he ought to delay,
at least, the execution of his purpose to
leave the country. In deference to their
opinion, he consented to delay ; and as
his labours became increasingly success-
ful, his brethren were more and more
convinced that God had called him to
labour as an evangelist at home." p. 53.
The following extract will give some
idea of the character and results of Dr.
Nettleton's labours : — ** On February
18th, 1821, he visited Farmington, Con-
necticut. Dr. Porter, the pastor of the
church at that place, writing some yean
after, with reference to this visit, says,
that * from the beginning of the year, a
new state of feeling began to appear in
the town. On the first Sabbath in Feb-
ruary, I stated to the assembly the
tokens there were of tho precious pre-
sence of God in several places of the
vicinity, and urged, not without efilsot,
the duties peculiarly incumbent on us
at such a season. ... In this state of
things, the Kev. Mr. Nettleton made us
his first visit. His preaching on the
evening of tho LordVday was sent
home by the power of the Spirit upon
the hearts of many. His discourse on
the Wednesday evening following was
blessed to the conviction of a still greater
number. As many as fifty persons dated
their first decided purpose of immediately
Bcoking salvation from that evening. . . .
At a meeting of the awakened on the
evening of February 26th, there were
present about 170. Here were persons
of almost every age and class — some who,
a few weeks before, had put the subject
of religion at a scornful distance, and
others who had drowned all serious
thought in giddy mirth, now bending
their knees together in supplication, or
anxiously waiting to be told what they
must do to be saved. From this time,
so rapid was the progress of the work,
that there were present at the next simi-
lar meeting, on March 12th, 180 persons,
of whom fifty supposed t.\\»X ix&s;« nXsa
commencemesil oi ^"ft -^^V ^%i ^a*^

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BXnKW OF IlEUaiCDS PUBMCATIOXS.

bccoiii* t«conoaed to God. A vevk ttUr,
I had Ibe nuun of more UiuiDinetjwlio '
indulged the Mme hope.

•• ' The lUta of feeliog trhkli mt tbi*
tima pervaded the town wm intoveting
beyond deicription. Thoe wm no coro-
motion, bnt ■ itillnc« in ouTcryaticeti,
ftaerenity in the Mpect of the pioni, end
a loleiiuiitj apparent in almott all, which
tocibl; iinpreaaed ua with the connctton
that Ge4 teat ■'■ Hf pkut. Pnblie meet-
ingi were aoappointed alto aKbrd the Mune
indiTidaaloppoTtnnitrfot hearing preach-
ing twice a week, txsidM on the Sabbath.
. . . ne topic* on which Ur. Nctlleton
principallr dwrit were, the nneh«iig«able
obligation* of the DiTine l«w — the de-
ceitful and entinlj deptaied characlei' of
the natural heart— the free, indiacriini-
lute offer* of the goepel— the KMOoablc-
neu and neceaiitj of immediate npent-
ance — the vanity of ezcuaei — and the
gnUt and danger of iligbting, reuating.

and oppoaing the Holy Spirit

'Within three monthi, there were about
310 meinbet* of tlie congregation who
•upposed they had paaied from death
unto life. On the fint Sabbath in June,
115 nirc added (o the churcli, and, at
lubscqucnt periods, lliDbcBidn. It wa>
B fuTourablc cirLumslance that oinong
the fint subjeclB of the work there yrat
a Inrge proportion of the more wealthy
and intelligent clei*. A few who then
cnmc furwanl have since been rejected,
and others have declined bom their £nl
tovc \ but certainly not a larger propor*
tion than I have seen among other hope-
ful convctpioiis. Many have Binee died,
and some have removed to other place*,
but thoie wlio remain constitute the
»trength of the church.' " pp. 147 — 152.

In theology. Dr. Nettleton was to a
considerable extent a follower of Edwards
and Dwight. Hi* method in eoirducting
revivals wo* distinguished for judicious-
neas and freedom from everything like
display. In the specimens of his preach-
ing which are given in this volume, there
will be found nolhing like rant, or mere
exciting declamation. They are Bolid,
argumentative, doctrinal, pointed appeal*
to the undertlonding, conscience, and
heart. Dr. Nettleton, we may remark,

^laJ no »jinp»thy with Finney, eilbtr a
)ti> doi^trinal senlimenls or modra of plu-
ceil lire. No two men could be raoreunliie
\Vi' should alto mention that the nrat
ili^tiiigutihcd among the Amaican miiiii-
tcra for pictj end orthodoxy were frieniii
Kiid suppunrrj of Dr. Neltlelon. We
meet with reftienrc* in thi< Tolnine U> hi*
vi^lI to this coimiry in IS3I. It tmA.
pLicc when he wat in declining licolth.
anil when hii Uat diy* were OTCt. He
died ill 1813, but his labours may b« said
\u have bean finished long before.

In conclusion, we beg earnestly to re-
commend this volume for circulition
among the ricing niniatrjof oni chnrcbca.
It will do good both to the toindi and
heula of out brethraia even tbongh they
may not agree with everything it con-
tain*. We trust the perxiaal of it may
be the means of leading am many among
them to greater eameatneaa and useful-
neaa in the work of the I^ord.

A SosiPTuan Qaiktt>bs ; ton t aimins am
Aeeetmt ofaU Iht Fletn Meiliontd tn tAt
Nm Tmtamaml. By B. H. Cowrm.

Tnn author has collected in this little
volume a great Toriety of usefiil informa-
tion. It will yield valuable assistance to
the young, and to Sunday-school teachers,
in studying the New Testament. Not a
few passages of Scripture will be eluci-
dated by its use.

CnniBTiAKm Vikwsd in son or its

LuDiKO Aspect*. Bjt tkt Rn. A. L.

H. FooTB, mUhar of " Incidmlt in Ihi

Lific/««-Satiour."

Londiin: ttamilion. AdiiB), sad Co.

Wk have read this litOe volume with
care, and have been greatly pleased with
the highly philosophical, practical, and
pious tone in which the spirit, power, and
purposes of Christianity are set forth.
Mr. Foote evidently thinks for himself,
and has the power of expressing his
thoughts in a way that attest* his own
earnestness, and is calculated to impress
the minds of his readers. We have sel-
dom seen the leading " aspects" of Chris-
tianity set so clearly before the under-
standing, and pressed home ao irresist-

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ibiy npon the heart, as they are in this

Tolume. No one, we think, can atten-

tirely peruse it without feeling that

Christianity is at once accordant with

the wisdom and beneficence of God, and

adapted to the feircumstances and exi-

cences of man. It is exhibited in just and

beautiful concatenation, as a life — a work

— A reward — a culture — a discipline —

a fellowship ; and every thoughtful

reader must admit that whilst these

things are essential to the completeness

of its mission, they have been developed

and enforced in a manner not unworthy

of their importance. We trust the

Tolimie will be extensively read.

A PO&TBAITURE OF THE LATE ReV. WiL-

LiAM Jat, OP Bath. An Outline of his
Mindf Character^ and Pulpit Eloquence,
with Notes of his Conversations, and an
Estimate of his Writings and Usefulness,
By the Rev. Thomas Wallace, Author
of^*A Guide to the Christian Ministry
{Prize Essay), " The Heavenly Home,
•• The Happy Family,*' S^c, ^c, 8vo.
pp. 240.

Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co.

We have been delighted, but not sur-
prised, to find that a l&rge edition of Mr.
Jay's "Autobiography," which we re-
xiewed last month, is already exhausted.
It will doubtless pass through numerous
editions, and be a favourite, in many
Christian circles, for generations yet to
come. It is altogether the freshest thing
of its kind that has seen the light in our
times.

We should have noticed Mr. Wallace's
Portraiture long ago ; but for a conscien-
tious feeling that the authoritative me-
moir, especially as it was an autobio-
graphy, should take the precedence. To
many of our readers it will prove a pleas-
ing accompaniment to tlie larger and
more complete work. It contains the
sabttance of many of the author's con-
vexsations with Mr. Jay, some of which
are highly characteristic ; and is, in
many respects, a pleasing tribute to the
memory of this great and good man. As
Ifr. Wallace, in early life, was well ac-
quainted with Mr. Jay, and saw much of
him In hii latter years, he had excellent

opportunities of forming a correct esti-
mate of his personal intercourses; and
he has given us the results, in the pre-
sent volume, of his lengthened and varied
observation.

We sincerely hope that the work will
have an extensive circulation.

The Errors of Infidelity; or, an
Abridgment of various Facts and ArgU"
ments urged against Infdelity, An
Essay, to which the prize, offered by
George Baillie, Esq,, of Glasgow, uas
awarded. By David McBurnie,
author of ** Mental Exercises of a
Working Man," S^c,

London : Hal), Virtue, and Co.

This volume, as the title-page indi-
cates, is a prize essay. And as the pro-
poser of the prize required that the ut-
most conciseness compatible with the
clear and argumentative enforcement of
truth should be employed, there is no re-
dundancy, oV needless amplification in
handling tlie various topics discussed.
The volume is indeed a close and rapid
condensation of the varied and conclusive
arguments which have been generally
used to show the untenablcness and folly
of infidel opinions. It resembles an
armoury hung all over with keen- edged
and glittering weapons. To parties de-
sirous of finding, within a limited com-
pass, and in a style at once lucid and
forcible, the mighty array of *' Facts and
Arguments urged against Infidelity," we
would earnestly recommend this essay.

The Daily Lite ; or. Precepts and Pre-
scriptions for Christian Living, By the
Rev, John Cummino, D.D., F.R.S.E.,
Minister of the Scottish National Church,
Crown-court, Covent Garden, 8vo. pp.
438.

Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co.

This, to our taste, is one of Dr. Cum-
ming's best volumes. No Christian can
familiarize himself with its pages without
profit. It is a book for the heart and the
closet. We give it our most hearty com-
mendation. From Dr. Cumming's pen
it is sure of a circulation.

Tee «•

rum BuMm m ■■»• *■ 0>»iti*i>.
Ahridfdfrom "Dtum tt^fiOrJ." By
tfi JtM. T>oMU Haitwbu, UoBSr.
B.D. llmo. pp. 13.

Btllffcnu TlKt Boektj.

Tm« Tnct, fron tht kbl* pin of Mi
Horne, liu bMn prapmnd, pwlly In rtit
tbe scholan in the wDior cluirt of oui
■chooli agaiiul inftdelitj, and p:ii11y 1(
ewintcnct, b^ thB Divlna blevin", ihr

miiohieroiu infidel trMt* now circaUting
by hundr«(l» of ihousiind* wr«kly. The
Tnirt Soriety hfti done well in piibli*h-
tn(E 10 cffbctiTe a mifsile. la thene
(HvJit pn^ iti'rre i* done to allow Uia
follir and uller hollowneu ot uiSdelit;,
than ia ottini effprtcd in « luK^ ■"■' ^'■'
borate rolurnr. Wo hop« thii tract wiD
be ciKTil*I«<t by Iho milUon in the length
and braadlh of ths l«nd.

ftoinr Cljronfclt.

nwrMn MONtiNnT to vk. waui>li\v. |

D>An Sin,— I uq qnitc mm yon will
Bud no fkult witlt ne indindiully, how-
•TW foa maj feel •■ tn Editor, for Mod-
ing lou tlw encloted duplicate letter,
which I lwT« receiTed ^m an «no-
nymoiu concepondent in Bydney, nl>-
ttTe to m numumtnt to be erected to the
memoiT of the late honoured and revered
St. Wardlaw, the original of which I
ncoiTed lome time ago, with the remit-
tance therein Teferred to of a draft on
London for fire guincai towards that
object. ThcEililoroftho"Si;otti»h Con-
gregilional Magiiiinc" has been kind
enough to insert it fur me in bii periodi-
cal, and, if agreeable to you, I should be
glad if you can give it a place in the
" ETangelical."

Many of your reader* in England, I
doubt iiot, will take an intereet in the
aubject of it, as having reference to >o
excellent and highly gifted a miniater of
the gospel as Dr. Wordlaiv.

Permit ran also to embrace this oppor-
tunity of mentioning, llmt the church
which for so long a period enjoyed his
Taluablc and much esteemed ser
have been for some lime pnst occupied
with the " ATardlaw Jubilee School
Misaion Houfg." which is being erected
in the Doie Hill here; otherwise they
would ere this hare commenced a sut
■cription for the erection of a more publi
monument to the worth of Dr. IVardlaw.
We have now, however, taken up the
matter and made a beginning, an interim
committee having been appointed for the
pnipoae by the deacons, BIr. John Brown,

and we have already collected amongat

the members of the church upwards of

We slittll gtl mwiy mmc auhicription!
from the members of West GcotEe-»treet
church, though, not being a wealthy
body, the additional amount in money
may not bo very large. We espcct the
Con gre gat ion alii ts of Scotland will take
nn interest in this matter, and should
t^....■ i'l !■,;■■ -it fi-A inclined to dt. ?o.

I for

Tilu»blo labours were not confined to
SeotlanJ, Ur. Bron-n, as well as myself
and any of the other deacons of the
church, will thankfully receive their sub-
scriptions. The mognitude and character
of the monument must, of course, depend
upon the amount of subseriptions we may
receive. It will be erected on n com-
manding site in the Necropolis a^^iouling
the burial-place.

We do not mean to make an indis-
crimlnato application for aubscriptions ;
alt wo desire is, that those who may
value and admire Dr. Wardlaw'a public
services in the cause of his fellow crea-
tures, blsck as well as white, without -
distinction of race or clhne, may have an
opportunity of showing it by aiding ut
in the erection of a suitable monument to
his memory.

Commending the matter to your kind
" support,
I remain, dear Mr. Editor,
Yours very resentfully,

WiiLiiM P. Patos.

HOKE CHBONIOLE.

767

(ExtrmeUfr^ ike LetUr re/erred to,)
" What the feeling in Glasgow may
have been» when it became known that
thia ' mighty man ' had fallen, I know
not ; but if I may judge from my own,
at the diitance of many thousands of
miles, I would say that the day of his
death most have been a day of tears and
heartfelt sorrow to the good people of
your magnifioent city. * * Wardlaw
was a man who lived, and laboured, and
wrote, — ' not for an age, but for all time.'
And, in iuture ages, I doubt not that
multitudes yet unborn, who may visit
Great Britain from far distant' lands, and
Isles beyond the seas, will direct their
steps to the hsllowed spot where, < after
lifis's fitful fever, he sleeps well.'

"Even, then, should the citizens of
Glasgow rear high to Wardlaw's me-
morj the monumental pile — be it of
brass, or of granite, or both combined —
he who sleeps beneath will be known and
admirod for his works, long after that
shall have perished by the action of all-
consuming time.

'For tbsTt Is linked unto hi$ name
A ipell that will rofltmand the voice of Fame,' * *

"In the midst of all my reflections,

ana question, whether I will or no, kept

running through my mind. It is this,

' Win Glasgow do honour to herself noio

— not some years hence — by honouring

tha memory of one of her most worthy

and distinguished sons } ' Her citizens

hive roared many monuments — noble

monuments'— let them rear yet another,

over the dust of Ralph Wardlaw,— the

most fitting inscription for which, in

my humble opinion, would bo his name

alone."

BDITO&IAL REMARKS.

It ia very refreshing to us to read such
a glowing testimony to our venerated
frioid Dr. Wardlaw, from the antipodes ;
sad the more so, as the writer adds,
"New South Wales — from one who,
when a boy, ex^oyed the friendship of
Dr. Wardlaw, and who now, though far
away, mourns his departure." This is
crad^tafale to human nature ; and a con-
trSmtum of £6 6s., to the proposed

monument, proves, it may be very muni-
ficently, the sincerity of the writer. We
rejoice, however, that this hearty soul in
New South Wales, was not the first to
think of a monument to Dr. Wardlaw,
in the Necropolis of Glasgow, to which,
with others of the " mighty dead," his
precious dust is committed. His church
had secured the ground for the proposed
monument ; and on the completion of the
** WartUaw Jubilee School and Mission
Home,** in honour of their pastor, had
fully intended to set about providing for
its erection. But the West George-street
Church must not, indeed, make a mono-
poly of this mark of respect and afiection
to the memory of Dr. Wardlaw. We
shoiUd hope that there is not a Protestant
church in Glasgow that will not seek
to di>'ide the honour vdih them ; and, if
we may judge from the estimate we have
formed of the value of Dr. Wardlaw's
labours to the Christian church at large,
we should expect that, North and South,
subscriptions for such an object will
pour in from all quarters, if Dr. Ward-
law's vestry do their duty, as wo doubt
not they will, in giving publicity to the
undertaking.

THE LATE REV. THOMAS SCOTT.

A NEW Rtone has just been placed over
the remains of this venerable divine in the
church of Aston Sandford, of which he
was Hector the last twenty years of his
valuable life ; and although, as was once
truly observed by a good Bishop of our
Church, that his Commentary was his
memorial, it may yet be doubted whether,
in this age of memorials to great and good
men, some more liberal monument than a
stone and tablet might not be furnished :
such, for instance, as almshouses for the
widows and orphans of devoted mission-
aries.

BUNYAN MEETIN'O U0U8E, BEDFORD. ORDI-
NATION OF THE REV. J. J. INSULL, AS
CO-PASTOR WITH THE REV. JOHN JVKBS.

Bedford, ** in days of yoro," had its
castle, the extensive fortifications of
which were raised before the invasion of

768

Britdn hf the Konuna. It hti, too. It*
■bbejr — ft! ntanaturf — iti priot; — It* hoa-
pital. Indeed, we find thM the retigunu
endowmoiti of Bedford had gtTm to tlu
town it! well-hnoim name of " Chapel-
pUce," or *' Prmyor-lbrd,"

But alt WM dmue darknm ai to the
knowledge of aalration. When, how-
ever, the Bible became traniUtcd, light
waa dlflbaed. Ooipel-tmth told lU
touching tale- The cTer-liTing Inatie of
Froteetant tmth cnfranchiaed the pet^le.
Prieatlj dominion waa Momed. The
people thought fi>r themaelve*. Con-
Tenticlea nared their lowlj rooA. Non-
confonniata met. Churehea were nnited
in tha Mlowahip of the " tiiOi once da-
lirered to the aalnta."

Ai a maasive memorial of nch daji,
"Bunyan Meeting" atand* hard by the
apot where tho noble Nonconfomuat
preached the " word of life.

The creatiTe gcnioii of the peraeentcd
Puritan baa giren to Bedford and ila
Ttront high hiitortc fame. Bnnjan,
hia earl; daya, waa the merriert lad In
Blatow. Hii Beiy fanej, and bntning
wit, and ardent spirit, ruled the circle of
hi* boyhood. John lod the game. The
green and the belfry were the dominions
he claimed. Hia domineering piofanitf
wa* felt and feared. So Bunyan nwc to
manhood. Re married early. The young
wife was theTery companion the youth-
ful blusterer required ; ehc had aufiicient
chirms to keep John at home. They
read together. The (inker's impiety wu
checked. He now rarely jcined in the
village sports. His imperious soul was
aad. John ssid little, but thought much.
Mighty and mysterious musings fllU d his
apirit. At " Elstow Church," Bunyan
and his wife were constant attendants.

Clear light dawned on Ihe half aupcr-
■titioua worshipper. He was introduced
to Mr. Oifibrd, the Jlril potior of the
Baptist Church at Bedford. Gifford haa
been considered as the " Evangelist" of
" Pilgrim." By this holy man was the
young disciple " taught the way of God
more perfectly." At the sgc of twentr-
aix, Bunyan was united to the church
under Giflbrd'i care. Mr. Gifford died.
The then preaching-deacim waa unani-

moualf t«<]iK«ted by dio b i w hi eB of tba
(horch to ba their pMtar. With mneh
diffidence and no little lelacMnce tha
humblp man acceded.

The fnmc of the preacher apreada.
CcowiU lUlni. Ilis ^dtnaee are fnU o<
livid apjicaU. Ilia opening minbiij

by the loud thundi? of ila alarms. The
icnnons of the Sabbath ue clothed in all
the royal dtaprry of hia piincely imagi-
nation. Bunyan itincralea. When th«
provincial I^lritan appcnn in Loudon,
ihe illiutiious Dr. Owm listens, nnd
freely navi tli^l he M-ri:! 1 7"■■^.l^- re.
Illupii,ll all l,i, K.:Hi ■ ,^ if ', .. ■■ „(

pnaek likt tin Btdjord Tinier. In hia
preaching excnrsiona nearer home, John
waa aometimea met by the Biahop of
Peterborough. The Uahop'a coachman,
who waa a diaaenter, and had heard Bun-
yan preach, had made such repreaenta-
tiona of John's wonderfnl talent*, as to
excite hia lordship's eurioaitj. Hia l«td-
ship cuoaeqnently ordered the man, the
next time he met Mr. Bunyan, to let fci™
know. The eoachmau in a abort time
meets Mr. Bunyan on the high-road,
and, as desired, slopped the carriage, in-
timating to his musler that Ihit was Mr.
Bunyan, and to Mr. Bunyan that his
lordship wished to speak to him.

The bishop, from hia carriage window,
Faid, "Mr. Bunyan! I underal and thai
you arcTcry clever at interpreting difficult
passages of Scripture ; what do you
think is the meaning of Paul when he
says to Timothy, ' The cloak that I left
at Troas with Carpos, when thou comest,
bring with thee, and the books, but espc-
eially ihe parchments' :"

" "Why, my lord," said the shrewd
Nonconformist, darting, at the aame mo-
ment, one of bis piercing glaneea from
beneath his bushy eyebrows, " the pat-
toga is timpla enough. Paul waa a tra-
velling preacher, and Timothy waa a
primicire bishop. In lltou dagt, it waa
customary for bithopt to icotf on tTavtU
ling preacher,. Paul, therefore, inctruct*
Timothy to look after hia lugg»ige, and
to bring it with him when he comes.
Timn are alltred now.- UtJuf>» tiJe, and
IraTeUing prtaetart yttJk."

DOME GHBONICLE.

769

The bishop threw himself back in his
carriage, cried ** Umph," and said to the
man, •* Drive on."

The celebrated preacher was seized.
Persecution imprisoned him. The Puri-
tan was silenced. The " enemies of the
cross" rejoiced. But Bmiyan*s silence
was mightier than his sermons. In his
prison-cell a special influence arouses his
heaven-bom genius, and thence issued
those brilliant conceptions of evangelical
thought that have thrilled through the
heart of humanity. And, to this day, the
prison-page retains all the magic might
of its enchantment still.

And the same gospel which Bunyan
preached, has, till now, been proclaimed
near the spot where **Bunyan*s church"
assembled.

And the interest which that gospel still
awakens was seen by the attendance at
the recent ordination of the junior pastor
at Bunyan-meeting. No similar service
had been held in connexion with this
church since 1792, when the Kev. Samuel
ffillyard was settled at Bedford ; its pre-
tent esteemed senior minister, the Kev.
John Jukes, having brought with him the
rich maturity of twenty years' ministerial
experience.

On Monday evening, Oct. 2rid, a pre-
paratory service was held in Bunyan-
meeting, when prayers were presented
by the Bev. William Alliott, J. England,
and Br. Stowell, of Cheshimt College,
tutor to Mr. InsuU ; and an impressive
address was given, on prayer, by Br.
Stowell, developing much experience and
extensive observation.

On the following morning, October the
3rd, a large congregation assembled, in-
du^Ung many ministers and members of
the surrounding churches and congrega-
tioiia, with students not a few, from
Cheshunt, Ck>tton-end, and those imder
the tuition of Messrs. Jukes and Alliott.
Hie opening prayer was offered by the
Bev. Mr. Philips, of Harrold.

The introductory discourse was deli-
vered by Br. Stowell.

In the absence of the venerable and
BcT. Thomas Palmer Bull, whose father,
the Ber. William Bull, was a member of
^ta churchy the questions were very

affectionately proposed by the Rev. Sa-
muel Kent, of Biggleswade.

Mr. Jukes, in behalf of himself and the
church, stated the circumstances of Mr.
Insull's visit to Bedford, the effect of his
probationary services at ** Bunyan," and
their result in Mr. Insulins call to the
CO- pastorate.

To the questions proposed by Mr. Kent,
satisfactory, limiinous, manly, and evan-
gelical answers were returned by Mr.
Insull.

The ordination prayer was offered by
Mr. Jukes. Its intense affection and
earnest and devout solemnity, seemed
as a chariot of love, bearing away the
soul of the worshipper into the very
light of the heavenly throne.

To sustain the hallowed impression of
the senior pastor's prayer, nothing could
be more appropriate than the tender,
faithful, and subduing charge given to the
younger pastor by his special friend and
beloved minister, the Rev. James Sher-
man. It was marked by all that '* good
minister's " great characteristics ; and
closed with a thrilling invocation to the
«• Blessed spirit of dear John Bunyan."

Buring the services of the morning,
hymns were given out by Messrs. Cor-
bold, Sisterson, and J. S. Moffat, of Ches-
hunt College.

At the dinner, in the Castlc-rooms, a
numeroxis and select company met, the
senior pastor presiding. After dinner
Mr. Jukes rose, and gave utterance to
sentiments which all present felt were
devout as a Christian, generous as a
colleague, patriotic as a Briton, and
honourable as a man.

Mr. Insull appropriately responded to
the address of the chairman, while his
open, and earnest, and catholic avowals,
were warmly greeted by the assembly.

The Rev. James Sherman, on rising,
stated the personal regard that he che-
rished for Mr. Insull, and assured the
friends present of the high estimation in
which the youthful pastor was held by
his friends at Surrey chapel, and also by
the tutors and students at Cheshunt; and
was delighted at the happy position of
his young brother, as a colleague in the
ministry mth Mr. Jukes, •* of tcAom," said

aovM eaMotvam.

Hf. ShanMo, " aB (ft* t*m«k4* ipttk

weU."

Brief wUnnM tollowtd b]r Di. StoweU i
tlw Est. Villiau AUioCt, of Howaid ch*.
pel I utd the Bar. John FrMt, of Cot-

In tha erenini s largB •Mcmblj wu
pthered is Banjui-meeting, wken tlu
BeT. Charln Storel, of London, poveil
fortli hu uit«U«ctiul troMUTci with t
kmag hetit, from th« wardi, " Tt tre th*
light of the world."

The >olMnnitifl» of thia iufPJ and
pieniorable daj at " BunTaii," ww»
eloted with pixjtt by the newlj otdatned

the glorified Puritan Tcat upon tha Tonth-
fill miniiter — the aame " glotioui goepel"
that Bunjan preached be long and anc-
eeaafuUj pncjaimed bj both paaton, and
the growing inBuenoe of " Bunjan'ii
church" widDl;r aztMid the knowledge at

MAWI.S BUMS,

Tna RcT. Juaee Bttnaon, of Lanca-

i^hiro Cnllcyp, ho* oecrpicd an iuTiiadon
from ihc church aud coagregBtioli ai-
rcraiiling in the Morple Briilge Cbapel,
Uctb]t*hiiG ; and catered upon hia pu-
torato aa the I"lli of September, will
very cheering pio&pecU of luccan. Th*
cause ut Mirple UriilBO wnc cummcnced in
a hum, Ht Mill Broiv, towordf the enii at
lUe iGvenlocnth ceiituTf ; and in 1716 it
wBi Tcmgied to the present chapel, wbii
hoi been enlarged «cveTai times. ^V>
truat our young friend himself is gccallj
cciniforlcd aiul encouraged in his work.

(■mufaxT or nav. lut— j-tom, it

On Wedneaday arening, October 3f Ih,
a special meeting waa hdd in the Crofi
Chnpel, IlaitingB, on occiuion of the re-
aignatioa of the Rev, W. i>avia. The
roTcrend genOeman gave an intercatiDg
account of hia past history, apccially
referring to the past thirty-ais years,
during which time be haa been the paator
of the church aaaembling in the aboTe
place of worship. Mr. Davii reiirea from
hii pulpit and paaCoral labours, eateemed
and loved not only by hii own people,
but bythe whole town and neighbourhood.

He IcBTCS the church under the care of
the Rev. Qeoigc Stewart, who for a little
more than a year has been asaociated
with him in the ministry.

Mb. Sauuel BiBD, of London, has
been invited by the church of Christ
assembling in Fiuk-Btreet Chapel, Hat-
field, Ucits, to become their minister, in
the room of the Rev, Samuel ItDbon re-
aigned ; and he purposed commencing his
stated labours among his people on the
<lnt fjabbath in October.

Oh Thursday, the tith November, IBol,
the aervicea connected with the recogni-
tion of the Rev. James Lyon, as paator ol
the recently fbtmed Indepmdent Church
in DunstaUe, Bedfordahire, were held a*

Jn the afternoon, the introductory dis-
coutsa w«« delirared by the Rev. William
AUiott, of Bedford ; the queations were
proposed by the Her. Bobert Robinson,

ot Luton ; and the reeogniiion prayer was
offered by the Rev. Jolin Harris, of Si.
Albui's. In the evening, a united choree
wns delivered to the paator and to tlio
people, in his usual cflrnest and offeo-
tionatc manner, by the Rev. Dr. Mori^oii,
London. At each of these services, a
largo and deeply interested audience was
present

At the close of the oflcmoon scrviec,
tea was provided, of vhich the friends
partook, after which several short and
animated speeches ncre delivered.

To the Independent body, 1) unstable
is entirely new ground ; it presents, hoiv-
ever, a widening field of labour, as the
population has been, and is, increasing ;
Mid Ur. Lyon enters on it with encourag-
ing prospecti of success.

On Thursday, October 2ath, the Rev. R.
Bruce,M. A., of King's College, Aberdeen,
nas ordained as minister of Highfield
Chapel, HuddersGeld. TheRcv.J.Pridie,
of Halifax, conducted the opening devo-

HOME OHBOMIOLE.

tional tenrices ; the Rer. E. Mellor, M.A.,
of Halifax, in an instructiye and masterly
address, from Matthew yiii. 23, defended
the polity and doctrine of Cong^regation-
aliam ; after which the usual questions
were put by the Rey. K. Skinner, the
pastor of Ramsden-street Chapel, Hud-
dersfield ; to these Mr. Bruce replied, by
letting forth his yiews of Christian doc-
trine with much clearness and yigour,
and by stating the steps which led him
first into the ministry, and afterwards to
accept the call of the church at Highfield
Chapel. The designation prayer was
offered by the Rey. H. Bean, of Hcck-
mondwike ; the Rey. R. Yaughan, D.D.,
president of the Lancashire Independent
College, delivered an impressiye charge,
from 2 Timothy ii. 21.

In the evening, the Rey. J. Spence,
HA.., of the Poultry Chapel, 'London,
preached to the church and congregation,
enforcing on them the obligations arising
from the possession of the Christian
ministry.

On both occasions the elegant and
noble edifice was well filled. Mr. Bruce
wss encouraged by the presence of many
ministers and students from the neigh-
bourhood and adjacent colleges, and en-
ters on his labours with bright and
cheering prospects. In the interval of the
pdblic services, a large number of friends
■at down to dinner in the school-room ;
Mr. Bruce presided, and speeches were
deliyered by the Rev. Dr. Yaughan, the
Revs. R. Skinner, £. McUor, J. Spence,
snd otheri, expressive of great cordiality
snd sympathy with the minister and his
people.

CLKyXOOW, MBAB BRISTOL.

Tbosb of our readers who are ac-
quainted with this delightful summer
retort, will be happy to learn that the
congregation of Union Chapel, under the
pastorate of the Rev. R. G. Soper, B.A.,
has so increased of late, that the place
where for twenty-seven years they have
been accustomed to meet for Divine wor-
Mp has now become too small for them.
They therefore feel under the necessity of
iftlrfag enlarged accommodation; and, as
the dafly Mhool-room in connexion with

the chapel is altogether inadequate for the
number of children in attendance, it is
proposed to erect a more commodious
sanctuary, and adapt the present one for
the purpose of education. This will in-
volve an outlay of at least XI 500, towards
which the congregation can raise but very-
little. It is therefore earnestly hoped,
that all who feel interested in the exten-
sion of the Redeemer's kingdom, especi-
ally those friends who are in the habit of
visiting Clcvedon, on whose account this
enlargement has become necessary, vrill
feel pleasure in contributing to this
object.

Contributions may be forwarded to
Messrs. Hankey, Fenchurch-street, Lon-
don ; the Rev. R. £. May, Cotham, New-
road, Bristol ; or to Mr. Frederick WilU,
Clevedon. As it is determined that the
new chapel shall be opened free from
debt, the building will not be commenced
till nearly the whole of the required
amount shall have been raised.

DEWS»URY.

Thb Rev. E. H. Weeks, of Dewsbury,
has received from the Independent
church, at Harpurhey, Manchester, a
very cordial and unanimous invitation
to become their pastor. Though the
Church and Congregation at Dewsbury,
both in numbers, wealth, and influence,
far exceeds those at Harpiuhey, and not-
withstanding the consequent pecmiiary
and other disadvantages to himself, we
understand Mr. Weeks lias accepted the
invitation, and intends to remove in the
course of a few months. At Dewsbury,
his first pastorate, Mr. Weeks has la-
boured eleven years, and by his activity,
energy, and perseverance, has been the
means of accomplishing a large amount
of good in the church and congregation
over which he has presided. During the
time referred to, the congregation has
increased till not a single pew remains
unlet. A heavy debt has been removed
from the cliapel ; large new school and
class rooms, in which from COO to 700
Sunday - school scholars and teachers
meet, have been built, and cleared of all
incumbrance ; and the various Missionary,
Dorcas, and other benevolent aModations

T79

HOHEOUBOMCI.e.

connected irith the place, Ii*ve grown to
• moKt gratifying condition of »tr«ngth
»nd cKciency. The chureli aX Harpurhcy
i« but an infant church, and ia it pre«ent
ercctiog a neat and commodiona chapel,
in the Oothie itjile of architectiire, op-
• poaite the Queen'a-paik, on a very excel-
lent aile, and in an increuiiigly populoiu
and important neighbourhood. " In the
trust-deed of thia new chapel (aaji a
cormpondent) the artidea ^med and
adopted by the Evangelical Alliance aa
it* foundation of union, form the doc-
trinal baaii — a baaia which, while it
tn«ddlea notwithiecondaryor non-e«aen-
tial point*, about which even good men
diffH', aufficiently guards againat any
departure from ftindamental or esaoitial
doctrine*, about which all BTangelical
denominations agree, and which also
proTidei for tho union of Bapttat* and
Independent* in one fellowihip, leaving
the chureh at liberty to chooae its min-
iateta indiminunatcly from cither ; a
consummation devoutly wiahed for by
many of the excellent in both aectiona of
the great Noiiconformiat body." An
effort hn* been made to detain Mr.
Week* in his present npherc, and a noble
Bum has been promised towards the ex-
ecution of a proposal to erect for him a
spacious chapel on broad evangi^lical
principles. A propositi so kind and
generous ncceaaorily placed the Rev.
gentleman in a painful and cmburrasBing
liDsition, — all the more so as he has long
wished to sec another Independent ehapel,
for wliich there is abundant room in
Den'sbury. Ilia removal will be greatly
regretted by hi* numerous and attached
flock, to whom he baa been a devoted
minister, and among wbom he has had a
devoted people, and nill also be felt by
many beyond Ihem, especially by the
friends of the temperance cause and of
kindred movements.

The opening services of this new place
of worship took place on Wednesday last,
and, notwithstanding the extremely un-
favourable state of the weather, largo
coDgregationa anembled, both morning

and evening, to luten ta moat impmsivc
discouttes, ptrDchcd, in th« moming. by
(he Hon. anil Rev. BjptL^t Noel, from
Ephetiinns ii. 8 — 10 ; and in the evening
by tho Itcv. Dr. Jame* Hamilton, from

B service, > moat »uh-

After the m<
»tunlial repast was proi ided in the new
ve'-lry, which was crowded to exc*»* by
ihr friends who remained to dinner, pre-
sided over by the Hon. and Iter. Baptist
Xod ; at the termination of which an
Bdjoummeut took place to the ehftpel, and
a public meeting was held, W. S. Gur-
ney, Esq., occupying the chair, supported
by the eateemed pastor, the Kev,
George, the Rei*. B, Lewis, Tiddy. C3iii-
Ictt, PcrratI, Will*, Turquand, Dana,
AVaildington. Eldridge. Collins. Bayfldd,
end IWj;.'!* ; Me^rri. Lindsay (Treaaurrr)
I'ratt. Watson, Duri-esF, Heal, ic, »f.

The RcT. J. Oeorge introdnced the ve-
nerable chairman in a few appropriate
worda, as the most fitting individual they
could have aelected to preaide over them,
from his long and intimate connexion
with the nrighbourhood, Walworth hav-
ing been his birth-place, and also bi* re-
sidence for a long series of yeara ; and bis
interest not only for the churches in that
neighbourhood, but for the church uni-
versal, were well knoun.

W. B. Gumey. Esq., then addressed
the meeting at considerable length, and
drew a striking picture, or rather eon-
trast, between the state of Camberwell
and Wulnorth In the days of his boy-
hood and the present days. He remem-
bered when only one place of worship
existed — the Baptist Chapel in East-lone,
between the further end of Walworth
and Peekhain (the Rev. Dr. Collyer's),
and traced the rise of the numerous cha-
pels, of various denominations, now ex-
isting around. The good Ur. Swaine,
the speaker stated, was introduced to
Walworth by his father, nnd his mother
was the means of introducing Sabbalb-
sehools in the some district, commencing
with thirty scholars, in the year 1796.
Mansion House Chapel had been erected
and three times enlarged within his re-
collection. Mr. Burnet's chapel had al»o
sprung into exiatenee, and when he had

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773

called to mind what had been done, ho
had fedth that the building in which they
were then assembled would be speedily
paid for. He congratulated both pastor
and people upon the style of their chapel,
which was rery chaste : no painted win-
dows or other frippery ; and, as he told
Hr. Noel in the morning, he believed it
to be a most useful church. He was glad
they had preserved their old chapel for
the purposes of a Sunday-school ; and he
had no doubt that the chapel itself, and
all the necessary buildings attached,
would be well used, leaving no room for
the taunt which the Koman Catholics
sometimes threw out against them, that
they did not make sufficient use of their
chapels. The chairman resumed his seat,
after announcing a handsome subscrip-
tion towards the chapel, and also towards
their present Sunday-school (the old cha-
pd), which he trusted would prove a great
blessing to the crowded neighbourhood
wherein it was situated.

Hr. Lindsay then read a financial
itatement, from which it appeared that
the total cost of contract for the new
chap^ vestries, house, and fittings, &c.,
was £2620, upon which they had raised
the small mortgage of £800, and the re-
mainder, they had no doubt, from the
leal and faith of their friends, would soon
be realized. Upwards of £1400 had
alzeady been raised.

TheBev. Mr. Davis (York-road) said, he
ihrays felt a pecidiar pleasure in the
opening of new places of worship— whe-
tiier Baptist or Pedo-Baptist he did not
care to inquire, believing their minor dif-
ferenoes very imimportant as compared
with the great truths — and he sincerely
eoDgratulated Mr. George and his friends
upon their position that day. Mr. George
wis not BO well known to himself, per-
haps, as to other ministers aroimd him,
hot believing him to be a zealous, hard-
woridng brother in Christ, it gave him
great pleasure to be present, and ofifcr a
wwd of congratulation.

Tlie Bev. J. Bussell, of Lewisham, said
that he aocceeded their worthy chairman
M teaching in Maze-pond Simday-school,
Mdaome of his happiest holidays, in his
Jsvenile dayt, were spent in visiting the

father and mother of their esteemed friend
in the chair. He thought it a noble idea
to turn their old chapel into a Sunday-
school, for the instruction of the rising
generation, being, as he thought, the very
best way for providing for the teeming
population, teaching those rising into life
the knowledge of Jesus Christ.

Several subscriptions and sums of
money were here handed in by various
friends, in allusion to which.

The Bev. J. Waddington, of South-
wark, said he was sorry to interrupt the
good work of consecration, or giving,
which was going on. The mother church
had been referred to by a former speaker,
but in reference to that over which he
had the oversight he might speak of it as
the Grandmother church — some of its
original founders having undoubtedly
been among the freight of the Mayflower,
when that vessel left the Thames, bear-
ing to a distant land those who fled frt)m
persecution in the land of their fathers.
He rejoiced sincerely in the bright pros-
pect opening before Mr. George.

Several other friends addressed the
meeting, and various subscriptions were
announced, after which the friends ad-
journed to tea in the old chapel, Horsley-
street, previous to the evening service.

The lighting, ventilation, and acoustic
properties of tiie new chapel appeared to
give great satisfaction. The chapel is
built in the early English style, from the
designs of Messrs. Habershon, architects.
There is only one gallery, which is ap-
proached by a staircase from, the turret,
the entrance being separate from that of
the chapel. The floor of the chapel is an
inclined plane, which adds much to the
appearance. The place is well lighted
by about six gas burners of novel con-
struction, the brass standards out of
which they spring being about nine feet
in height.

On Sunday, the 29th, Sermons were
preached to overflowing congregations, in
the morning by the Rev. E. Steane, D.D.,
and in the evening by the Bev. J. Bur-
net. The total collections and subscrip-
tions amounted to more than £250.

aBHKUL ObKOKICLK

.Ok Tneadaj, October 2401, Qu lenicM
eomucWd Kith tiw orditiation of the Ber.
Edward EllU, H.A.., m paxtar et dia
ohonk Ml Bmnmenawn, neu Oxtod,
took place.

In ocneequeiiM of the mexpeoted ib-
tCDce, tbrovgh lUneai, of the Ber. Wil>
Uun Huria, of WaUinflbrd, the Ker.
)am«« Hill, of Clephtm, comnenced the
■ertice with readinf tlie Soriptona end
pntjer, and vkad tlis uual qneatiau, to
whJoli Mr. Ellie TcpUad, bj glTiitg a euo.

c.'mtt Mcounl t>t hb rdifione expmmfc.
of his Kaioiiii for uniting himself with
ProtMtont DiMctilm, imd d«Tc)Iing him-
aclf lo the mlnivtry uncngit them -, fol-
liiwGtl by hU Tiew^ of Chriilian doctrine.

The Rw, J. Coilier, of Oxford, then
oScTvi up the ardinatiiM prayer, the
KuT. Jame* IlUl drlircred the dinrge,
nna the Rev. Joriah Vinpy, of Bcthnal-
grrcn, proncJird to tho people.

Tba Kcrrlce IhTOughout was inipraBirp,
and the gtatomt inmeit wai tnanifntcd
from ita coramenoMiicDt to lU eloet.

Central Cftronfrlr*

7b lit* EdH«r tff tJ» Swmttliaa UafOMim:

SUK Bu,— A new itunalsa to Chiia-
tian esertion tat tba apiritoal rotoTgy of
Ood'a aociant paople haa been ncently
supplied bj the Inlseat awakened amoni
Botnaa CatboUce, and by tbcii efbrta to
draw Jews into the coDununion of tkeir
corrupt church.

The UiBiionariei of our aociety haTe
frequently called our attention to tfaii
subject, especially in coiwequence of the
very successful exertions of the Abbf
Uatisboiic at Paris.

Kr. Frankel, MiasionnTy at Lyons, hat
juatgiTen us the foUoning statemcDt i —

" Lust week, the Jewish community
were thrown into a state of grent commo.

It of ti

teen and eighteen yean of age) that hate
been baptiicd in the Itomsn Catholic

Church. Tliey belong to a very wealthy
family in Alaace. They were here, undn
the guordialuhip of their uncle, to com-
plete their education at thecollegc. About
a month ago they passed lui c.i smination
and took their degrees ; and before re-
turning home, they embraced the Cutko-
lie (nith, unknown to any of their friends.
■\Vhen they communicated the nens to
the uncle, he became bo enraged that the
police, hearing cries of miudcr, had to
force theit way into the house to prevent
bloodshed. The father is about to com-

I legal piocaMUnga
' f baptitbtg two mil
St of their pevanta or Bwasdiaas.
It sooma thay know rery litdo of the
Jewish or Christian mUgkM; but the
princqMl Ksaoa for changing from ta-
didam to Boaantsra Is, beesnaethay wan
sahamed to ba ematandy painted out at
Jews t and anotho' reason they asaign fa,
that the pompous rite and ceremoniea of
the Catholic Church haye &om childhood
attracted their attention, and produced
within them feelinga of great admiration.
In a letter which they published in the
newspaper (an eitract of which I en-
close), they stale this; and many Jaws
ore now determined to study well the
points at isiue between Jews and Cbria-
tiant I so that if the rohbi could not
answer any qnestioQs, they might be pre-
psred to do so. Mudt aa the ease in itaelf
is to be lamented, still I am thoukful to tay
that the eBed it hoa proditced is likely to
lead to same good. Almost erery lew I
meet with is talking to me about the New
Testnmont : one is reading the htstory of
the Sariour's birth, snother Hia life and
public ministry, another Hi* crucifixion,
■a thot they might be acquainted (they
say) with the errors of Christianity : and
who can tell what, with the blessing of
Qod, luch inTcsligatians might lead to }

" Tho following is an extract from the
letter rcftrred to :— ' Our converoion has
been solely the work of Ood, From enr

QENEHAL CHRONICLE.

775

childhood, the ceremonies of the Catho-
lic Church deeply impressed us ; so much
so, that we much regretted our not hcing
Christians. When we entered the Lycoc,
we felt more and more that regret : we
beheld on one side a few Jews, on the
other a large number of Christian chil-
dren; the contrast struck us. When
they went to mass, and we heard their
singing accompanied by music, we blushed
to be obliged to meet in a simple class,
and there pretend to join in a meaning-
less sendee ; but what moved us more,
was the lore and devotion of the priests
and sisters, whose life is devoted to the
service of the sick, with a ceal not to be

met with anywhere else Through

this we were more and more drawn to
Catholicism ; still we dared not solve the
question — we wished to study it more.
The farther we advanced in our classes,
the more deeply we felt the false position
in which we were placed. We opened
history, and we could not account for the
present state of the Jews, when com-
pared with the past. Difficulties, which
oar rabbi could not solve, crowded into
our heads. The study of the classical
irorks of Bossuet, F^nelon, and Massil-
lon were the means of preparing our
hearts to receive the grace of a merciful
God. Then we began to search the
Scriptures ; then we began to understand
that we could not walk alone, and we
lought the assistance of a holy priest ;
he inatnicted us daily, dispelled our
doubts, explained to us the prophecies,
and made us understand the chain of the
old and new law. Then we said, *' If the
Messiah has already come, it is Jesus
Christ, and we ought to become Chris-
tians ; if He has not yet come, we ought
not to remain Jews, because the time of
the promise is past, and the sacred Scrip-
tures have lied." They tried us for more
than a year. As soon as we graduated, we
isked for baptism, and they could no
longer refuse our request : they made us
Christians, and they made us happy.
No one will induce \is to deny our faith ;
we would prefer death. We think that
eighteen years are enough to enable us to
discern between truth and error. More-
orer, the Jews have asked for liberty of

worship and liberty of conscience, and it
would ill become them to refuse us^e
same. — Signed by E. and A. Lcmann.' '*
And Mr. Kessler, Missionary at Brus-
sels, has sent us the following copy of an
appeal, very extensively circulated in
Belgium : —

<* TUE ISRABLITSS,

" Jesus, Maryt Joseph,

** * Tliy name khall be railed no more Jacob, but
Israel.'— Gen. xxxii. 28.

" ' Take care that thou speakett nothing oiTentive
to Jacob.'— Oen. xzii. 24.

" An Appeal for the prayers of the faith-
ful for the conversion of the Jews.

** Prayers are made without ceasing for
the conversion of the idolaters and schis-
matics; other particular families are
daily commended to our good works ;
but there is one nation, one family,
worthy of our pity, which too of^n, alas !
we forget to remember in our prayers.

** These are the imconverted Israelites,
better known imder the common name of
Jews.

** Why should the Jews not be also ob-
jects of our pious solicitude ? So much
the more as the Holy Family derive their
origin from that nation, and every en-
deavour for the conversion of that people
gladdens the heart of Jesus, Mary, and
Joseph.

*• Let us then entreat the Saviour, by
our prayers and fasts, to deliver the
Israelites of their hard and stubborn
heart, which prevents their understand-
ing and professing our holy religion, and
address to them these consoling words :
•I will sprinkle clean water upon you,
and ye shall be clean from all your Pithi-
ness ;• I will give you a new heart, and a
new spirit will I put within you, and I
will take away the stony heart out of
your flesh, and I will give you a heart of
flesh ; I will cause you to .walk in my
statutes,* Exod. xxxvi. 25 — 27. * And
all the people of the earth shall sec that
thou art called by the name of the Lord,*
Dcut. xxviii. 10.

*' PEWER.

*• Lord God of Abraham, of Isaac, and
of Jacob, who, from among all nations,

* The quotationa are from the Roc!i»U \ersion,
trantUled as in the pamphlet.

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777

But ' tU thj highest praise that truth Divine,
When on this world her lamp began to shine,)
Thy copious tongue selected to convey
Her heavenly light to cheer us on our way ;
On yonder hill the great Apostle stood,
While all around the idol shrines He vicw'd,
And to the proud Athenians first proclaim* d.
Thai Qod, whom they the GrecU Unknown had named.
Thence numerous churches rose, where erst had been
The Pagan altar, with its rites obscene ;
Now, to a holier faith new temples rise,
Whence prayer ascends, like incense, to the skies ;
There martyrs bled, and meek confessors stood,
And stake, and rack, and dungeon, calmly view'd ;
But soon this golden pdiod pass'd away,
And Ghreece was doom'd to bear the Moslem's sway :
The church was clothed in sackcloth, and became
Through ignorance and vice, an empty name*
Yet life surviyed to break the oppressor's yoke,
Greece gain'd her freedom, and her fetters broke ;
The brighter Cross the Crescent's light had paled.
And the proud foe beneath her valour quail'd ;
And still a brighter day her sons awaits,
When Christian truth shall reign within her gates ;
When, from the dust, her suffering church shall rise,
And the pure gospel glad her ravish'd eyes.

YorJukire. W. L.

FHTBNDSHIP.

AxmtT the change which Autumn brings,
On hill and valley, leaf and flower ;

How sweet a joy from friendship springs.
To cheer us when the tempests lower.

Again fair Summer's passed away,
With gay parterre and verdant bower ;

Bat friendship still asserts her sway.
To cheer us when the tempests lower.

Though war still reigns through Magog's
land,*

And Bussia's tyrant boasts his power ;
Staged and France ^^ctorious stand.

To cheer us when the tempests lower.

Sl^otild BOITOWB dark our footsteps trace.
And blighted be each cherished flower ;

I Raet were trxn^ at a irabnc Tea party
■t Cterlesworth, on the 1i\x iatt., on whkb occa-
iieo a lectare wae delivered on **The Land or
Megef the Jlntsian Bmptre.*

Still friendship with a fond embrace,
Will shield us when the tempests
lower.

But there 's a bright and gladsome land,
Adompd with every vernal flower.

Beyond th' oppressor's daring hand,
Where war's dark tempests never
lower.

The widow's and the orphan's tear
Dims not the eye, nor shall the hour

Arrive, when sorrows dark and drear
Shall like tlie angry tempests lower.

And O how bright the Christian's joy,
Wlien freed from death's doRpotic
power ;
His spirit dwells without alloy,
Where clouds and tompcsU never
lovrer.

Charlesworth* C. B.

VOL. xxxir.

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INDEX

779

FOIT&T.

The Chxistian'g Polar Star
The Goodly Heritage

rag9
. 405
. 330

Rbtibwb, ITO.
A Clergjman's Domestic Com-
mentary, Vola. U. III. . . 273
Aikman'a Sabbath Evenings at

CalTary 213

Alexander's (J>i,) Christ and

Christianity • • •204

Alexander's (ReT. J.) Christ Re-
deemed at nis Table . . • 651
Anderaon's life of Christopher

Anderson .... 145

Angns'a Bible Hand-book . . 410
Atkinson's Church . .529

Autobiofpraphy of the Rey. W. Jay 644
Bainbridge's Early Education . 462
Bamea's(Albert)PracticalSermons 150
Banlett*s Pilgrim Fathers . • 30
BeU's Mystery UnTeUed . . 152
Bird and Brooke's Elements of

Natural Philosophy • .210

Braithwaite's Memoirs of J. J.

Oumey 459

Bmtol Tabernacle, Centenary Ser-

Ticea • • • . . 463

Brown's (Dr. A.M.) Evenings with

the Prophets • . .759

Brown's (Dr. W.) Propagation of

Christianity among the Heathen 458
Brown's (Dr. jr.) ^'^^ogical Tracts 811
Bungener's Priest and the Hugue-
not 211

Bunsen's Analectis Ante-Nica>na 522
Bunsen's Hippolytus and his Age 522
Buneen*a Outlines of Universal

BQstory . ' . .522

Burder's (Dr. H. F.) Sermons . 583
Calderwood's Philosophy of the

Infinite 646

Candlish's Examination of Mau-
rice's Theological Essays . . 330
CaiiHe'a Saints in Glory . . 761
Cherry and ^det ... 29
Clnkson's (late Rev. W.) Scenes

of the Bible .712

Conder'a (Josiah) Poet of the

Seaetoa^ . .336

CoDder*s (Rev. S. R.) Matrimonial

Scrfke 464

Congrendenal Year Book . . 91
Cowper srB.H.)ScriptureGasetteer 764
Craig'a Histou of the Protestant

Cliiueh in.Mun^rr .211

Cmftming'a Daily Life . 765

Comming's Foreshadows . .148
Comming'a Sabbath Morning

Readinca « . . 212

Ciunmlng a Sabbath Evening

Readings 762

CunMiBgiB Tent and the Altar . 148
CydflpMia Bibliogivphica . . •3;i2

Dewdrops fer the Opening Bud
Dickson s Divine Love

REVIEWS, BTC. Pag9

Davies's fLouisa) Sunday-school

Hymn Book .... 650
Davis's (Rev. N.) Arabic Reading

liOSsons 275

Davis's (Rev. N.) Evenings in my

Tent 409

Davies'iL (Rev. E.) Hope of the

Bereaved .... 589

Defence of the' Eclipse of Faith . 91
De GsBparin's Schoolai of Doubt

and School of Faith « . 268

Dewar's Divine Revelation . • C47

91
30
Discourses on occasion of Dr.

WardUw's Death . . .146
Dwight's Christianity in Turkey . 760
Eadie's Commentary on the Greek

Text of the Ephesians . 25

Ellison's Millennium . . . 275
Epistle to the Hebrews compared

with the Old Testament . . 712
Encyclopa^a Britannioa, Vols.

m. IV 208

Encyolopsdia Britannica, Vols. V.

VI 587

English Bible . . .462

Excelsior, Vol. L . . . 463

Fairbaim's Typology of Scripture 28
Farrar's Ecclesiastical Dictionary 149
Ferguson's Consecrated Heights . 333
Fletcher's New Testament Com-
mentary and Prayer Book . 651
Foote's lieading Aspects of Chris-
tianity ..... 764
Forbes*s Symmetrical Structure of

Scripture .... 531

Gilfillan's Grand Discovery . 461

GiUespie*B Land of Sinim . 336

Good's (late "Di, J. M.) Book of

Psahns 707

Gordon's Christ as made known to

the Ancient Church .410

Gordon's Original Reflectiona • 761
Gorrie'a Illustrations of Scripture

from Botanical Science . . 152
Graham's Jordan and the Rhine . 531 '
Grant's (James) Continental Re-
cords . . . . .30
Hall's (J.) War with RussU . 337
Hall*8 (N.) ChriflUan PhUosopher

triumplung over Death . . 464
Hall's (N.) Land of the Forum

and the Vatican • . .85
Hanulton's (Dr. J.) life of R. W.

Surgeon . • . • .31
Hamilton's (Dr. J.) Royal Preacher 210
Hamilton's (Sir W.) Works of

Dugald Stewart . . .530
Harris's Altar of the Household . 150
Hervey's Genealogiesof theSav&our 89
Hetherin^ton's Life ^ Uta.C«\>»ua ^VL
Hodge's CommenVAX^ OTL'BjMniSA ^ll"^

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— CtrufH* AmelaHir.

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781

LvTTBiu TO THB EDITOR. Page

Apprenticeship Society . . 692
Circulation of Evangelical Maga-
zine in Wales .... 693
Colonial Missionary Society . .603
Gold Fields of Australia . .141
Hints to those Dissenters who need

them 266

Home for the Sons of Missionaries 469
Jay (late Rev. W.) on the Personal

Reign 620

Memorial of Miss Apphia Hughes 760

On Homilies
Our Denominational Littotture .
Power of Prayer Exemplified
Profits of Christian Witness, &c. .
Proposed Monument to Dr. Ward-

law ••.•••
Resignation of Rev. J. Ghiffin,

Manchester •
Rev. Francis Tallents
Roman Catholic Zeal for the Con-

Tersion of the Jews
Tunbridge WeUs Revival . 19,

Obitua&iss.

CoUjer, Rev. Dr., Pcckham
Derry, Mr. W., Launceston
Flower, Mrs. C., Becclcs
France, Rey. J., A.M., Ham
Glover, Mrs., Birmingham
Jay, Rey. W., Bath .
Irving, Mr. W., Kingston-upon-

Holl.
Strange, Mr. J., Pimlico
6tr»tten, Rev. T., Hull
Smale, Widow, Torquay
Taylor, Rev. T., Bradford
Wardlaw, Rey. Dr., Glasgow
Wilkes, J., Esq., London

137
636
620
416

766

661
700

774
140

163

276

691

466
666
213
691
92
34
690

LOHDON ANNrVSBSAIlIES.

Aged Pilgrims' Society . . 348
Anti-Slavery Society . . . 423
Baptist Home Missions .341
Baptist Irish Society . . . 342
Baptist Missionary Society . • 340
Blind Society . . . .349
British and Foreign Bible Society 339
British and Foreign School Society 346
British Jews' Society . . .346
CSi^iese Evangelisation Society . 349
. Christijui Instruction Society . 34 G
Church of Sagland Education So-
ciety 349

Church Missionary Society . . 339
Colonial Missionary Society . . 34i
Congregational Board of Education 421
Congregational Union . • • 342
Country Towns Mission . . 360
iBrangelical Continental Society . 424
Foreign Aid Society . . . 422
Home HissUmary Society . 843

Iliili Church Missions . . 360

London Ann i vers auxes. Page

Irish Eyangelical Society . • 421
London City Mission • . . 847
London Jews Society . • .422
Naval and Military Bible Society . 360
Peace Society . . • • 422
Protestant Alliance . . . 347
Ragged School Union . . .848
Religious Tract Society . .846
Sunday School Union . . . 344
Voluntary School Association . 348
Wesleyan Missionary Society • 840
Working Men's Educational Union 423
Young Men's Christian Association 424

HoMB Chkoxtcle.

A Home for Students . . 467

Alarming Report of Select Com-
mittee of the House of Commons 468
Albany Chapel, Brentford . . 169
Annufd Appeal on behalf of Minis*

tcrs' Widows . . . .716
Apprenticeship Society . . 669
Autumnal Meetings of the Congre-
gational Union . . 692, 718
British and Foreign Bible Society 165
British Banner . . . .166
Cheshunt College . . . 468

Christmas Distribution of Profits 148
Congregational Lectures . . 838
Congregational Pastors' Insurance

Aid Society . . . .169
Coward's Weekly Lecture . . 168

Croydon 476

Crystal Palace . . . .416
Death of James Nisbet, Eoq. • 718
Editorial Reflections . . . 686
English Congregational Chapel

Building Society . . . 636
English Independents of Wales . 286
Error in Memoir of Rev. T.Stratten 467
Evangelical Alliance . . 479, 667
Pinddey, Sunday Schools • • 478
Hackney College . . • 470

Hints to the Supporters of Eoreign

Missions ..... 281
Hymn wrongly attributed to

James Montgomery . . .469
Kensington, New Chapel . . 664
London Congregational Chapel

Building Society . . 166, 216
Memoir of Rev. James Weitbrecht 216
Midsummer Distribution of Profits 634
Milton Club . • . .39
New College, London . . . 666
Orange-street Chapel . . 37
Orphan Working School . • 98
Pearson's Essay on Infidelity . 214
Poultry Chapel . . . 281, 669
Proposed Monument to Dr. Ward-
law 766

Religion in Turkey . . • 658
Smitti's Aate Dr. J. P.) First Lines
of Christian Theology • 338

782

INDEX.

HoKB Chboniclb. POj^

Spiritual Coziditioa of London . 656
Btotistics of Religioiis WoiBhip . 97
SaireT Chapel • . • .281
Tennmation of Proeeedinga be-
tween Her. Dr. Tidman and Rer.
R. Ainslie .... 717
Tlie late Rey. Thomas Scott . 767
The Pope's Allocution • . 98

Walthamstow Mission School 85, 100
Walworth, Axthnr-strset Chapel 772
Walworth, York-street Chapel 721
War and Tictorj .656

Warning to Deacons • • • 594
WestHiddlesex Association 474,662

PmonifciAL Imtblliobxcb.

Banhurj, AnnlYersarj Services • 596
Bedford, Bunyan Meeting House 767
Berkshire Association . 888
Brighton, Rer. J. Clayton's Ad-
dress 218

deyedon, Somersetshire .771

Cumberland Association . 660

Devonport 474

Dewsbury, Yorkshire . . .771
Hastings, Croft Chapel . . 770
Hatfield. Herts . . . .536
Kent Association . .536
Little Dean, Gloucestershire . 476
Lymington, Hants . . 472
Maidstone, Kent . . . 660
Potton, Beds . . . .169
Ryde, Isle of Wight . . . 662
Saffi-on Walden, Essex . .160
Skipton, Yorkshire . 284
Somerset Association . . 414
Terling, Essex . .471
Ventnor, Isle of Wight . . 467
Western College, Plymouth • 658
Withcridge, Devon . . .472
Wobum, Beds • . . . 594
Wootton*\mder-£dgo, CHouci'Stcr-
shire 288

OBIiERA.L ChROKICLB.

Additional Missionaries fur China 39
American Reform Tract and Book

Society . . . . 215

Ascent of Vesuyius in 1846 . 162

Bishop of Victoria's late Charge to

his Clergy . . . .103

China: — letter from Dr. Legge

on the Chinese Rebellion . .221
Cliina : — Extract of a Letter from

Dr. Legge to Mrs. Morison . 538
Contrasted Scenes, or the Song of

Mercy and Judgment . . 597
Dr. Legit's Views of the Chinese

Rebellion .... 662

Emigration to Van Diemen's Land 47d
Extract of a Letter from a Member

of the Rebel Army at Nan-King 104
France— Conyenion ot a Soldier 5U

QaVB&iL CMBomouk

Qvwammmut Onala te flumlai

BdwMlkNi la ladtfa . . .

India: — ^Extraet from l>r« Jnd-

son'a Lett«r ..541

Jersey, St. Hellir .416

Letim on tha OoatiMtttt N0. 1. .480
Letteia on the ContiiMat, Ko. IL 5S8
Popish Monlfty . • .419

Turkey :*-.Ajnclatioa fai Aid of
EvrageUcal WatAoBm in Weil-
em Ajln . • ' . • .543

Calls AcosPTsn.

Bateman, Rer. C, Charleeworth 162
Benson, Rer. J» HarpI* Bridge 770
Bird, Rer. 8., Hatfield . 770
Bowman, Rer. J., Hull .471
Hampeon, Rer. P. A., BeTonport 102
Heme, Rey. J. M., Ledbury . 714
Jeffsry, Rer. E., Noiiblk • . 724
Jukes, Rey. E., Orange-street . 158
Lings, Rey. H., Flee t wood . 471
Mackenzie, Rey. D. B., Thnno . 471
Spence, Rey. J., M.A., Poultry 281
Steward, Rey. Q., Newcastle . 288
Thompson, Rey. P., M.A., Man-
chester 416

Waterman, Rev. T. T., B.A., Maid-

stone 660

Weeks, Rev. E. H., Harpurhey . 771
Wishart, Rey. J., Swanland . 506

Ordihations.

Bnice,ReT.R..M.A.,Huddcrsfield 770
Catlow, Rey. J. B., Hounslow • 473
DaTison,Rey.T.. Stockton-on-Tees 102
Ellis, Rev. £., M.A., Summertown 774
Qreen, Rev. C., Barbican . • 282
Hillman, Rev. W, O., Stafford . 103
Lewis, Rev. £., B.A., Barton-on-

Humber 596

InsuU, Rev. J. J„ Bedford . . 767
Parker, Rev. J., Banbury . . 101
Roberts, Rev. W., Southampton 723
Sanders, Rev. H., Whitehaven 724
Shawcross, Rev. J. T., Malton . 101
Shipphire, Rev. J. W., Hayes . 660
Soden, Rev. F., Brighton . . 588
Stewart, Rev. Q., Hastings . . 284
Stuchberry, Rev. J., B.A., Wake-
field 285

Thomas, Rey. R., Mold . .100
Verrall, Rev. R. T., B.A., Cardiff 168
Wonnacott, Rev. J., Morley . 50o

Rbcoonxtions.

Corbin, Rev. J., Tabernacle, London 86
Flemminff, Rey. J., Kentish-town 282
Gamble, Rev. H. J., Clinton • 86
Gowar, Rev. C, XTpwey, Dorset 158
Jukes, Rey. £., Orange-street,

London 471

Kirkus, Rev. W., LT«.B., Hmdumej 158
\ lilotv^'B^^.I.^DunataliU . . 770

INDEX.

788

RaoooKmoxs. Page

Spencer, Ber. J., Manchester 168, 285
Sugden^ Ber. J., B.A., Lancaster 416

Rb8IOKAT10N8.

DaTis, Bev. W., Hastings . . 770

Griffin, Bey. J., Manchester . 661

Holmes, Bev. H. F., Boston . 283

Raban, Bey. 8., Hetfield . 536

Tkbtimomuxs.

Haniaon, Bey. D., Whitotable . 476
Jack. Bey. A., North Shields . 536
Jenkyn, Bey. B., Little Dean . 476
Lloyd, Bey. D., Lymington . 472

O'Neil, Bey. W., Witheridgo . 472
PoUard, Bey. F., Saffron Walden 160
Sherman, Bey. J., Surrey Chapel 484
Steer, Bey. J., Croydon . . 475
Timpson, Bey. T., Lewisham . 283
Todman, Bey.W.,Yardley Hastings 416

JVBILSB CbLSBRATIONS.

Walworth, Bey. O. Clayton .414

Deal, Bey. N. Craig .471

N»w Chapbl Fouxdation Stonrs.
Brighton, Sussex .218

Wobum, Beds . . . .594
Painswick Edge, Gloucestershire . 595

Chafbls Opeved on Bbopbmbd.

CaaberweU, London . .36

Ceirig-Cadarn, Breconshirc . . 596

Kelyedon, Essex .38

Longsight, Manchester . 37

Ventnor, Isle of Wight . 537

Walworth, London . 772

NoncBS.

Hants Association • . 536

Kentish-town .217

To Widows . 337, 655, 718

Trustees of EyangcUcal Mag-
azine .... 281, 718

MiSSIOMABT CU&OHICLB.

Jmnuary,

Chinese 8]rstem of Education . 42
Public Meeting on behalf of Chi-
nese Mission . .44
Proposed Simultaneous Collections 58
Contributions towards Enlarge-
ment of Chinese Mission . 59
Departure of Missionaries 60
New Tear's Sacramental Ofiering . 60
Subscriptions towards Purchase of

Educational Institution at Madras 60
llissionary Contributions • .61

Fehruatff,

India. — Missionary Tour in Bengjl 106
South Africa.— Griqua Town 113

Natxye Commission of Inquiry at

Kalal 115

Accident to the Missionary Ship . 120
Airiyil of Mm. Porter . .121

Mission ABY CHBOinciz. Page

Departure of Bey. G. Hall, B.A. . 121
Contributions towardsBnlargement

of Chinese Mission . . . 122
Missionary Contributions . 122

Inarch,

India.— Missionary Tour in Bengal 166
China.— Book of BeligiousPrecepts
of the Tae-Ping Dy-
nasty . . . .169
Striking Testimony to Be-
ligious Character of Chi-
nese Bevolution . .173
Anniyersary Seryices in May, 1854 176
Auxiliary Societies in London and

Country ..... 177
Sacramental Ofibring . .177

Contributions towivda Enlarge-
ment of Chinese Mission . . 179

April,

China.— Becapture of Amoy-^The

Mission Hospital . 226

India.— Bey. A. F. Lacroix's Jour-
nal of a Missionary Tour
in Bengal . . , £28
Calcutta. — Baptism of another Stu-
dent in the Bhowani-
pore Institution • .281
South Africa.— Kuruman . 232

Polynesia. — ^Indiyidual andPamily

Life in Samoa . . 235
Sacramental OfEnring . . 238

Contributions towuds Enlarge*

ment of Chinese Misaion . . 238
Missionary Contributions .241

May,

Anniversary Arrangements . . 289
Contributions towards Enlargement

of Chinese Mission . . 284

Missionary Contributions . . 286

Jtme,

List of Anniversary Services . 351
Annual Meeting at Exeter Hall . 353
Abstract of the Bcport . 354
Eyening Meeting at Finsbury
Chapel 383

West Indies.— Berbice . .426

Demerara .428

China.«-£nlargement of the Native

Churches , . 429

India. — Coimbatoor . .431

Belgaum 436

BeMres 439

Polynesia. — Barotonga . . 440

Arrivals in England . . 448

Arrivals Abroad .... 443
Acknowledgments . ^V^

MiMiontry ContnV^uMoTi^

VMlftdiM.— BiitUi OviMM . «A
ThaOhdlM«ikJMMlM . 4M

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PORTRAITS.
Jamv&xt, Rev. 11. Allot), lalington.
Feubuabt, Rev, J. Thornton, Henton KoTri?, Stoc'
H4Bcn, Rev. J. IIuqI, Brixton.
Afril, Rst. W. Orlffldu, Ultchin.
MiT, Rov. D. E. Ford, Manche»(er.
JitNB, ReT. J. Burdcr, M.A., Bristol.
JuLt, Ri;». T. Straiten, IIulL
AvoL'aT, RcT. W, Todman, Yudlcy Halting*.
SiTTMiBiB, Rer. J. V/. Richoidion, London,
OcTOBEB, Rev. J. Oarwood, M.A., London.
KovEiioiB, Rev. W. Walford, Homerlon CoU?ge.
Dbcehbeb, Rev. J. Oljdc, Bradford.

tradictions, in which there is at least one merit — they are opeuly
declared ; and that should be enough to teach the wise to let doctors and
their poisons alone, rather tnisting to nature, than run a mad tilt against
such two-edged swords. One doctor in The Lancet says "we should do
no harm in our treatment, knowing that many patients recover who take
nothing but cold water." What a condemnation of that treatment which
always does harm ! He farther says that by the application of continuous
heat to Cholera patients, they are likely to die : *' this," he affirms, " is
killing by heat.*' Take this rebuke, ye doctors, who warm and sweat the
body. You are hereby charged with manslaughter. Dr. Bird says " the
pre-disposition to Cholera consists in a diminution or altered quality of the
fibrine and other natural ingredients of the blood, impairing its formative
and vital power, llear this, ye Hygeists, ye are proclaimed good fellows.
After all the abuse ye have received, ye are notwithstanding quite learned
regarding the origin of Cholera : U ii in the state of the blood 1 Dr. Grady
aays, *' 1 warn those who are disposed to g^ve heroic doses of calomel,
to be cautious, for I have witnessed cases in which several hundred
GVAlNS of calomel had been given ; and some of the patients only reco-
vered to tell a HI8ERABLB TALE; AND TOO SOON DIE A WRETCHED SPEC-
TACLE !" A pretty broad hint this to the medical heroes who deal out this
poison in monster doses, and with, as we arc here told, worse than monstrous
results. After this ye calomel-loving and taking people, swallow it with what
seat ye may ; here your fate is predicted. Bat what matters it to us if it
be your desire to be poisoned for the good of the profession ! Dr. Stevea
says, " that facts and experiments prove that the deadly poison of the new
pestilence, causes death by its destntctive action on the life of the blood!"
Very well. Doctor, this is another feather in our cap. We have, 20 years
ago, taught the same truth ; and let mc add, when the blood is bad, its
life is weak, and of course easily tiffected and iigured by the inspired poison.
When the blood is good, its life is vigorous ; and in this state, it often ex-
pels the poison and saves the body. Hence the solution of the question
as to Cholera being or being not infectious. It depends entirely ou the
state of the blood. Breathing bad matter of any kind always tends to
infect the blood and produce disease ; but good .blood often resists the
infection, just because it is good. Here, Dr. Stevens, is n present of com-
mon sense for you, in return for your compliment to the Hygeian Theory !
The Doctor further tells us **that on the whole, the establishment of Hos-
pitals for Cholera patients has been unsatisfactory." Why, Doctor, we well
Bodeistand the soft impeachment, which just means that, these Hospitals,
aa described by one of your own school, have partaken more of the cha-
raeter of " Slaughter Houses " than curative institutions 1 1

The correspondent of The Lancet, writing from the seat of the present
war, says, in regard to Cholera, '* it would be idle to enumerate the various
remedies resorted to, for in none of those cases was the disease iteelf reached
at all : symptoms only were reached, and in most instances, but slightly
before the fiital stage set in." Well, Mr. Lancet speak you indeed of
▼arious remedies ? On your own showing symptoms only were affected, and
erea these biit little. Need we tell you, Sir, treating symptoms is not
iWTM^ disease; and therefore to write of "various remedies" is a mock-
ery nf terms. A remedy is a cure; to alleviate a symptom, is not.
Trritiag symptoms, we know well is the great and common work of the
pnfessioii s and hence it is a mere detttsion and a snare to the public. We

We knoir. hoverer, the importuiee of mag nfe toob to open mp and
deanie nature. The tender bowels demaad keja adaptad to tkfl«aalfea» to
their own laws, to their own sensihilitiea, yea eveadigatibfepaigatlTM; aad
not to be forced open with poisons thnt knock down nature, bennao opan-
tini; by nolenc« and force. Follow you nature as an eternal priodpia of
truth,*though the ignorant doctors despise it, and assail it with poiaou and
missiles innumerable, as if the deluded men were wiser than natiira and «■•
titled to overthrow- and disregard it, as, indeed, ihej daily do.

Cheer up, brother Hyi^ists, ye are pioneers in a great and gkiriona naaaa,
even the cause of suffehnsr humanitv ! Ye are not killers of meOy ye are
disciples of nature, and ye hare your blessed reward !

TO THE ri-BLlC.

How long will ye sleep and dream, and allow the pestilence to walkalxroad
in its destroy iug power, nnd you know nothing;, and seek no light, manfully,
independently, and dutifully for yourselves, to enable yon to arrest tbe des-
troyer? What a state of vexatious imbecility is yonrs, to prostrate yoar-
selves before these medical idols, as ignorantly as the Hindoos before their
bloody, life-destroyin^ Jug;^rnaut ! That your idols, too, are stained with
the blood of couuUcbs slain, and slain by themselves, their own records
abuudantly declare. 2«uch are the penalties of ^ar ignorance ; and what
if cholera be sent to you ns an educational ageut to rouse you from jour
stupor, to make yon think on these subjects, to teach ji^ou to respect nature's
authority and nature's commands, to teach j^h to know yourselres physi«
cally, morally, intellectually, to require this knowled^ for your own use, and
to know in truth how to treat vour bodies in health snd disease. Cleanliness
is nature's first and last requirement. It implies the whole philosophy of
correct niedicnl treatment. For nature we can do little more than to aid in
keeping it clean when this aid is required. This treatment suits every
disease .«prin^in&; only from one cause, uncleanness of the system. Mere
focal disease has its root in general ^ and i;eueral in Ike blood , the life or
death of the flesh according as the blood is pure, or impure. Cannot ye all
comprehend these plain truths ? for truths they are, out of nature's book,
not the doctors. Arouse, then, be men I Think, understand, and act for
yourselves. l)c not the blind slaves of doctors or anybody else; and thus
will ye become able to understand and control disc-ase to an inconceivable
extent, prolong life, and vastly incrcnse its enjoyment. In the present case,
namely, that of cholera, the doctors arc perhaps more to be dreaded than the
disease. Nature were better left to itself, than to be battled, subdued and
destroyed by the joint influence of poisonous medicines, and of poisonons
disease. Hygcists believing in these reformatory sentiments are never found
to be alarmists, nor to be much disquieted by the presence of cholera. They,
understanding its nature, believe it is a very easily vanquished ailment. Only
to know its true character is half the cure, because that knowledge points to
the proper remedial means for its removal. I am. Gentlemen,

Faithfully yours,

25, North l^ridcre. Edinboro'. JOHN FRASEIl.

P.S.— A WORD TO THE DOCTOBS-

GnnLMumKi—We have no perMomal diiputation with you. It i« jour false
tjBtem and principles we controvert, not^ bundly, but as we judse intellkriblj.
Uk this tract jou nave a glimpse of our principles, which we could easily ^bo-
rate into broad and powmiil demonstrations. We arc conscientious dissenters
fimn Tonr sehook. ^ We are readj to give a reason for the medical hopes we
cherish, and the views we hold. Dare you say we have no right to (ussent?
Dare you maintain that dissent is disreputable ? Dare you set limits to fearless
freedom of thought and enquiry into the merits and nature of every subject,
human and divine ? Is this enquiry not open to every human being ? Is it
not obligatory oq allP With the power to think and enquu% ; and the obligation
so to exercise our God-given faculties, will ye dare to afiinn that our opmions
should be repressed, and shut up as in a prison within our minds I Is it for you
to sulk and scowl and scold, when we proclaim to the world what we bebeve
to be true, as the result of our studies and our experience ? Whether do you
degrade or dignify yourselves, by applying insulting, detracting epithets and vul-
gar nicknames to your equal brother-man, simply because he believes and openly
daclaret your medical opinions and treatment are wrong f Moreover, when the
ftct is, ye of the common schools are always condemning and opposing each other's
tre£tment of disease, how can you blame us for having no faith in your system
of repulsive, uninviting contraidictions ? Should you degrade human reason and
human intelligence, by asking a blind, unthinking acceptance of your contra-
fOctory dogmas ? Wnat are your diplomas and euucation ? Arc they not the
manifest symbols of a false system, because destitute of consistency and harmony?
What daims, therefore, can ve have on either the rational confidence or respect
of society ? A professor who has taught you a mats of erron^ gives you a diploma
Ibr money, ana pray what passport to our confidence is this document ? Just
none at all. Wnen your schools teach general truths demonstrable to all men, ^
then your certificates will have some value, and not tUl then. Even ikougk your *
■cfaools taught a wide range of generally acknowledged principles; and your taste
lay in attending these schools, is such attendance obligatory on all P May not a
knowledge of these principles be acquired otherwise than in these academies ;
and such acquired luiowledge be as valuable in the one case as in the other ?
Are the great truths of science not open and patent to every human mind ; and
the exclusive property of no corporate body, no school, no college P Again then
let me ask. Why do you denounce men whose only fault is to think and jud^e
for themselves, independently of you; and, as independently, proclaim theur
convictions to the world ? Is not this very independency of thought and action
the chief cause of your displeasure? Are you ignorant of the mentally
narrowing effect of all human corporations? If you are, the world, in the

argumjg

Are d^omas any passport to that meeting? Is their organization not ex-
pressly formed to promote knowledge ; and jobtain it from the lips of every man
who has it to give? Instead of a narrowing, is not an expansive infiuence on
human thought and human discovery, the very end and essence of this Association?
Why it it that you doctors do not possess the same enlarged and liberal sjurit ?

all medical bigotry. You would rejoice in all discovered truth ; and care no
more for a diploma as ita medium of utterance, than you would for an old rag.
The ftct itsdf you would estimate and receive, though it came from a beggar.
You would estimate truth for its own sake, re{;ardless of the (quarter whence it
n^>mi» . inxt alasl these are not your characteristics. Competition io medicine ye
hate. Every ctiss^nter from your systems (blind and contradictory as they are)

be he liccnfed or be he not, provokes jonr anitiniMM. free taJB in the nt of
healing is ((uitc as obnoxious to yoo, as was or U commercial, to a nttrowdaH
of expiring politicians. Hence yonr appUcationa to Parliam«at» to pvefoai
legal monopoly of the medical market, to the ezduuon of nil bii£ thon aCyov
own fratemit J. Were ever impudence and arrogance more consinaaali tkit
this Y Your contradictory and know-nothing systems in the traataMnt of
cholera (now the scorn of the thinkin|r) you would nevertheless foroe on soes^
by Act of Parliament. Could insanity itself act more irrationally? AndeqaiiqF
distBrustin«; and ilenpotic i» the triumph you have already obtained throagk u
infatuated legislature, in forcing all j«rents to vaccinate their childreat or bi
mulcted in a line for it# omission. ll:ivc you not« by so doing, stmck stths
roots of all freedom of thou>rht and action, in reference to our own treaUuenki
and that of <iur children in distex^e ? And are you not still farther desirous oC
rooting out the entire lilierty of the p.M>plc, in reference to their treatmeni of
not one, but of all diseiises 'r Yea, even so ! You have alreadv drawn thcbov
onre, and y<iu mean to do so a^ain ; but if the i)eople were only alive to theff
medical rierhts and interest.'*, they would shiver your arrows to atoms. As it is,
we hope there may l>e found as much common sense in the coouuunity and the
Gfivernnient, as will del'eiit the threatened invasion of the rizhta of every man
in Britain. l)<K;tors, be yours the ri«;ht to think and act freely, not becauie yt
are dot'tor^ but becau^ic ye aro men. To be a doctor is a voluntary act of year
own, as it is on the part of those who do not want to be doct^jrs; but the right
to »i'lf-treati!KMit is us mut:h basted in nature, as the duty of self-9usterA;t.iceiSelf
pro5orvati«in : nml raniiot be «'ontn.ilu*d by law. hy 5choi:iL<, by collej^es, by c«>r-
p(lnui<)n^, any ninri* than we eau i»e f«niiiil by la\r in our luauner of eating, in
onr •«i»liHiiim of IimhI, in the iiiatt'»r «»f jmit oreed?, or in iUi'roli;rtou4 opinions we
of oursi-lvi's freely and inde|iend(.'iitly choose t'» adopt. Free to u-'e what we
think 'jood for ih.* boly — free to ^Ive or take what we think gootl for disease
—and tree to Lndiuve what we think bunelicial to the soul — is the right of every
human buiu;:.— J. F.

Directions for using the Vegetable Universal Xedicint.

These Medii iiii-.s bfiii^ provc.l ucC only q.a:^ hirmle^ to t'a*- w;ak>3t constit iiioa but
bi^hly bent'.'icial, may be u>c at uii^l.t, L-'jiiiiiiciKiii;; witli X >. 1, tUeu fnlluwin^ alterua oly with Xu S, anJ ttie
ap'Tient powik-r, niitil Fut:t: ani» « i>i*iim'<% kval'l'aii<»n's be produced* wbirb is the true
cr:lfri.i:i a*; [n an ir.irca-e •'►f sU.' pilN. It* th<«y do nt't operate briaklr by the neat mora-
ine iiirriNi*'* a p>II of t^ro on p>in:; lO bod nniil they d'>, and this dewidemtmm bamg oUaintd
heatth »> nre tn/t^fow. The Ptihiic it pArticul irly r^fiUMSttNl not to take any other Medi-
fim*. All spiritU'UH liqiior« to bo avoided. Wlieo paiu or uuea-iiae-)') is produced just
b(-rtire the anion ill' till) Vi\U, the party must always alt ribute It to the foulness of tba
btomach. Chiidrcii under twelve year* will begin with two PilLs and pro.eel as above
according to thuir ai'tion.

General aiid full directions may be obtained oi' all the Aij^uts for Morisou's Pills.

CAUTIOH.
XORISOH'S FILLS, THE 7E0ETABLE imiVEBSAL KEBXCIirE.

None are genuine unleu they come irojii the Britis : College of Ueaah, New Bo«^
London, n^ above, with the wor:s, ** MoriM>n*a Universal Medicine," on the Governmeat
stamp. See li.st of duly authurize<l Aifont-s in the abridged Edition of ** Moriaomn^*
which mav be had of uU the Agonti.

liatcd 2iid Mav, 1853.

$oUin Bom at 7|.f.. It. 1 {4.. 2*. M.. 4f . fi./.. an/ Family PatktU, toniautiii^ thrm 4$ Gd. Barm, lit.
duo tJig Vegtiabk CiMnnn'j Fotrd^M, U. \\'t pet- iUv.

Pruitvd V)V Jims \a>tt*, *i^*l, ^\a\\\, \^«R\»a.

PfiIZE MEDAL

i. s. rav & SONS,

JURY, CLASS m.

"By virtue of the power to me given, I hereby appoint Joseph
Stobeb Fby, of Bristol, to the place of manufacturer and purveyor of
Chocolate and Cocoa to Her Maietiy in ordinary.

" He ie to have and enjoy all tne rights, profits, privileges, and advan-
tages, to the Bidd place belonging, during my will ana pleasure.

" Given under my hand, tms 13th day of February, 1851, in the Hth
year of her Majesty's reign. « WESTMIKSTER."

n ■■ ^wU known br nis pBftUe that ^« kavn mnaiiiaiiliiiiiil
•MMlntnatvnrlMj.rornlonKamaaof r«*n. TlMCMntaSi
>■ |»iin>ni"ll"ii" Ii» baen fUIy

bMt sf Its kind.

From the year 1728, when our manafactory was established, until 1822,
Chcrchmaji's Patekt and other Cake Cuocolates, and Fkt's Patemt Cocoa,
were chiefly nsed.

Fai's Cbocolate Powser, Chocolatb or Cocoa pAffiE, Solcble Choco-
late, and Broua, all of which are soluble, hy the addition of boiling water, and
require neither boiling nor milling, have subsequently been much used.

These elegant preparations have invariably maintained the same high character
for superiority of quality and fineness of flavour which our Cake Chocolates
and Patbht Cocoa have over possessed.

Frt akd Sons' Granci.ateii and Dietetic Cocoas, which are both equally
soluble, have of late years been favorites with the public; they are light, nutri'
tioos, and deUcate articles — to Invalids invaluable.

irMmnKBOOCOAi &*■■!■« obtained n*«ry«ztMUlTe (Nuunmptlon, ttamod^

" >tf Inabia by an nlaaaas tot wair Oar oae, tkna •nabllns

B to a^oy tba dalloifnu frnlt Ot tbe Tbeabroma Coimm,

aa rag a gaad as an artlela of Inmry. Tlila Coeoa, In Oraon

T In Haxaron paokota, irlll be fbnnd of exoollenl qoalMr.

Our HoiKEOPATHic Ci>c0A has been highly approved and recommended by
Homo^opatbic prnetitioners, and consequently acquired an extensive consuniption
amongst their patients, and the public at large, as one of the most light and
delicate preparations known.

J. b. Fur and Sons* name on the label of their Cocoa Nibs, will warrant
them perfectly genuine.

Fry's Patent Cocoa, possesses a full flavour.

At the present time, a chU for the well known cake chocolate, though in a
somewhat altered form, is made upon ua. '^Ve answer the call; and offer to the
public several new varieties of Frknch Chocolates, prepared according to
principles alike dictated by our ample experience and the results of the most
refined foreign taate, carried out by the utmost care and skill in their mimiifacture.
We confidently recommend these Chocolates as eminently combining that richness
and delicacy oC flavour, with that peculiar io/tnei» otv \W ^TiQ.\«,'^\\v^ >■* |]i*s,'i>;i
to be met with; (ojjetJier with those reniaTW\i\.3 B(\'&t\<i'i& upnSAs* -«V.<Jq. «
eaaeatial to diocolate in all its forma.

CiKMTOLATK ut' Oil I* iiiniiufAoture IB frce tmin all iiuxious ingre-
<lii*nt.M; tlie infi'rior )H>rti(>n8 of the nut are caretullj excluded,
and it contains, in the most concentrated and agreeable form,
all tlio virtiiPA which arc so justly attribute<l to the pure vegetable
product of the Cocoa Tree; is a fine stomachic, .producing a
healthy action on the biliary iicrretions, and a fine and clear com-
plexion; so well are our Parisian neiprhbours aware of these
facts, that cii«)colatk is with them a lendin;^ article of consump-
tion; to taste this delicious beverage in perfection, it is only
neodtul to buy our CluNrolut h la Fran^aise, attend to the directions
enclosed in each package, and obtain our improved pot, manu-
factured by Barber and Groom, ITnion Court, Moll>om Hill, I^ondon, which may
be ordered from any Grocer or Ironinon^rcr.

Fry's Chocolatb Pastillks, Chocolat dk Voyaok, and other Bon Bona;
are strongly reconimentled as delicious and nutritious condiments for the railway
carriage, the nursery, the invalid chamb<*r, or the luncheon table. Thes e Frt»nch
Chocolates are used" at the B07AL TABLE, by the first VOBUITT, and are
particularly adapted for Presents.

Our cho(?olate having been us<?d by tlic ROYAL FAMILY for more than one
h'uidred years, the appointment of inanufacturcrs of chocolates and cocoas to
C' ir beloved Queen, has been graciously con termed upon us. Kncoii raged by this
distinguished patronage, we feel assured the merits of our Chocolat a La
FRAN9AT8K will be appreciated by a discerning public. J. S. FRY & SOVS.

The celebrated chemist, IJebig, in ex])lainin<r tlie remarkable coincidence which exists
between the essential properties of tea, coilee, and cocoa, culled by him res|)ectively
Theine, Caffeine, and Theobromine, the constKjuciit similnrity of their action u|ion the
human system, and the important purpoi^es which they 8ubser\'e in the nuimal economy,
appears to have made us acauainted with tlie true caune of the use of these urticles, slm<ist
as necessaries of life, by wnole nations in fur distant regions of the world. He shews
thnt thpfle vepetahle essences contain a liirge pro|Kjrtion of nitroticHy un eleinent which is
required to produce a healthy action of the bile. Kvcn in 8iiiall quuntiticH its iiifluence i<4
so powerful, that, he states, about three grains of one of thei^e e.-v^'nc-es can *rive a fiuthcient
amount of nitroifen to an ounce of bile, lie says, tluit ''only t)ia<e siibstanceft can
projierlv be called nutritious, or considered as food, which are ca]>at)1e of conversion info
uloo<l :** '* that all jwrts of the animal brnly w)ii(rh have a decided shape contain nitrogen."
*' It obviously follows that all kinds of fowl, lit for the production either of blc»od or of
cellular tissue," &c., " must contain a certjiin amount of nitroiren, because that element is
es'»ential to the comi)osiiion of the alwve-naincd ortrans." Mow, as animal substances are
well known to be the most nutritious kind of fotni, on account of th(Mr containing a lar^e
proportion of nitrogen, so in choosing those ve^'t^ible principles which may be the most
Bup)»orting and invigorating as portions of our daily sustenance, we should naturally be
guided by the same nile ; and tlie principle of co<M)a and chocolate is ]»roved to be, on this
very pronnd, the best that can l>e selected.

For the information of the«urious, Liebij^V analysis f»f tlie principles of t(?rt, coffee, and
cocoa are appended, by which it will be been that Theoluomine contains a larger jier
ceutage of nitro^n than either of the others, indeed, than any other vegetalde ])rin<-iple
whatever. He distinctly calls "Theobromine, the most highly nitrogeiiizetl vegetublp
principle." When it is remembered, in addition, that, in the form of chocolate, tlie whole
of the finest part of this most viduable of the vegetable substances, can Ik; taken as a
l)everage, whereas in tea and coffee, the infusion only can be used, and that in the fonn of
** Jionbons," &c., it constitutes u delicious condiment, its superiority becomes still more
obvious.

Theobromine. <

77ie pHfictpff (#/ Cocoa it Chocolate. The

' Nitrogen 35.38

Carlwn 47.21

Hydrogen 4..^3

Oxygen l.i.8W

100. 100. 1(K).

Trj*% articles are cold by Tea Healers, Orooers, Hruf ^sts, and Confeotloners in
Areat Aritafn and Ireland, of wl&om xdm$ lie olitalned tl&eir pamplilet. eontaininr
fhu dlreetioam for tbe preparation for tlie tailAa ot «J\ Ui^Vr G\Dko«o\«LX«% «a^ Cocoas,
I himtorjr of tbe Cocoa TreOf A«^ ^te-

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LONDON.

■ B kH > ^*i

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THE EMPRESS OF CHINA'S TEA^

ided -----

itoSnperiflri^.

B aw wimende d by the Faonlty for its Purity, and sold by upwards of 700 Firtt-^slass T«a B«iVsr% Vst
r. Thij is now the Popular Tea of the I)iiy,aikitbAl^1£.^TU.TiL^

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BrnuA w9 tew • iloiu Hd • notrtTAi, f«r Uw« wbo Ubvnr vaiM tMyelMi ud dim

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flnr Metropolii it ferowwJ with nommnn FTnur^Ula and Dlipainwio*— ume of item

TmlMial ch»™ci«r: but ihay no limited b - -" ■- "' ' - - -'-' ' ■" '

TiwTdaDMneaiTvcMMi ttwt luvflk

la bt at AI* alunaUi, it would t» «

nro oloaad oa bin fcr •*«. ir not Iwff l*« Won, fai* tteaUamt am aoata hia fite. B(
broksn; utid, lik< tbn lUickca df«r, he ilrali awBf IraiQ Ihs ftbodea of bumuut?. to •» UlWil
«nel wilted*, to tub, la liogBUli, uad la dia.

After ill lliU Cliu-ity hu dan*. Hat it lilentlj' th( trntli- Sncb uua of urtrBmit? and i
menl an occarrinf: ac tlia cMatofaur Rotpitkli. (t tlio cornen of onr tCreels, &nd st our tc
ilrtily. For I^ ptiiia faot i*. I'lit tlia irrMltr |iarl uf tLoM vba bm oat HoqiibJi, (ImmeIi I
lian! foiiiiil ir.i: u-i.ii. -i: ■ ><ui cwyii; and t«-)- ojuij' an raaUf iiwaraifc.

Intbe nuueof DiTiDe CbariMva Mjr.llwt tUi oiigbt not to ooacRi and muat not coim
ii an uiomilT in tbi wort of Cliarit; — ladeed, >□ [nieruoa of ita order : linoe the obligv
wiK bauenlaaoa ifia wdh tka e a t r emity of the affltedaa. Wa ba*a taken Ifae %Ucp eon at
eu]r dot;, and hare declined to oontaud manTullj vilh the mora difinll and idy-J/mi/iHg.

Tbe CI.11M, tbui prtaented, nuit be riaUit to all. It tftii* for itul£ Wlian hcvd m
k will oeitainir be napeoted.

Tba cum ia iMUta& Shall it not be sMt with aUifa heart and as Oi>ea bud?

Tbe tjLAVt (a moKHT. Haltitade* of onr felknra, and of onr kind, an pining and pvW
nam, wilboDt the anoeonra wfaiah we nugfat mptdj.

The CLAUi ia mooKtiiOMABLB. Doabt mar raat alnwhara. hot oat bara. Oan la bbI
of crime or profligacy, uorereo ofoMra i^ or fowtttj, bat vt liclatem — ht^iUa nirVnnai, —
armmib tickneti, — BicEWKaa witbodt boi>b, and witdodt fkibiiiis.

TiM flLUM It DffaKAiiTB. All «ho oM help na nndar nciad obl^ation ta i«^, am
portion to their meani.

Have we fitt t It muat not eraponta tn a ll^

HaTe we mpLmca? It mnat ha oaad rathai for othara than otu«elve».

Haaa wa WBALimt Oar hiatker b attedan aiaat ha the hMor for it Wa marr 4o ■
llw»iaaplaBdidaqalpaga,or«largaraitahH»hm«rt.ar«thoiiaandof cbalitaar paraaoal laxMl
and beiDoooaDtu 1 happy: but ws can baneilher innocent nor bappy if we reraaeto help oi
in Ui aOiBtiaa and daaala t ion. We aay not paat by " a" tha other tide," and look (ha M
wemoat boioob^caMtdlrbiaa. Wa anat " make hia bad in hit tidtnaM," mlttgata tba
*a aaiKirt aora. b^nwdMna, and lent which "doetbgood like a medicine;" cleave to fain
him la the latt, aad point bii riaiiog ifant lo " tha batter land" whiob «t^-J«« tha aoi
anff a ri a g a af «aRh aod of Iibm fat onr.

IS HE NOT OUR BROTHER?

AXQttX.^ HEXAl, O.D., VwnUoMi Bai
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IN ALLTHENE* MATERIALS AND PHEV AIL-
ING BTVLGB, A LARGE FOHTIOK OF WHICH
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WATCH-KAEESS,

If & IS. COMKBILL,

IniiH ituation to ihtir

STOCK of GOLD ud

SILVEft WATCIIBS.

The P>tt«nu ere of the ,

Sifls, tad tbe ninie-

•- -higUly-

6 10 3 IB

T 10 3 S

S 10 ■ 10

I f rntan a aet b gim with Kfttj VAleb,uid a TmlTa-

noolh'* bU sllowsd. A twj MUnnn ud ipltadid AimtiiMol c^ £m GOLD NECK
CHAINS; ebvged soeordliiK to the waigbt tt NrwdgBt.

A PlnpUaV MoUiniDf ■ Lilt of the PrioM a( the mww Ktidta \il (^A& iitfi^^^<R,wi

DittOk Thitd Ste ...

■mi^ tot m

«AR£ and SONS, 17 uA IB, «Vi«d>!S&.

SLACK'S NICKEL SILVEK /u

Ii (111 hudni wkI mHIJwrfKI Whll* Httal mt Inimtt : nidt Imm
ettrr Anici* ftii tta( TsMc. u Spmni. Purki, rudltttlek-, Cmt

SLACKS HICEEL ELECTBO-PUTED.

K.nd J. S. calliilfDtlala ihitc NirKEL fltLVI^H ELErTKO-
FLATKU, wl.lcb cunul k> dlitiDfiikbcd Inini Rlrrlinf lllitt.

tnd (tiulitj. Ill Hualilr.

TiMeBpnmonrl Fnrki. rri dBca ^— .. *». »■•

Pnundma dins ditis liM. acn.

Alls rrtn ■tlicl* tr>[ Ike Tahlf.

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Opfutiw Stttncnat tlouia.

FASHIONABLE PARISIAN MILLINERY,

EXCELLENCE WITH ECONOMT.

Winter BoDncU, Trimnn-d
Floicen. M £1 li: Bridn-
Mnidi' BoonMi, Trimmsd
FioKcn, 10s. «d,; Glacv
do. do. lb 6^:
Mourning Bonn*U,l»».6J.;
TaUaC«p«,St.6(L iMtnc.

tkODi Tor icilf mn ■imif

&C., UDt frM pir poM.

THE CASPIATO

FOLDING BONNET.
A new inventjon, for which
J. and £. Smith have Her
Majesty's Royal Lett>?rs
Patent; it is packed in a
Case on inch and a half
deep, thus disppnsin;.^ with
a Bonnet Box : it oiui be
had plain ur Irininied in
the highest fasliion. Prices
Moderate. To be had only

Ir E. SMITH'S ^l.^aKTA'C %'H.C^'V -^QQMS,

IM, Jt£GEKT STREET, OPtOSlll »tK^ SIYXIT, 'Urecwrft..

DOMESTIC ECONOMY

SPAEROW and COMPANY beg to announce, that in consequence of the
• late redaction of duty, and the present depressed state of the Tea market, thej are enabled

Good Breakfast Congou at 2s. 8d., Ss,, 3s. 4d^ and 3s. 8d. per lb.

Fine Souchong, Ss. 4d., Ss. 8d., and 4s.

Young Uyson, 38. 4d., Ss. Sd., 4s., 48. 4d., 48. 8d.,ind 5s.

Gunpowder, 38. 8d., 48., 48. 4d., 48. 8d., and 58.

Fresh Roasted Coffee, Ud., Is., Is. 4d., and Is. 6d.

if«i7 other article in the trade proportionately cheap, and of that sterling quality for which
aim been celebrated for the last Twenty Years; a price-list of which may be had on application,
et^ aiid parcels of £2 Talue and upwards, rail paid, to any station in the kingdom. Address,

H. SFABBOW ft COMPANY,

;ptESALE TEA DEALERS AND FAMILY GROCEaS,

372, OXFOBD STREET,

(8IXTBEM DOOBS EAST OF THB PAHTHSON,) LONDON.

li-AlK

MINISTEBS, FBOFESSIONAL MEN, and

THE OXFORD MIXED DOESKIN TROUSERS, price ONE GUINEA.
THE STRIATUS CLOTH VEST, lOs. 6d. CASSOCK Ditto, lis.
CLERICAL FROCK COATS, THREE GUINEAS. DRESS COATSj £2 ISs.

S. B A T T AM,

OOAT AND TROUSERS MAKER,

160, TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD,
Four Doart SotUh «if JShoolbred tmd Co,
Patterns of Materials, and Instructions for Self-Measurement, sent free by post

163

[£B BOBINSON'S DBAFEBY ESTABLISHMENT,

105, 106, OXFORD STREET,

rs nnmeroos inducements to Ladies to patronize it, as the following quotatiooB will show •—

Silk Dresses, 308., 40s., to £4.

Wool Dresses, ISs., Sis., to 42s.

Plaid Wool do. 128. 6d., 16s. 6d.,to 21s.

Cobourg, French Twill, and French Merino, 12s. 6d. to SOt.
urge Stock of Hose, Gloves, Ribbons, Lace, Flannels, Sheeting, Table Linen, &o.
reat Variety of Cloaks and Mantles. Splendid Opera Mantles, at One Guinea,
ood Assortment of Children's Mantles.

SXEB BOBINSON'S MOUBNING ESTABLISHMENT,

103, OXFORD STREET.

ming Bonnets, Skirts and Cloaks in beautiful variety and texture, and every Article required
mplete outfit, of the best description at moderate prices*
liiftil Bonnets from lOs. 6d. to 1^ Guineas.
Slk Mantles, trimmed best pattern Crape, from SOs. to 3 Guineas,
vior Skirts, trimmed handsomely with Crape, from 1 Guinea to 3.
k French Merinoe, Paramattas, &c., of the best manufacture, at unusually low prices,
ling Dresses and Mantles suitable for Mourning.

THE EMPBESS OF CHINA'S TEA,

■ended by t^e Faculty for its Purity, and sold by upwards of 700 Furtt-class Tea Dealers for
viori^. This is now the Popular Tea of the Day, and the BEST 48. TEA IN ENGLAND.

MOORE and CO., Little Tower-street, London.

%* AGENTS WANTED whore none an appointed. o

7, OBMOND CTKM CT i , BMIiMiOmJ^

Mrs. HAYES

IMJLTU TO i^MOUllOB, THAT •■> JEBQHVM ISI

A LIMITED VTTMBEB OF TOVVO LADZII I

EEQUIBINO BOARD ARD EDUGATieN.

HftTing had much experience m Tuition, Mm. Haom Ibeli emriideBCi k
solieitiog the tii|>port of Parents who deairo to their Dw^tflnftaovurf:
inatroction at once solid and refined.

Stadiously seeking to draw out the mental powers of her Ptapil% sbIH^
instil into their minds sound moral and religions nrineiples. as Ihe aotj fesel-i
atlim of Qsefiilnesa and happiness in future life, Mrs. BLlteb is equsUj canAd
to avoid the too common error of hurdening the memonr with a tediooi
iteration of mere words ; long observation haiang convincea her, that the re-
tentiveness of that faculty depends not so much upon its sepavate exereiM u
npo9 its being cultivated in combination with those powers idiieh are reeeplife
of fkets. Ideas, and principles, rather than of the meie vehide of langm|»ii
whieh thej are conveyed to the mind. By adopting this process, the truecel tf
scholastic training is more surely and readily attained ; while, to the pu|iU«ttit
which too often is rendered an irksome task becomes at onee an appciiUb
advantage and a positive amusement

The discipline observed in Mis. HATSi's Establishment is that of a Eunilf
rather than a Bshool i her constant endeavour being, by furmness without
needless rigour, and by kindness without improper indulgence, to afford the
most efficient substitute for the unavoidable lack of parental oversight and
direction.

TSBMS, PSB ANinJM:—

BoAaens 40 Qaiatas pv Aamna.

MoRKiNo Pupils, educated from Nine to Two . . 10 „ „

Toong Ladiei received u Parlonr Bowden • • 60 „ „

The course of instruction pnrsoed comprises the usual branohes of a tbaroqgh EHOUflH Eac-

CATION, HiSTORT, GeOORAPHT, BlBLICAL SCIBVCB, NaTUKAL HlBTOBT, AmrrHMSTIG, With tk

Elbmbnts of Mathematics, Gbammah, ConroBinov, and Elocutioit, the Gbhbbal Hu-

TORT OF LlTBRATURB, AVOIBNT MtTHOLOGT, the HllTORT OV THE FlXB AXTl, ASTROBOBT,

and the Usb or trb Globbs.

The Frbxch Lamouaob and Litbraturb are tanght hj a Phurisian Lac^jr of 14gh dianwUr ttd

attainments, who resides in the hoose.

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without a Master, 6 Guinea*— with a Master, 8 Ghxineas per Annum.

Lbctitrbs, delivered wveklj, bj J. Huhyhbrt, Esq., Pitrfessor of Natmal TUUmihf vd
General Li^^rature. Ererj subject introduced will he deliTered in a pleasing and instrostivs
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A EOME.BOOE FOR CHILDSEN OF ALL

* It would be difficult to speak of this little volume more highly than we think. It is

ipted to the capacity of children ; and by the variety of its contents, — poetry and

le, and homily, — it keeps alive their attention, and is well suited to supply them witii pleaaara

i instruction. It is not only free from everything objectionable in the matter of tone aad aaali-

Dt, bat is pervaded by a deeply Christian spirit, odiibited in a form wall oakalated to plaaaa aad

wfit the youthful reader." — Eclectic ReoUno,

' This work, we trust, will find a place in every Christian family, being admirably adapted to
fTOve the minds of the young.*' — Mother's Magazine,

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Jy intended to move.*' — Ckrietian WUnett,

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pleasingly written, and the moral of each is truly valuable.** — Teaeher*§ Magamne.

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writing and judgment in selection. They are told in a way which cannot faU to win the heaits
pivenile readers who love good for its own sake. After a careful examination, which we iMnk
h books eepecifdly require, we can with confidence recommend it to our readers.'" — liwtiljvii/

'One of the healthiest-toned and most interesting home-books that have evor courted the attaatiaa
mr young readers. Love and obedience to parents, and encouragement in the path of daljjr and
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LONDON: WARD AND CO., 27, PATERNOSTER ROW.

EDUCATION.
^O Pabekts and GuAKDiANs.— The MISSES JONES having REMOVED

. to more eligible Premises, (No. 9. TUFNELL PARK ROAD, HOJLLOWAY,) hata «ow
lCAMCIES for a few more YOUNG LADIES; where a sound and accomplished Educa toi^irjfr
ooofbrti of a home are combined. Terms g^ven on appUea^ou. '^^«c«nKaft^^s^^ ^jc
Mr. and Ifra. PatkbmoD, IS, Altton-iioad, Hdloway *, ^r. and lAxa.lA^v^^^^^^'^^K^eB^^
__ ^, , and to Mr* aad lilra. ShMn&an, 5, Fuuftraory Yaj^wawA «"•

ETANflELIG/LL 'ADYEKTIErEK.

■DUOATIOIC FOH UTTLE BOTB Dl BRfOBTCnr.

THE HISSES ASHBY RECEIVE YOUNO OENTLEICEN for Boi
mtKl EdDcacIoa 1 la, GLOUCESTER PLACE, BRIQHTON.
In tlite EttablbhDMnt th« aua and plcwnre* of hoaa an <
4iMl|iltD«. TIm Pnpils toiar tbt b*a«fit at malanul tan, m
'no* of MkA. AiKBT.

Muaallowtd to tba PiranUof PnpnB,aDd>pi

ISA, CASTLE STREET, BGADINa.
ISSES DALE and NEIL RECEIVE a limited nnmber of T0UN6

LADIES to Bawd ud Edontc. Mutan of aodiMnH If A«*ir*d. RaAnooM TUtajji^

nRttd to tlw Rw.W.Ltn. BJl^ Rmiing; B«t. J. S. PnimI], BiWol; Sot. T. Ooo^n, K^
~' ' i; OBdlotlioFaNnUortbaFupili. ■

88, HAWLEY SQUARE, MARGATE.

THE MISSES BROOKE beg to announce tlut the^ RECEIVE & limited
BBmbn- c^ YOl'KO LADIES to Bond mid EdoeaU. Ths aoom of iotfjiMliflD anpriM
lb* iiwul bnnolioi of a thoroa|[li En|;li*h and Sniiptnral EdnoatioDl eomUnad ntb narftal MM>-
pUAmaata. Tb« dooiartia tmngaDicsta an rich u to moan tba oamfort of tbcir Papil*. Ma-
•DO** MO kindlT ptmltted to tlw Re*. F. Bidder, UaistU; Mr. Bttta, SSI, Osfix4-«bcet; ■rih
Ow Tknou of Papla. ■

HOME EDUCATION for YOUNG
LADIES.— Sis Guinoaa par Qnajtar. —
!■ tbia EataUiihnMDt, fonr milsa from Town,
loatraolioa oompriiaa Englitli, Prensli, Miuio,
Dnwiag, Painting. Dancdni;, Writinit. AriihmMio,
FUn aad Fancjr Noedlawork, Bonki, Drawing
" 'alt, 1(0., for Six GuiDM*. inctudiiiE Linn-
The pnmitci sro iparioui and Blrj.
uog aytTj nquitits fur lirnll)!, tcimlorl,
and noreatiOD. Kood unlimited, and uf tha best
quality. Proipeotuin at Sir. Barling'*, IT,
Noiiington.cauMna7. '

SYDENHAM.— PEHRY-HILIi .
BOUSE SEMINARY.— Prindpal, Iba
.1. W. TODD.— Thit Eatabliahmant «Aa *

< inmiilataEDgliab EdncUkiii;tliebaatiBMracli*

< m Litin, German. Italian, aod Freneb, bj satiN
j Pnifemn; and Dnwicg, Faiating, Muic, k,
I !>]' the fint Maaten. Tba •fatam of toitiai

« the d

MB. BUTLER, of Cn[U>F:imiTrn
H»i,^ Eb8H, wLhCT to UECEIVK into
hi* FAMILY, aftsr Cbrittmas TWO LITTLE
BOYS, between tlie age« of SU nml Eleven, to
ba edoealed b7 a qoalilial (iuterneu with hla
own children. Twuu, Twunly-iii Uuiucu par

BERNERS STREF.T. IPSWICH,
—The MISSES BUTLER (succeMors
to Hri. Buck, of the Norwicb-ronil, Ipviclj),
announce Ihat Ibey propou KECKIVIN'G
YOUNQ LADIES to tduotte after tlie enaning
Chiiitmai. The couna of etndy will comprira
the nnul routine ofa liberal Englith Education;
the Accomplialinienls will be tanplit hy eOiuicnt
Inttmetora; ftn<l a Krencii Iniiy will rtside in the
honte. Furtlter ptniculua, and tp^m^ will be
ITTeii on application. The FIRST TERM will
COMMENCE KEBRUAItY Ut, 1855. Kefer-
anoe ii oOTered to iho HeT. S. S. Eneliind, of
Valthamitow; tbs Re*. G. Barrett, of Knyaionj
tha Rg*. J. Lord, of Ipiwichi lb« R'.:v. AViUiBin
VeUBtt, of Jpawich; ProfMtot Noniter, of Nov
CoUtgt, Londtm. ^

liilitici of tbe Pupils, and ia adapted to deieiap
their eticriiiet, and give Ibem confidence in exer-
cising Ihcir owD powen of tUonglit aiid inqaii;;
uid, hy forming their chiinkcien npon (be baiii
of iotrlljgrnt religiona priixipU, to fit them for
their ininioni and responiibilitiei in life. Tb<
nanilon and grouoda are elerated and aedndfd,
•itaate in a moit healthy and lorelj locality, and
ID a poailioQ to coiniuaud all tba edocational
idTanWgM furniilied by tl,e Palace of Art. Full
pariicularD by pout Kcfcreei: II. Brown. Esq.,
M.P., Tewkeabury; A. Pellatt, Eh]., M.P.,
Staince; Mrs. (.'. L. Balfour, Paddiogtoo; the
Re*a. Dr. Redford, Worceiteri T. Thocnao, Poa-
lypoJ College; F. TrealraU and S. J. DaviM,
tlondon; J. 1'. Mutiell, Leiceiter; A. M. Sulks'.
[.eeda; T. Winter and J. H. Daiiea, Briitol; C.
J. MiddleditcU and S. ituining, Frone; J. J.
Brown, Reading: J. Pnraer, ^., Dnblini J.
Toone, Eiq., Snlitbnry; and D. Pratt aud J. C.
Saliiburj, EBq<., London, &c. "

^SHBOUHNE! DERBYSHIRE.
— The MISSES GODDARD and
LAIDLEB continue to RECEIVE YOUNG
LADIES as RESIDENT PUPILS, to whoac
moral aud intutlectual culture tbay are diToted,
and fur whom thry aeek to bleod liome cotDfuili
with the ailvantagea of atud;. Iheir CUhlST-
MAS VACATION will CLOSE (D. ».) m
TMK,K>K:t,3KS,\lk.'B.tlX,I85S. "

EVANGEUOAL ADVEBTISEB.

A PROFESSOR of the German
and French Languages, of decided Chris-
tian principles, and several years* experience
in Tuition, is desirous of ATTENDING
SCHOOLS and TRIVATE PUPILS, within
twclTe miles of his residence. The following
gantlemen have kindly offered their recom-
mendation: — Kev. W. B. Mackenzie, St. James\
HoUowaj; W. Binfield, Esq., Professor of Music,
5, Pickering- terrace, We-stboume Grove; W. Mal-
laliea, Esq., 97, iiatton-garden ; D. Nutt, Book-
seller, 270, Strand, London; M. Tiiorowgood,
Esq., Tottencgo. letters (pre-paid) addressed
to Hr.L. Relifuess, Iligh-strcet, Barnet, Herts. '

W 'ANTED, by a YOUNG LADY,
competont to impart a sound English
Education, with French and Music, a RE-EN-
GAGEMENT as DAILY or RESIDENT
GOVERNESS in a private family. The
iridnity of London preferred. References of
the Ughett respectability. ' Address, A. G.,
Ptat-office, New-road, Kennington.

TiriLTON-HOUSE, EDGBAS-

TY TON, near BIRMINGHAM.— The
MISSES PHIPSON will have VACANCIES
Ibr A few additional PUPILS after the CHRIST-
MAS RECESS. The House, to which the
Eitiblisliment has been removed from Highgate,
«■§ expressly erected to secure every advantage
lod eomfort for the Education of YOUNG LA-
DIES, and is utuated in a salubrious imd plea-
■Bt part of Edgbaston. The formation of cha-
rseier on Christian principles, in conjunction with
Ubtnl studies and ornamental accomplishments,
ii the object of the system pursued. Special
referenoe is permitted to the Rev. J. A. James. ''

A YOUNG LADY, accustomed to
TUITION, WISHES for an ENGAGE-
MENT as GOVERNESS in a FAMILY. She
beompetent to impart a sound English Educa-
tioD, with French, Music, Drawing, and the
ndiments of the German and other Languages.
AddresSi M. S^ Mr. J. Mills, Minister, Kidder.
minster. ^'

A LADY, in the Twenty-fifth year
of her age, and accustomed to tuition, is
DESIROUS of a RE-ENGAGEMENT, either
fa a good SCHOOL or FAMILY. She is com-
petent to impart Instruction in English, French,
Mnsiei, Drawing, and the rudiments of German
end Italian. A liberal salary required. Satis-
ftetoiy referenoes can be given. Address, A. B.,
Korth-terrace, Bishops Stortford, Herts. *'

TITANTED, after the Christmas
TT Recess, in a LADIES' SCHOOL in
Ae Conntry, a LADY competent to teuch Music,
iod to aaiist in the nsnal routine of an English
Sdnoation. Nnmber of Boarders limited. In
the aboTO Sitoation a seriously disposed ludy
vonU find a comfortable home. Address, X. Y.,
Fbit-offiec^ BaU&z. »

THE DAUGHTER of a DIS-
SENTING MINISTER, in her twenty-
third vear, is DESIROUS of RE-ENGAGING
HERSELF AS GOVERNESS in a pious FA-
MILY or small SCHOOL. She is competent to
impart a good English Education, with Music,
Drawing, and the rudiments of French. Salary
not so much an object as a comfortable home,
and to be treated as one of the family. Refer-
ences exchanged. Address, A. B., Mr. Moore*t,
Bedlington, near Morpetli, Northumberland. '^

REQuYrED, "Tn a LADIES'
SCHOOL, af\er the Christmas Vacation,
the ASSISTANCE of a YOUNG LADY as
JUNIOR TEACHER, who will consider Board,
with Lessons in some of the Accomplbhments,
as an equivalent for her services. German is
taught by a resident native. Letters, stating
particulars of age and previous training, may be
addressed to E. N., Post-office, Banbury, Oxford-
shire. "

YOUNG LADY WISHES to
make a RE-ENGAGEMENT after the
Christmas Vacation, as ENGLISH TEACHER
in a School or pious Family. Address, A. B
Post-office, Hammersmith.

WANTED, an experienced, pious
GOVERNESS, in a Farmer's Family,
(Dissenters,) to Instruct Five Children, ages from
seven to twelve. No objection to a Widow Lady,
of moderate desires, who has a thorough know-
ledge of Music, French, &c. A. B., Post-office,
Stixwold, Homcastle, Lincoln.»hirc, stating age,
capabilities, and salary required. *

YKTLE COTTAGE, CHIG-
WELL, ESSEX.— MISS CORBISH-
LEY, the daughter of the Rev. E. Corbishley,
RECEIVES under her Tuition a limited num-
ber of PUPILS, under the age of ten years, to
be instructed in the usual branches of Education.
They receive the maternal regards of Mrs. Cor-
bishley, and every attention is paid to their
health, comfort, and moral improvement. The
house and premises are delightfully situated, in a
most healthy locality. Terms, £20 per annum.
References, Rev. J. Hoppus, LL.D., F.R.S., 39,
Camden-street, Camden-town; Rev. J. Vin^,
Upper Clapton. *

ilTl-house academy,

SOUTHAMPTON, Conducted by Mr.
J. R. YARNOLD.— J. R. Y. begs to aanouncc,
that ho REMOVES his ESTABLISHMENT
from Titchfiold, Hants, to the above premises, at
the ensuing Christmas, and will RESUME his
SCHOOL DUTIES January 18lh, 1855. Re-
ferences: Rev. .J. Aldis, and J. H. Hinton, Lon-
don; Rev, J. Stokes, and E. Andrews, Esq.,
SurgeoB, Titchfield ; Rev. Alexander McLaren,
B.A., Southampton; Rev. C. Room, Portsea;
Rev. J. Smcdmore, Gosport; and Josiali Geot^^
Esq., Romwi^. '^tw^XwiRa Ssst^«^^ ^ '»^;
plicaliou.

KYAKOELIOAL AD'

THE LM>nES' COLLEGE AND
EDUCATIOMAL INSTITUTE br
TODMO LADIES. LOWEB CLAPTOt, b
ECHOVID to SIDHEY HOUSE. Adighiratlr
■ttuud hitbi PEHBUitY ROAD; >lMr*tki
P«ptb »UI MMt M Oh Uth JANUARY.

TkaC

■ vUl t

|fa» ITth. Tkh Kn»Wi»hw»tH oonWaM tbi
iMiUcsMd lri<«illfw <f tki C<JI«c>, with th«
MnM SapviMMdtBM af tfa« SobooL YaM«
UdiM M« rNilTCl M Niy ■■■ akn* IW.
Aadnw, Mn. SullrbnH, Loww Cbpton. "

ALADT (member of a Diwenting
Chonfa) WISHES br • SITUATION
M lt«riiwr GOVEBNESS, Id « piouFAUlLY.
In idJitiBW to tb« luual bntoohia oompriiiBf a

iMtrootloo la Uuia Nul Fraueb. Hoou oom-
fark tiul raU(hHu pririlcfn iDdkpauabU.
BIgblyiwpcetable irfvniHieieui b« given. Ad-
dNM, " AntlM," Fgw-oOo*, Sukw Craft, Biu-
t^^ "

REMOVED.— The MI8SEB
SHARP Inirlns REHOTED tna
WEYUOUTH to th* BcigfabodriMwd of
80UTHAUPT0N. h*g to umum th>t thif
eonttaw to RECEIVE ■ linftad nonpar of
PUPILS, for

THE Advertiaer, who would uuder-
dertak* til* CLASSICAL uid GENE-
RAL DErAKTMEN'TB, WISHES to bw(
with ■ SITUATION' in > SELECT SCHOOL,
»ttn the Cbmtmu Vintiuo. For furtlw r ptz-
tieaUn mppt; to J. K. W., Bclmoot Uoum Aen-

CHURCH STRKET. STOKE
NEWIN'GTOK. — MltS. GARDNER
eontimm) to RECEIVE ■ liiniuj uiimbcr of
YOUNG LADIES to BOARD and EDU-
CATE, and will h.vB VACANCIES for
THREE or FOUR after th< eu.tiiue reoeu.
An AKTICLED PUPIL REQUIRED. Re-
ftnnocB klndlf permitted to tlia Rar. J. JcSer.
too, and the fru-nd* o( tlie PupiU. Scliool
BE-OPESS JANUARY 23rd, 1BS5. "

A YOUNG L.1DY. a. member of
the Indtpoiideul ohiirch, WISHES Co
ENGAGE baiwlf ■Tier Cbrittmx. u tiii EN'G-
LE5U TEACHER in ■ rD~)>.-clftl>le SCilOUL.
Sbe would iuia iio olijeclion lo take clmrgo of
TWO or THREE CHILDREN under T«lTe
Yem of kge. ia * Family. Addren, A. B.,
PoK^^oa, Witberidg^ Crudilon, Ueroo. B«-
teauM pecBiCMd ta lb* Bar. W. O'k'aill,

PBITATI rUVas toOa !
DOTBICT.— Tha Im. W. CQI
BECKITES ^ U* W^Or TBBMM m
PUPILS hrlMtmtta^ Ik ikt m^ I
If m Ihan^ ClMriM) ■ '

FOURTEEN OUIMEAB
INirUlL— YOUNG LADtIS W
ED tDd EDUCATED oa tU abvia m
laWMtka (hu ia aoU a^ awftil. i
liwi— 1 arte Pnplb ril tta tto «*
ttoMla rtmtt «■ Mm. Tba nM
I«|a ani ^, MicnmBial V Mmd i
plMHre (tvumU. lai rnxj of aeeeaa toi
AdditM, A. B., «. AMgUa, Citj, Laoin

SURREY STREET. NOB?
—The HISSES UKCOLNE
iofbcin tMr Trieoda tbU th«r aaptc
PUPILS to RE- ASSEMBLE JAiniAR
18U. tn Ihii Samiiiarr, Yea^ Lai
loatnalad k tlw Frvoch, Germaa, LM
EDgllrh Tjufnyi Thaj recai*a laaan
a wade in UiMD, SlDginc, Drnwinc 1
Dandaf, aud Caluthenlo Euroaai. 1
coDitaLt endeaTonr of lb* IGiaat Liai
make atudy u lutereitiDC and [deaoM ■
ai poiilble, and to bua a Itioraiigfalj
Edacalion on the higbeit and nohleat pr
Particular attanlJOn ii paid to ttie cullii
thoia babitt wbich ate inditpentablt
cbaracter of tlie well-inrormed and <

Iha healLb and comfort of lb*

. Rerureucei an kindly permitted lo the 1

■ Lady Buxton, Noribreppi Hall, f

I Madame Ruoiii, OwCtTbaut, near A

I Uolluidi tbeRevi. John Alexander, >

Andrew Read, B.A., Nor»!ch; William

London; G, L. Smilli, S, Amold-terrai

I road, London ) Tbomu Napier, Siq., I

i^je, London; Andrew Jolia«too, Eiq.

wonli; II. Uar«e]', Esq., 43, Cauonbur}

Ulingtou; W. Biokbim, Kaq, llaDcbet

I lo Ibo Paraiiti of iba I'upUa. Totnia «

a 10 Ladiks' Schools.— The 1
. of a YOUNG LADY, who baa k
rior advantagi'i for acquiring a liberal e<
and b> en trained nitli A vii-w to Tiiitinu
|,lace Uer in a FIRST-CLASS ESTA
MEXT. Tbe.v oll'er a moderate prea
bcr iiuproTctneuC in Miinc, Singing, an
inc. abd rxpK:t bar ASSISTANCE, a> J
TEACHER, will be deemed ao equin
BOARD, he Apply to Bar. C. W.
Twiokenliaiii.

EVANGELIOAI. ASVEBTISEB.

LADY, who resigns ber present
L. attmAm tt ChriMmu, wontd ba happy
MEET withuotlwr ENGAGEMENT, whan
■iMliim Ktd a tbormKh kaowlcdgo of dooKUio
ir* an nqnuie. Sha ha* had the Muags-
■t ^ s Iwga Poblid EaUbliihnieiit, but i>
■Ut 4aalifi«d for a prinU tvailj. Peraonftl
MSiiUM vti totinionutU of tba bishnt tq>-
■tibOKj oaa be offared. Diiect, H. N^ Mr.
ml»a'a, Poit-offloB, 19, High-Umtt Iilioff-

T7"ANTED, by a YOUNG LADY
r¥ «bo hu TKWTcd • good •duoation, a
TCATION u A3:iISTANT TEACHER In
BCBOOL, or GOVERNESS b a FAMILY
tarn ths obildrta ara Tonng. She i> capabla
■ ■ ■ -nmEnKl!.' ' ■-

laahai. with Fraooh, Uuso, and Drawing.
Umn, B. a., S, GMrge't-plaoa, Old-Mnet-
■d, ncu Citj-road^ ^ "

i YOUNG LADY, in her Eighteenth
\. Year, iiwiihing for ao ENGAGEMENT
hare the obildran ara nnder Ten Yeari of aga;
m leoU onmpetent to iaitract in Engliih,
RDch, Unaks. Drawing, &a A bome in a
M hmilj' the Ghlgf deiidarstani. Direct,
', B. 3^ 1, William- atreet, Park-Toad, Hello-
W- "

r ANTED, by a most respectable
YOUNG PERSON, oftha Ettabliahed
tvofa, a SITUATION aa NURSERY
[}TERN£SS to Two or Thraa Children,
dcr Six Yeara ef age, in a {riona Tamilf.
mid hara no ohjaolion to ha COMPANION
BD INVALID or ELDERLY LADY. Salary
it ao mneh an object aa a comfbrtabla booie.
AiBUULa naeiceptionsble. Addreaa, B. B..
mt-<Mot, Alraaford. ■■

UBSTBOURNE-T ARRANT,
D«ar AVDOVBB. H ant*.— MRS. PUR-
ER aontinnn to REilCEIVE a limited nnmber
YOUNG LADIES, wbon education and re-
^ooa initnction are cnrerDlly luparintanded.
a OPENING for a FEW PUPILS will offer
tar the Chriatmaa Recau. Tba reudisnce is
17 and TBij beallhy. Terma, Twenty Guineaa
r ■ammt, inclading Waahing. Rflapectable
faann ea can be giren both in town and
— «T- ^

IXT'ANTED, after the Recess, in a
TT CLASSICAL and COMMICRCIAL
CHOOL, oa the ooaat, a pioni ASSISTANT
FASTER, Booiutomed to tniticn. Addreaa,
.Y., Poat-office, Margate, atating qnaliGcati<ina,

HTANTED, as ENGLISH
TT TEACHER, in a SCHOOL, where the
Wbv of FnpilaU limited, a LADY of decided
^r, IUI7 aempatent lo iutriMt in all the nioal
wAM«r»pMid XdoeatiaB,witfa NeedJawork.
<bli%&T,I>Mt-afflw,TanbrUctW«Uk «

A YOUNG LADY is desirous of
an ENGAGEMENT as TEACHER in a
re>p«ctabte Eatabliihment or Family. Sha can
aaaiit in general School Dnliea, indnding Mnaio
and Diaoing, and iba Radimcnta 61 French,
ReapecCabla refarencea. Addreaa, A. B., Uiaa
Matthawi', Barnibniy-paik, lalington. ■*

TO GoTERNEesKs—WANTED. after
CbTittniaa,in a Diuenting TRADESMAN'S
FAMILY, a LADT, not leaa thin twenty-
«ii, to tmio and instruct FOUR CHILDREN,
agei from Six to Twelm Sho muit be full;
qnaliSed to impart a sound English Edacation,
with French, German, Music, Drawing, and
Needlework. A conscientioaa and high-prin-
cipled penon is required, and one well accus-
tomed to the tnaaagement of children. Apply,
atating age, talar;, experience, and refarencea, to
Z. L., Poat-office, Barton-on-Trent. "

MISS SMITH Still RECEIVES
TWELVE YOUNG LADIES, who,
with Board and Education, enjoy the pastoral
care and improriug lecturea of the Rev. J.
Smith, Nicbolaa-street Chapel. -For health,
WeymoQth baa merits considerable. Veil shel-
tered by nature, its fine bay of pare and clear
water admits of sea-baching (seldom inlermpted),
and ita toil, free from all tendency (0 impure exha-
lation, keep* the air provarbially mild and serana.
This EalablisbmenC offers a thorough Frenoh
and Eugliab Education, with instruction in Music,
Singing, Drawing in eereral styles. Painting, &c.
Teruis, Twenty-four Gumaaa per annum. No
extra charges. The towa is of easy access. Re-
ference to Parenta of Pupil* kindly peimittad
Fall parlicnlnrs by post.

BABNSBUBY PARK. ISLING-
TON.— MISS MATTHEWS conUnaea
to RECEIVE PUPILS on the following terms:
— Board, Education in English, Geography, and
History (Anoient and Modern), Astronomy,
General Literature, &o., Thirty Guineas per ao-
□am. Writing, Aritbnietie, Composition, the
Modem and Classical Lanfiuagea, Music, Draw*
ing. Singing, Deportment, Exercises, by eminent
Masters, on the usaal terms. Raferencea to
Clergymen, Minislara. and Families of the flrat
respectability in England. Scotland, Ireland, Jer-
sey, Queraroy, France, Germany, Rii<>ia, India,
America, and moat of tbe Coionies. Prospectnsea
will ba forwarded on application. ••

A GENTLEMAN, in his Nine-
teenth Year, (member of a ChristiJin
church,) ia desiroa* of entering ■ family as RE-
SIDENT TUTOR. Qualifioatioaa— English,
Freoeb, Latin, with Figora and Landawtpa
Drawing. Addreaa, G. B., Ctwpar'* Hooaa

EVANGELICAL AD^

WINDSOR.— CLEWEB
HOUSE SCHOOL, oooanetod by MR.
W. REDFORD HARRIS, wad iraU-qnalified
AMitUnt MMten, affords to YOUNG GEK-
TLEMEN eT«ry fioUity fur teqairing an Edo-
OAtioo tnitcd to this dmj of energj and «Dt«r-
priM. Franch and German form a part of tbo
dally routine. Special attention ii paid to the
tuaflhing of tbeee important languages; at the
tame time, when desirable for the pnrposo of
Katriculation or enteiinf: a profession, the Clas-
iios oooupjT the most prominent position. A
eareftil training in all the parts of a good Eng-
lish Education forms the basis of the whole
oourse. Unremitting attention is given to the
morals and general demeanour of the Pupils.

Ifr. Harris has the honour of being permitted
to refer to Gentlemen whose sons haTO matricu-
lated at the London UuiYersitjr, from Clewer
House, and to the Parents and Gnsrdians of others
who hate been prepared by him to pass sno-
oessful ClasMcal examinatious at Apothecaries*
Hall, and Mathematical examinations on enter-
ing tlie Navy. The honse and premises, occu-
pying nearly five acres of ground, are admirably
adapted to promote health and oheerfulnass.
Windsor is a proverbially healthy town and,
behig connected with the Great Western and
SouUi Western^ Railways, is peculiarly eligible
for educational purposes to families residing in
liondoo. Terms, Thirty or Thirty- five Guineas,
aooording to age and requirements. V

OLKESTONE. — ESTABLISH-
MENT for YOUNG LADIES, Miltok
H0C8B, Albion Terrace, West Cliff. —
The MISSES FAMAKISS, gratdul for the past
kiudncss of their friends aiid the public, will be
happy to RECEIVE a few more YOUNG
LADIES after the Christmas Vacation ; and
beg to assure them that no effort will be s])arcd
to render this Eiitabiishineiit ns eflicient as
possible. The house is delightfully situated in
the most eligible part of Folkestone, advanta-
geous both for the religious and intellectual
information and improvement of the pupils
comn)itted to their core and instruction, lle-
fervnces kindly permitted to Ministers and
Parents of Pupils. Pros{>ecto8e8 with full par>
ticulars forwarded on application. ^^

DU CATION FOR YOUN G
LADIES. — TWENTY-FIVE AND
THIRTY GUINEAS PER ANNUM. In this
Establishment, pleasantly situated near Town,
the number of Pupils is limited to SIXTEEN,
and the course of Instruotiou comprises Eng-
lish in all its brauchcfl, Writing and Arithmetic,
French, Music, Drawing, Painting, Dancing, the
CaKsthenic Exercises, Use of Globes, and Mapping,
with Laundress. To Ladies above Fifteen Years
of age, the above terms include Singing, Wax
Flower, and Leather Modelling. Lectures are
delivered on various subjects. A VACANCY for
a HALF-BOARDER or ARTICLED PUPIL.
References to Ministers ^aud Parents of Pupils.
AddnsB, W., Mr. Andttton, Montague-terraoe,
PeokJuuD. ^

Education:— suMMEBTOWi
HOUSK^Mtt OXyOBP^MBS. CPU
LINGWOOD,
costooMd to thi

undertakM tba BdoMtioB of a
LADIES. Hwiimiitoi
the prindplit of thi vwd of G«A, and Ifti
tbadiaoipbM of e^ool vBh tba
indnlgeaoM of kona; Im tiba attriBMvl if I
objeou ibi bM Utteto art vilh Oi
encooragiiig ioooiM. Th
which are ipMloQi and quit* ji d a M , am rmf
healthUy iitoatod, abool tw»«iJ ■■hrif aM
from thi town. TenM, uj-Jfa^ all HI
branohii of a solid En^Utt
thenies, and Frtnoh, alio a
Scientifio and lilaraiT'
Guineas. Mnsfe, Singings
ing, kct taught in the hoo*, Four GofaHps aak
Masters on the nsoal tirma. Tha Timtk h^ •_
gnage is taught by a resident Pariana la^
and spoken in the school Referanoes VSaHf '.
permitted to the Parents of Pnpiliii and ete
friends.

TO 60VERMK8SE8.— WANT£D,
a respeotahli Dissanring fiuml/, a LADl^ '
not Tonnger than T hr ee an d -twenty, capaUia
iustructmg TWO LITTLE GIRLS and BOU
the eldest eloTen years old, in English, Fiuid^
Mnsio,and if in Drawing also wonld ha deiifskl^ ,
willmg to make herself GENERALLY USIt
FUL. A comfortable homa ia offvad, aal a
moderate salary will be given. Addren, L0tlB^ ]
box 15, Nottingham Post-office.

WANTED.— After Christmas, in t
FIRST-CLASS SCHOOL, near Mso-
chestcr, a LADY fully qualiiicd to teach Dial-
ing. She will aleo be required to ASSIST effi-
ciently in some of the English Classes. It ii
essential that she possess decided Cbriaioi
principles. Address, stating full particnlsn, ts
X. Y. Z., care of Mr. B. Wheeler, News Agen^
Mancbester.

44, MORNINGTON ROAD.

THE MISSES HITCHCOCK beg
to inform their friends that there will lii
a few VACANCIES in their Establishmsflt
afler Christmas. References are kindly por-
mitted to tlie Rev. J. C. Harrison; Rer. 8.
Ainslie; Rev. R. Redpath, M.A.; Rer. J.Gehk,
D.D.; Rev. J. Hoppus, LL.D., F.R.S.; Rer. J.
W. Richardson; J. R. Reynolds, M.D.; J. B.
Pretty, M.D.; D. Scott, M.D. *

WESTON rARK SCHOOL.
Wellington House, Westdn-scpei-
Makk, Somekset.— The Rev. JOSEPH HOP-
KINS. Proprietor. A superior Education, ooa-
prisiug English, French, German, Latin, Gflikt
Drawing, Music, and Singing, maj he nedfrf
on moderate terms, in the h&k pact of this Tflt
\ >M9\>2u^ ^ aooawB^^ wA isn^roTing town.

EVANGELICAL ADVERTISER. 9

QXiOUCESTER TERRACE, HIOHOATE,
RXRMZNGHAM.

tS. SOUTHWELL (Widow of the late He v. Benjamin Southwell, B.A.,

Miadoiur7 to Chum) RECEIVES YOUtfG LADIES under h«r care, to whom ihe oSan
iKoUge* o{ a librasl Ednca^on, baud upon Christiui priaciples.

8aatli«Bll hu h&d much expaiiencs in Toidon, and aaiurgt thoM Piruiti wbo may •□tnut
tanghtcn tc her charge, tbU srer? caeaiii iball b« adopted to pramots thsir happiueu and

and eTor; mdunement givon to uiaka stud; a privilgge and dalighL Mn. SonUtwdl Till
d bj lugbly efficient Teaohera. Temu and particular* given on *pplication.
lencea: — Rer. C. Dunn, B.D., Incumbent of St. Peter'a, 'Waliall; IUt. Dr. TidmaD, Uladou
, London; Rev. E. Front, Miuion Hooae, Loudon; Rct. Dr. Rafflea, Liverpool; Ksr. Dr. Red-
foreeiter; Rev. Dr. MorisoD, Bronipton; Rev. Dr. Gordon, Wal»all; Rev. G. W. Condor,

J^ph HodgMu, E>q., F.R.S., London, &e., &o., &c. w

L>iER - HOUSE ACADEMY.
HOLLOW AY - ROAD, ISUNGTON.
Glad by REV. A. STEWART and SONS,
I bj REV. GEORGE JONES, and other
a, whofo object U to qualify their Papili,
good Claaaical, Mathematical, and Com-
I EducatioD, to ocoopy lui honourable

in KKiety. This Establiihmeut tQI
tie views of Parents vho are concerned
the moral and religioas trainipg oF tbeir
in. The length ot time dariuj; which Mr.

been engaged in teaching, enables him to
) a large circle of Parents whoae ohQdren
•en nnder bis oara. For a full Report of
boo), on breaking up for the last half-jear,
iAi iiamsr, Jaue 31, 1854. FroapM-
M*warded on application. School-buiineis
iHHEKCES, THURSDAY, the I8II1 of
fARY . '^

'ANTED, by a YOUNG LADY,
a SPHERE in which she will find ad-
M fi>r mental culture, either as COM-
ON to a LADY, or as JUNIOR
iHER in a napeolable SCHOOL. Apply
, Htnry Shrimpton, Thune. •*'

1 be DISPOSED OF, in the

Immediate neighbourhood of London, a
TEEL DAY SCHOOL, which possesses
□apabilitiei for BOARDERS. At present it
U of about Tfairty Pupils. The premises
«ea fitted up for carrying out tfae plum of
itt, aa well aa iadividual teaching; and
MenC ProprielJir is retinquiahiug the same
on account of ill health. Address,
. Z., Home and Colonial Sohool DepSt.
t-inn-TOad. ***

TO BE DISPOSED OF, an old-
eaUbliabed DAY-SCHOOL. A person
of Evangelical pnnoiples, aoouatomsd to tiiitiOB,
would find this an adnntageoo* opening. Pr»-
miom moderate. Apply, by letter, prepaid, to
J. B., PoM-offiee, Stowmarket, Suffolk. ■•

'PHE PRINCIPAL of an ESTA-
X LISHMENT for YOUNG LADIES,
WISHES to meet with a LADY (Member of an
Independent Church) at MUSIC GOVERNESS.
She muBt also posseaa a knowledge of Drawing.
One Booostomed to tuition would be preferred.
Respect^le references siven and required. Ad-
dress, E. R., Sndbmy, Suffolk. ><*

WEST OF ENGLAND DIS-
SENTERS' PROPRIETARY
SCHOOL, TAUNTON, will RE-OPEN, aftn
the Christmas Vacation, ou TUESDAY, the
aard JANUARY, leSS. President: W. D.
Wills, Esq., Brinol. Vice-PreddenU : R. Aib,
Esq.; U. 0. Willi, Esq., Bristol; J. P. Spencer,
Esq., Oakhill. Treararer : S. Pollard, Esq.
Honorary Secretaries: Rev. H. Addiscott; Bar.
H. Huiek, Taonlon. All applications for term*
and the admission of Pnpils, to be made to the
R»T. T. Clark. U.A., Principd, or to the Rer. J. S.
Underwood, Corresponding Secretary, Taunton.
M

A YOUNG LAl)Y, is desirous of
obtaining ■ RE-ENGAGEMENT, aa
GOVERNESS, in a PRIVATE FAMILY; btr
acquirements are Iborongb English, Frenoh,
German, and Music Address, S. M., KirtUng,
u«ar Newmarket. *

} IfnxiNEBa. — WANTED, ft MILLINER, of first-class taste and business
s, wbo will have to Must and make herself generally luefnl, in a respectable DBAPEBY

ETANOELlCAli ADVEBTISER.

AMINISTEB, of tlio IiiiieponJeul
d.i«.D.ili«lioli, ;• nn-w OPEN w KE
CEtVE >ii INVITATION, to SLTFLY *
DESTITUTE CHURCH. The ad.e.ti.ir
wi*hiM U> tern Ik MRU wlwTfl Ilia {wopU il'oiigli
poor kro doImH, md who vill b« toiltAed wUI>
natliiog ■bort of ■ " Thut nith thi I^nL"
Ho nm be imII rooommoDdtd by M*«nl ninia-
ton. Addrew, ».)■ lotlw, A. /., oui" of Mf. A.
Hoirtk fl, SarmQodnr.iqMr*, J-no-Ion. '

IN u) ol.l<:>i,ubIiBh(id TEA mid
HROCKRY BUSINESS Ihir* U > VA-
CAKCY for I PUPII-, ft p(oo> YOUNG MAN
of Sfltmlofin i>r Kin'i'w'o Yost uf ■(!•. TLo
iarm U iliait. A Smoll Prfiniiiin rxjuirvJ.
Tha oJiararll et booio va o^v<i. Appljt to
S. H><»r. T«a Dulor, a, M<>rwa.Mmc«, Ctlo-
donitn.ron), Ktng'i Cronn, I^iiJon.

r.S. Tbe orderly and <r«lI-rli*ro*0J onlj ctn
to rooelrod iuto tha fwnll;. '

WANTED, bv G. J. THOMP-
SON. NKLSON STBKET. (SKEKN-
VICIl. FURNISHING uid GENERAL IHOH-
llONOEa. SMITH, and GAS FITTI^R. a
Mtl t4acat«), oolin YOUTH, u ■» APPSKN-
TICEi ftbont SlxtHii Yoon of i^ A Pnmiuin

WANTED, un APPRENTICE to
Ilio DRAPERY ill^blNES:^. in «
(uptoUhIt (hop at til* WmI End of London
I (Tio n>iiiatM' vslk Troig Ku»u>gtaa G«rdo«*);
'' ha DUaoiittr'i fkmilr. <rliei« %aict ■lieniion
Till be pkid ID llie cnmrort uid ninrilt of l!ia
yoBlh. A Premiam nquired. Addres*. Mr. J.
8siTidg«, 9. CMcbrtUt'Untt, WettboUTD*.
timcc-iUKlb, Hfda Pad:. '"

TO Fbovision Dealers and ornERs.
—Tbe Adiarliw. who haa juat left hi«
rituation u COUNTERMAN, WISHES for •
^milor ENGAGICMENT. or touka the entire

Management oftba hiuf, either inTovn

or CouDlrj. TealimoniatB as to obaraclei aud
■bilii? Dan be given. Addreii to B. B., 3.
Walbrook, London. »

A LADY WISHES for an EN-
GAGEMENT, a« SUPERINTENDENT
of a PUBLIC INSTITUTION or SCHOOL;
or any apbcie in which thoaghtfiil caeigj and
totlre Chriitian aHfulDaw are required. Ad-
dreis. Y. 7... 71, Himilton-tarrae*, St. JohnV
wood, LoudoD. ^

N Apprk-stice Wantei>.~WANT-
ED, immediatflj, in a Diuenline familv,
a re^pecuble and well-edncaled YOUTH, who
desiren a knowledjie of the DRAPERY, GRO-
CERY, and IRONMONGERY BRANCHES;
in a partionlarly heallhj neightHiiirhood, and
whoro a oombrlable homa will be found. Tha
Pnminni mpdarate. Apply to Mr. Bnrnelt,
Drtfwr, fto., SMgnmber, oaar Tangton, So-

APPRENT ICE.— M;
FRENCH. CHEMIST and J
GIST, CHATHAM, bat no« . YM
for a WBll-aJDcamd YOUTH. Tlio ■
DitKuterpiereiTod. '

ANTEbTIfter Christniafc'

M Panon, ■ SITWi
HOUSKKEEPER or WABDBOMIi
ER.in.OnllMn.n'tSCH00L. Can ft

her ptVFnt airaaiioii. Addreaa. Y. Z.,S
(at* H'lh.Mmt, Loud on.

DRAPEUY APPRENTICE.*
TROVER WANTED.— HENRY
will ban a VACANCY in bjt eMaUb
afUr Chriatma.. &r an APPBENTICJ
YouUi tfho hat torue kDOwledea of iIh
wbara a oainfurtaUe hom* niaf be 1(0171
■ koovirdga of llw Genei^ Dnlpal? as
Olaay. Bucka.

WANTED, by mi energetic
pcrtaoering YOUNG MAJs'. of I
fire. maiDbir of a Cougiegalioiial ehoi
TREAT "lib a roapectabla PARTY »1
EtIIGRATE to AuactalU, Naw Zoali
Canada. He would willingl; cBtet 'w
roiuooable engiigcBieDt for the paanfe on)
]>ir. hy letter, to A. B., Ueaari. T. Rop
Con'panji', Wltoleasle DrDfg'Ka. Faleofci

TVTANTEn. R respectable YO

TT MAN, ahont Iwpiily years of
take tbe entire CHARGF. of a BAl
BOOKS. A good writer aod qoick aooc
ara indiapaiieable. Ha wiil alao be reqn.
AuiU in the Shop. Application by lUt*
addrattcd to the care of Ur. Unwin, G
Suam Pieii, Bocklerthnry.

A YOUNG PERSON WIS
for a SITUATION aa COMPA
to a LADY. Salary not ao mncti tn ol^
comfortablo liome. Addreia, A. B., t
Archer'a. More-atrett, Hackney.

TO PabKKTO AKU GCAHDliS
YOUNG LADY, jnM le»ring ;
whoae friendj may with brr to becoc
quninlpd with Hie STATIONERY, E
SELLING, nnd FANCY TRADE, may i
a competent kaowledge of tbe same, aod
the priTtlegea aud comforta of a pion* fan
a respeclahle aphiire. Early hoiira. and
very miuJernlc. Apply, L. M., Central
office, Reading.

TO Pare>ts and GcABDtA
WA-JTED, a reapectabla YOUTH
APPRENTICE to the DRApEEY
NESS. Apply to G. Ptntmi, Dr^,

EVANGELtOAL ADTEBTI8GB.

3UNG LADY, aged twenty-mx, I

mntiber of tbs Church of Enftluid,
, good knowUdgB of MILLINEBT, r*- '
:quir«d in n London Hanx. WISHES
LB MONTiiS' EXPERIENCE i>ben ,
M* irould be oantidersd an cquiTaleal.
C, D., Po«t-ofBcB, Ipiirich. "

PAKBNTa AND GuARDIASS.—
'ANTED immediBtely, ■ reepeoubls
■educated YOUTH oa aa APFREN-
•bere he will be treated si ona of the
One who has icrved part of his time
e preferred. Apply, bj letter, to Q.
hemiBl and Dragj^it, Cambridgs. ' "

GBOCERa' ASBrSTANTB. —
'ANTED, ■ YOUNG SIAN, who can
ood hand, and has had aoms practice at
sping, at CLERK and COUNTER-
Alio, a JUNIOR ASSISTANT. Un-
lable refcreacas a) ta character and
irill be required in hutli casw. Apply
ir AtkiDi, Coveotry. "

iNTED, by a respectable
YOUXG PERSON, a SITUATION ai
OMAN. Country prefeiTed. Addrew,
T. Sim*, St John-itieet, Devizsa. "

iNTED, by a respectable
YOUNG PERSON, a SITUATION ai
"OMAN in a BRKAD and BISCUIT

ii. thut, QtONT, Itdg-

IHg; tot
.dar«6a.A. I

iddleiei- "•

Parents anu Guardians. —

i'ANTED, a leipectabla and well edu-
■OUTH as an APPRENTICE to a
ST and DRUGGIST, wbero he will be
A one of tlie fiicnily, imd bare an oppor-
'■ci]uiring a iborough knonleiige of the
. Address. Uubort C. Cuff, Cliemist,
wo Green, Bristol. i°=

iNTED. iiit ABSlStANT, ih a

i)l!Lwritln!( l^amliv, wiiM* the ttkA-
GROCERY, and IllONMOKGEItY
SSSESara combined; and also an AP-
tCE ia the tame concern. Apply to
ffilliamsand Sou, Willilou, Somerset. "*

ExPERiKNCEii Mantle akd Bon-
cTAagisiANTS.— WANTED.* YOUNG
of wperiencp, to SUPERINTEND the
£ and BONNET DEPARTMENTS,
taling age. uilnry required, and last re.
to W. and S. Oliver, Drape rs/Oiford. '«

Parents and Guahdiaks. —

ftNTEl), an uctitc, iiitellinent and well-
YOUTH as hq AfPUl':NTICE in a
AL DRAPERY EbTABLlSHMEKT,
nonla and domestic comforts are well
tttr. A Premiiun required. Apply t
3. Olirer, Dnpert, Oxford. "

TO Parehts and OtAKfiiAtfs. — MB.
H. HOOPER, CHEMIST and DRUt)<
GIST, BBionmN, hai a VACANCY for ■ w«ll-
educaled YOUTH aa on APPRENTICE. Fw
particnlara as to Premium, Jbo.,*ddr«» H alwrc;
or, ai reference, the Re<r. J. C. Gallaway, Con-
gregational Libraty, BIomQeld-streel, LodIod. "I

A LADY desirBs to reeoramend
a reipeetibla PERSON aa NURSE, who
has lately bad tba care of a Uotberleaa FamUf,
the dutiea of which lituMion ibe fulfilled uHM
iBtisfactorily. Apply, by lett«r, Mating p«r.
tJculara, to M. W., at Mr. Lamb'l, Cbeeselnoi^Ar,
WeUVrow, Islington. m

TO Drapers' As«isiants. —
WANTED; to fill k SITUATION when
the eomforti of horns wilt be aflbrdad, an oipaii-
enced and ao^re YOUNQ MAN, of ETUgelital
principles, who can hava a good recommeadatioD
from hi* lait employer. Apply, stating (ge,
terms. &o,, to Ueun. Rolls nid Kiinbtr, do-
ping Norton, Oion. ■"

THE Daughter of a lespectable
Tradesman WISHES for a SITUATION
aa USEFUL COMPANION. The AdTirtisa

has been accustooied to attend on Invalid Ladiea,
■nd read aloud lo them, and noold make herKtf
nseJbl in anything not meniaL Address, A. IL,
tB, QueenVrow, Walworth, Surrey. »

TiO tifiAf Itti' ABflllltlts. —
WAKtibi u MUM TOlnra HAh,

accQ Itemed to the Country Trade. Address,
stating age, salary, reference, the period of the
two last engagements, Che religious body with
which connected, fco., to H. S., Poat-office, Wo-
kingham, Berks. A Dissenter preferred. None
need apply whose character will not bear ttriat
inquiry. '"

^0" Pakkkts and Gu-

. WANTED, a reipectablo YOUTH 'a*
__ APPRENTIQ9 ja m VOOLLEN and
LmBNtHUtpRT Bt!lIil&3S.. A.B>oder.te
~ alum reqnired. A|iplj' tfi StockburD and
Co., Kettering. *••

TO Grocers' AssisTANre.— WANT-
ED, ■ YOUNG MAN. of decidedly reli-
gioiu principles and good bauness habits, to
take a KESPONSIBLE SITUATION. Apply,
■lattog age, salary, and relbrraice, Ueura. Dear

WANTED, a respectable well-
educated YOUTH, as an APPREN-
TICE or IMPROVER to the GENERAL
IRONMONGERY BUSINESS; will betrwaled

EVANOELICAI. ADTEBTKEB.

DRAPER'S AwwAWT^W ANTED.
■ JL-NIOB FEMALE ASSUTAMT.
«hi te ImI Taoar TWm YmmT txptrimet !•
■ C0DDU7 Trrf* 0««* ntoMM* 7^^
ApHt. by !«•. W.LIX,f, On i y .li ■*

WANTED, ■ SITUATION h
CLEU tB» TRAVELI^B, Ib iW
OORH, COAU «■ TIHBER TKADE. bj ■

SmmUt fron U* hM nploTM-. AddnM,

TO Dbapem. — WANTED, at
CbrtNmu, bj * UAN ef MEp*ti*BM and
nuMUUlitr, • SITL-ATION. «iiU to ulc.
lb«iHANAGEUI^.VTi.r,ar m RESPONSIBLE
P*BT In. « GENERAL DRAPERY BUPI-
KESS. S«iA«!lorj nftrencw will b« ^«n.
Apptfi W, X. Po»i-offlM, Sh*ftwbu7. '«

BOCSCKEEPKK or COHPAmON 1
LADY, sr U COSDUCT k WIDOWEI,;
FAUILT SilarraatnoMAM etilMi t .

JOHN DE CARLE. IRONMON-
GER, SOHAU. CAUBRIDGESHIRE.
bi a VACANCY for m APPBEMTICE. Good

TO LtKBXvunnn. — Th« Parr:
1/ ■ «dl-<d«al^ TOOTH, H<d F.
taeo, w* iminm of ^adag blm b 1 rh;
labia HooM in tb« afaon Tnda; a^ wbtit
monl* would b* ftriadr ttlMdai Uk Adu'n
b]r Wiar, poM-paU, t» lb. J. Jwik, OftoM.

GENERAL BUSINESS.

]

MODERATOR LAMPS.

IN tlie Show-rooiiiB of T. R. GRIMES and Co., 63, New Bond-street,
will b« found n mignificent auortintnt of tbtt highly ai^icoed LAMPS, comprujug «™t
dmiga tbat Ii luMfut anJ eJeg-nl ;— Rich Bronw Luupa, Hli.. S5>, 30<.. and upward*] Porceluii
ditto, 30fc, SSL, 40i., ic. ■cconiing to dtfign. TLoM fonning Ta»«i for flowan, hmn SO*, to
IS Guinea*. Eicli lamp i) guaranlMd, ind tried befors dclircrf. TABLE GIASS of eitiy if
aoription^— RicUy-cnl globe-*h«p« Deconlen, IGi. apair; W«ler Jng* and Goblet*, Wine Gi«»«*,

Flower VMM, Ctui Lmlre*, Ao., at tljc m— '— •- ""-" t^' ^ '^''' '"""- •■^•" '" «fhmiin.

•3, NEW nOMI> STREET,

it pricaa. K.B. Old lompi taken io exchu^

iGODD.iRDS. NON-MERCURIAL PLATE POWDER.

Ii prouonnced by hoiidred* of Cha prinoipal Silvan mitlii ia thg Kingdam Co bo tbs BBftT and unn
aitiole for family u*e aver introduced for cleaning Plate. Suld by Ironmanger*, SUvanmith*, ml
Cbemiit*, id Boxu, la., it. Gd., and 4s. 6i. saeb. Whaleialeby the Inventor, J. Goddard, Chnmd,
LwoMler; and Barclay nnd Sodb, Karri ngdon-itrcet, London.

" It only require* a trial to iniure iu uia in every fewily." "

BlaACKI BXtACKI BLACK I -Dyed for Mourning evei^- Wednesday
India and all other Sbawli and Dnme* Cleaned, and tbo Coloor* Preierved. Bed Fcmilnreaiid Dras-
Ing-room Sultei of every lort Cleined, Dyed, and Hnialied like now. by SAKIUEL OSMOND & CO,
B. IVY-LANE, NevgMe-atreet, Londou.— P.S. French Ue«uD Dieatct Dyed Coloun, and finiibal
lik* new. *

THE BEST BED FOR A CHXLJl IS ONE OF TREI.OAB^

1IETALI.IC COTS, four f,^et lonR by Iwu feel wide, with moveable aidoa and pillar*, caitsn, and
bra** vaaei, with (.'UCOA-NUT KinilE MATTRESS, price ai*. complete; or delivered packld
and free of carriage, at any R;iilway StatiOD in the kingdom, for 34a., by po*t.«ffice order, pajaUa U
THOMAS TRELOAR, Iron Beditead Uaoofiutarar, 4S, LadgaU-hill, London. A Sketch Irea I?
poat on appliwtion. "

Ontna BmJMu.-] EVANGELICAL ADYEBTISEB. 18

PLAT£L'S PBIZE KITCHENEK.

LoiTDoisr AasiroT BB.

UOVSD to WIOHOKB
STBEBT, front 82, Jer-
myn-Btreet, Fiooadilly.

TbaH BangM ie itronglj moom-
mvoded for tlmr umplidtr of ooa-
I UraatioD and their economy »nd
I clCMiIineia in me,
ij Tfas lop Torms ft Hot-plsl«, tnd
, the open fire remores muijr aT the
^ ubjectioos which ate Telt to clow

I They tro mado in ill Siioi, from
I 3 feet (o 18 Tset in width, auilabla
I for lirga or taail EsUbliahmeiiUi
The/ are admirably lulaplcd for
the CDie of Smoky ChimDaja.

LONDON AGENTS.— BENHAM AND SONS,

19, WIGMORE STREET. •!

CABINET FUBNITURE, CABPETS, CURTAINS, AND
PURIFIED BEDDINQ.

THE general Reduction in Price of the above-named articles has induced
Maun. UOWITT & CO. to inoreaie considBmhlj the Slock in their Tarioni Show-roomi and
Oallarica. They Teipeclfully invite public attention to the liu-gest and mont varied aaaemblige of
Fomitara in the Kin^om, in Rotewood, Walnut, and Mahogany, and all of modem manuractara;
Engiiah and Fordgn Damuka, Tapeslry, Itrntsela and Kiddenuinster C^rpeta in gnat variety, and
ndneed from laat yeiuV prices; Bedsteads in Braa*, Iron, Wnluut, Bircb, and Mahogany, witli Spring
tmi French MattreaMa, are fitted up iu a room act apart fur that purpoee. RBlercnces to all part* i^
tha United Kingdom and the Coloniea. All Goodi marked in plain Hgnrca IbrDiig)iout the entire
nsge of the gronnd-floor Show-rooini and Gallerlci. Any itriiclc eelecled changed if not apprared
oC Booka of Estimalaa aent free upon application, and all ardcra iu England fornarded in their own

HOWITT & CO., ALBIOK-HOUSE, *36, 227, 228. 229, 230, HIGH nOLBORN. "
Tlie Beat Food for Children, InTalidB, and ottkers.
ROBINSON'S PATENT BARI.EV,

FOR making superior Barley Wtiter in Fifteen Minutes, has not only ob-
tained the Patrons^ of Her Majesty and the Royal Family, but hai become of general naa
to eraiT claaa of the community, and is acknowledged to atand unrivalled ai an eminently pure,
MBliftiaii*, and light Food for Infanta and Invalids; much approved for making a delioious Cnatard
Podiing, and excellent for thickening Broths or Sonps.

ROBINSON*S PATENT GROATS

For mere than thirty yean have been held in constant and increasing public estimation, aa the
putrat fkiina of the oat, and aa tlie best and most valuable preparation for making a pure and deli-
cate GRUEL, which forms a light and natritioas aupper for Ihe aged, ti a popular recipe For oold*
and inSnenza, ia of general use in the sick chamber, and ullernately with llio Patent Barley, ii an
it food for Infants aud Children.

T ST THE PATENTEES,

BOBIlirSOir, BEIiLTILLE & Co., FUBVEYOHS to thd QUEEIT,
64, BED LION STREET, HOLBORN, LONDON.

The propriclors of Robinson's Patent Barley and Patent Groal*. desirous Ihnt the public shall at
■11 tiniea purchase Ihc^e preparations in a perfectly sweet and frt'th condition, respectfully iufurm the
poblic, that avary packet is now completely enveloped in ihe purest Tiu Foil, ov<u which ii tlie usual
nd mil-known paper wrapper.

Sold bj all (Mpectable Grocen. Druggiali, and others, in Town and ConntiT, in Paclcetl
of Sd. and Is.; and in Family Canittera, at 8a., Ss., a>iJ 10). eaoti.

BABXBB*

BBBOMAU-B EfVi'MB,
21 aUTHSAS.

BABIES* HOODS, HAItV-A-QUXlTBA.

._ ,iie« aii'l KmbroHJFred Frocks led Robe* (br CbriMadoK Tnmatt; Un nim, Im

tziMnpire, for tbe Narwr.r. Babj-UDeo, in complet* nU, of nuied qoUitia*. Fnoki, PcEMn,
uid BoniwU.

All tlK! Unutirul MitiTiali DB«d in tbc BaiincHi, wU b; tlu Yud.
KABBIAQE OUTFITS COKFLETB.
ETerytiiing nrcet'arr for lh» "Tmui'mi,' as veil a» the ineiprorfre thingi required lir tl« ''Inft
V..v«Rf." White Drrs-iiiR UoviniL One UuinO: Ladifii' Kid Glor«. Si. ed. : Cotton Hoi:bt, 1). «.;
^ilk UuiloiT. 6>. 6il.: Lxiies' raoiit Corunt. Ul 6d.{ PUin Cimbric HudkeitJuefs, 10*. Si pr
doaan. Tbe buidionmt PatUrna lor. Fnl) Utch.

TL>< prt cf tlia BiuIumi under tlia minBgrmtnt of Mn. Taylor.

IiADIEB' BIDIira TH0U8SBB, Chamois Leather, with BlMik FmL

Kiflt-Clftli Hiding lU^ita, Ihr Jacket* •.■.ar-\ with Silk, 5) to T Gaiacu. Toonn Ladi«r ua

Merino Hubila, I} G«iiien«. Tourk npnllcmfn'* SnperSna Cloth Jackets, S9t.j School iiuo, 13k

Young rienlloii.ci.i Miiil*. i'l'. 6J. Naval Ciidets- Oulfits coni|iIfte.

REAL BALBRIOQAN STOCKIITOS.

The «l..iiti-l .iiiality f .r \V:i!ki..p. :i: 2i. fi.l.j t lie Knot for FiiU Drw. 15*. llw pair, mode in Blii,
PlHiii ainl l^ice. &■> Tell n< in t\.-i it^ilur.il I'ritim ctilour. Cuder Shirtf. I)nsen,aiid Seek*. Orpoil
Contit;ii«> in r:i2U:.J o( th.> Hali ri;.-ii!i Hotlery.

Evrr^iiiiii); dl tli« ^'iptriur ezovlUiice lor which th* Uoum hu been celebrated for TUitj Tnn,
and which is bein^ I'ully carried out iu

THE HEW AND GREATLT ENLARGED PREMISES, S3, BAKER-STB££T,

W. G. TAYl*OR, Ute HALUDAY.

TO CURRIERS and LEATHER CtJTTERS.— In oonsequtnce

.r:ir.<:-ii'l..-.[l., n liii.iut^^ i'l f., ,.1-.,- line ill ., cood Market Totii. in the Midland Cctutir,
• li>1,.> DM'IKKli (IK 'III-- S..t'k l»lii.b ii-inial!) ii:id KiiiTires to be lak*-D at a ValuticE.
riii' i' an r|.i>. rtiii in- «M :ii I., 1-e im-i ulil., .\|.plv to Mr. T. P. Adcijck, Meiton Mowbtir.at

BEDDOME'S POWDERS, 13jd. THE PACKET.— A Vahial-lt

alifrmiivc Ai^riviil, |«iiiiMlarlv ^.hiI in iiili..,i« niid Liv.T ni-cr.iert. and the beK XutjbJ
Medit'LP kn"iii. SoU by E.JnMr.i., 67. St. ran:-. f(,utcliv>r.l, awd Sanger, 1 50, Oifoid-Mtert.
Of «nd 13 y.ief,i-i hiM.i, lo Mr. l(edd. iiif, C-noiibiiry Park, near Loi-doo. "

STAYS SUPEBSEDED.
RUMBLE'S IMPROVED EI.ASTIC BODICE, i-ecumiiieii<lt>d by

(tn'nral rhyiiLiun;. — This Fn[«riur ki.d ii.iwh iinproTi'd Ela-t!C Bouicocaiiniib ciBSdtDce be (.fetal
io].i<lie«,r.*nir]nb.iiij;any yctii;r.dr! it ra>.t-:ii ei.-.Iir In froi.t. retain* its timiiMt* aud tia»tio:iy.
nriJby a ii.cnli.ir Fy>tmi. nd. itid by Mr-, lii.n 1 !?. a ]erlU't t't liiGsnrcd. To le cUiwdotlyof

tl.,- iiiLkf -. M. liu-i.'.!... 2, W. :U.-i-,i,i,i. (■|iv.inii>h..,ii;:n-, IwJu;, wLeie Srccinieni cau be aeen.
AU. at XU Cnv;..! P.J.Kt. (S.nlh ■:.!.[?.) Sy^e.-hatH. "

A HOMEI— TWU LAIUKS. ..ocniijiii,; "il Lar^r* House wiili plrt^ani

tiarden, in a rcuiarkubly heniihr t-wi:. iu the cnui.ty w' H^ix, I'le deain.(u of iceitinf niili OSE
or THO LADIES u INSIATL.S, nho« doi:i<:--iH: comf<.ri* »ruld la equal to their own hi**
Addrttt, K. E., Mr. Vnnio, 3\, BttcUettitaiiy, Unvtom Mr*. Higgi, 35, Pkcadniy ; oi ~
BrmnU*e, Ettti.

(him^ fivkte-.] WfA^aWAQllt ADYXBTIUBB. it

■J . '. i

IMPORTANT TO TSE AFFLICTED.

|R. WRIGHTS CELEBRATED PEARL OINTMENT, under the sanction and recommen-
^ ' datioQ of eminent Gentlemen of the Faculty, and patronized bjr the Nobility, Clergy, Gen-
try, &C., for the Cure of Cancerous, Scrofulous, and Indolent Tumoum, and Inveterate Ulcers,
Glandular Affections of the Neck, Erysipelas, Scurvy, Evil, Ringworm, Scald Head, White Swell-
im, PiliB, Ubenittti Sore Legs, (if of ^0 ye^s* standing,) CWlblaiijs, Cb^p^d Hftnds, fiurns
Scalds, Sore Nippies, Bruises, Grocers* Itch, and all Cutaneous Diseases; also an infallible remedy
for Sore, Weak, and Diseased Eyes. In scTeral Gout and Rheumatic Cases it has proved highly
beneficial.

In any one of the above distressing complaints this invaluable Ointment has effected the most
triamphant cures, after all other means had failed. In addition to the Testimonials of Surgeoni,
sod Certificates by far too numerous for publication, the following Certificate from that eminent
tad distinguished Practitioner, Charles Aston Key, Esq., Senior Surgeon of Guy*s Hospital, Lon*
don, cannot fail to establish the confidence of all persons in this excellent remedy, and the Pro-
prietor strongly recommends all Families and Schools never to be without it.

WanderfiU Tettimonial

" From the numerous Certificates which I have seen of the e£Scacy of Wright's Pearl Oint-
maot, I have been induced to try it in several severo cases of Porrigo, Herpetic Eruptions, the Ulcus
KtsHots, and some other forms of obstinate cutaneous disease, and I am able to bear testimony
toiu great j^ltj. (Signed) « C. A. ^EY.

" G^$ ffotpiialj london, Jan, 23rd, 1833."

Sold in Pots at 28. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each, by ti)A Proprietor, Zaflcheus Hunter, 44, Webl^-jrow
Blaokfiiart-road, London; and by all respectable Medicine Venders and Druggists in the United
li^sdmn.

« N3. — Be carofnl to ask for " Dr. Wright's Celebrated Pearl Ointment,'* as there aro spurious
liticles offered at Is. l^d., (the genuine never having been sold under 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d.,) fnd
mkm particularly that the late Proprietor's name, "A. Hawkes, Dudley," is engraved on thfi
Govemment Stamp, and signed with red ink on the bills of directions by the present Proprietor
ZipcJiens Hunter.

Personi going abroad will find it invaluable, as a very small quantity instantly allayi Ae irri-
tatioa occasioned by the sting or bite of those insects so troublesome to travellers. ^

JONES'S £4 4s. SILVER LEVER, and £10 lOs. GOLD LEVER
WATCHES, selling at the MANUFACTORY, 338, STRAND, opposite
ISomerset House, jewelled in four holes, with maintaining power, elegant in form,
'warranted not to vary more than half a minute per week. Attention is called to
yie reduced price of the GOLD WATCHES. It now becomes folly to buy
a li'oreign Watch. On receipt of Is. above the price, in Post-office order, payable
to John Jones, one will be sent free to any part of the kingdom.

JONES'S SKETCH OF WATCH-WORK SENT FREE FOR A 2d. STAMP. «

TO BE DISPOSED OF. in consequence of the death of the Principal,
I SMALL READY-MONIED BUSINESS in the DRAPERY, MILLINERY, and HABER-
DASHERY LINE, conducted in a respectable and rapidly improving neighhoorhood; each branch
lapable of being moch extended, particularly the former. Coming-in, including Stock, Fixtures and
GoodwiU, i&lAO. Address, M. M., Post-office, Sloane- street, Chelsea. 7i

X.ONDON HOUSE BOARDING HOUSE.

149, 150, & 151, ALDERS GATE-STREET, NEAR THE GENERAL

POST-OFFICE, LONDON.

MB. and MRS. CAVE respectfully announce to Ladies and Gentlemen visiting
London, that they will find every attention paid to their comfort at the above commodious
nd etnCral Establishment. Pbiyats Sittino-rpomb, if requibed. m

T^E FRIENDS OF A laADY, labouring under Nervous Depression

/ SfstkB^ WISH to find for her ir HOME in a cheerfnl religions family, where there are Two
w Three Female branches, so that the Lady woald have a Companion in her daily walks. Terms,
Qfj^y Gijin0U per Ajinam. Letters to be addressed to D. E., care of Mr. Palmer, StYoy-street,

EVANGELICAii ADVEBTISER.

H. BOOBBTBR, late STURCH At BOOBBTBBt

APKUC MRDll tar t>yaMt<OCU«wa<nMi<toJ. H. BOOBBrSK u ili> iin« EiUtmiBii

»4 nil •• lb* t»*tM itiattt ^■t,rt«B Qwr u4 Zlsci Pmwal Lack* >I ill atxHptlBiii ^ rUn,
MdWaai runlini tf ■II UB<k villi rMMW UiMm ■»>■*■« i Ot. ttntuKt VaOlMm, U. tt.; u«U

I^IWIIIll TlBrtlU VfMllBMI, H SMt (llBlHd. M (b «d, mA.

AOKJCULTUKAI. DICGIHO FOUU.

fii-Bl ap^H, Du<r >»kH, Mid ill kind! of CariM tiM MWr mta.

Palml ^MU Clma Mortitt fWmlmn-

WUU -.- l..M,f.t«l. |Wkiui.«aa1d ilMhim. J

BUck ~ li. td. I Wkllt I'tiiu rinici Pitta «t. radM. I

14, 8TAHHOFE 8TBBBT, CI.ABS KABKBT, Z,Oin>0]!r. " |

TO DRAPERS and GROCERS.—To be DISl'OSED OF. m oU- '

BkUbliahed uid |<raliublr Tr*ij«. in one of tb« moal bolllij- towat ia Glouculeisbirs. RmiuimIM i
}f«r DT«r £9000. Ttie Stock, which i> ia eiccll«ut coiidilioti. UDonnting at cotC U kbovt £MM>
cui b« Ukfn u it U, or in • ahort limo may b« reduced to £U00. The Shop, which u«eD ,
itiDaW. h>i ■ modani PlaU l^ilwt Double Fionl, with ■ SpKcions Show Koaoi, Tbree Wan VMOt,
•nd Ccllaii; coDvcDifDt Owelliog Uouw, wjlb Stablet and other OSoet. On I.«ue Or MbeTKlMi
For fUrtbm iiarliuulars appl.v lo J. Aldrrd, N'awnhani, G!otte<rter»hiro; Mr. Slurt, U, Heaan. Smn
■ad Shkrp'a, Wood-tCrMt, LondoDi Mr. Dumut, U Hsaan. CoaUr, BmUt, Deonint, and Ca.\
AUsnuaburjt LoadoD. K.B. To atiTfl trouble^ no ant BMd (ipplf who unael """'— "-^ £10n ,

or <taoo. w

PUBUCATIONS.

TTT'ORTH NOTICE,— ■W'bftt 1ms

IT klwky* be«n wuitad ii ju>t pnblithed,

prioeHi.theDlCTlOXARY APPENDIX, con-

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DiciioDV}', compriiing the Participle* of the
Verb*, wbicb perplex ana the bust writera. No
peraou tliM writea a letur ahotild bs wilboDt this
work. All Senior PupiU thoutd hare iu " We
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MESSIAH'S ADVENT AND GLOIJY, a^

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McdiiMl Sckiol.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

AN EFFICIENT GOVERNESS
WANTED immediately, in a respectable
fmBUa^^to inttrnct Four Children under twelve
iir Engliab, French, Drawing, and Mosic.
Ladj of sound religions principles, and not
jmn of age, preferred. Address, L. H.,
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TIESIDENT GOVERNESS. — A

J^ LADY, of some years* experience in tui-
DESIRES a RE-ENGAGEMENT after
She engages to instruct in the vari-
branches of English, with French, Music,
Drawing. References exchanged. Address,
If. C, 6y Yemon^street, Bagnigge Wells Road,
Xondoo. ITS

A YOUNG LADY, experienced in
tuition, WISHES for an ENGAGE.
HENT in a PriTate Family. Combined with
the nsoal branches of an English education, she
lifiiaUfied to instruct in Music, Singing, French,
Diiwing in various styles, Flower Painting, and
Oilisthenics. Satisfactory references can be
ghen. Address, X. Y. Z., Na 4, Rose Valley

Temoe, Unthanks-road, Norwich. «74

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in a School or Private Family. She is qualified
to iostmct in Music, the rudiments of French,
ttui the general routine of an English education, j
if in a School, an arrangement might be made
to take a younger Sister as Pupil. Respectable
'tferenees given and required. Apply, A. B.,
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A YOUNG LADY, of Evangelical
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Engagement in a Clergyman*s or Private
Fanuly, to INSTRUCT Two or Three CHIL-
DREN, or to Assist a Mother in the Education
«f a Family. English thoroughly, French, the
Fiano, Landscape Drawing, and Singing, are the
attainments offered. Satisfactory references can
be given. Address, E. F., Post-office, Lupus-
•treet, Pimlico South.

181

A YOUNG LADY, who has received
a superior education, and accustomed to
tuition, WISHES to ENGAGE herself as
TEACHER, in a respectable LADIES' SEMI-
NARY, where the advantage of Masters would
bo deemed an equivalent to her services. She
would be able to in-^truct the junior classes in
Euglish, French, Drawing, and has some know-
ledge of Music. Respectable references can be
given. Apply by letter, prepaid, to A. Z., Post-
office, Trowbridge, Wilta. i"

AS RESIDENT GOVERNESS.-
A YOUNG LADY, fully qualified t
teach the usual branches of a sound Englis]
education, with Music and French, (the latter ao
quired on the Continent,) is DESIROUS o
obtaining an ENGAGEMENT in a Privat
Christian Family. Address, the Rev. J. Spencc
M.A., Poultry Chapel, London. ^7

PEGKHAMRYE SCHOOL, SUE
REY.—MR. JOHN DOUGLAS begs ti
inform his friends and the public, that he ha
One or Two VACANCIES in his Establishment
The advantages offered are a healthy situation, i
gentlemanly home, and an amount of individua
attention not attainable in larger Schools. Th<
Terms are moderate, and the number is limited
For Prospectus, apply personally, or by letter a
above. ^

EDUCATION.— The PRTNCIPAI
of a highly respectable DAY-SCHOOL
near Town, WISHES to RECEIVE Tw<
YOUNG LADIES as ASSISTANT-PUPILS
who will enjoy every domestic comfort, combine<
with religious privileges, and who, while pursuiuj
their own studies, would have every facility fo
acquiring a knowledge of Teaching. Termi
very moderate. Address, Z. Z., Post-office
Surrey-square, Old Kent Road. ^

EDUCATION.— A LADY, in he]
twenty-sixth vear, WISHES to meet witl
a SITUATION as TEACHER in a School oi
Family. She has had many years' experience ii
teaching, and can give instruction in Music
French, and Drawing. She would not olyect t<
an engagement in the country, to go abroad, oi
to become Partner in an Educational Establish-
ment Address to R. Ernest, 85, Fiuroy- terrace
Upper Kentish Town, London. ^

A YOUNG LADY, sixteen yeai-s oi
age, (whose father has been a School
master for many years,) WISHES for an EN-
GAGEMENT ina School as Junior TEACIIEE
of the usual branches of English Education, witl
Music. She would consider the advantage o
Masters in French, and other accomplishments, t
remuneration for her services. Address, Mrs
Harden, 67, Newman -street, Oxford-street. "

TO Chemists and Druggists.— The
ADVERTISER WISHES to PLACE hii
SON (aged fourteen, and well educated) with i
Gentitnian in the above line, where a coed tmd<
is done, and ivhere he would gain a thorougl
knowledge of the business. A moderate prc«
mium given. A Dissenter preferred. Refer-
ences ^ven and required. Address, post-paid,
A. B. Y. Z., Post-office, Chichester, Sussex. '^

EVATiaKUCAr. ADVEKTTSER.

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Whutiul* mi lUUll lAodou BOOK-
SELLER .nd I'LBLISHER Uu m OPENING
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W. W., *e. P»l«rni»MT-r>jw. '"

TO P*«niT-i:oon abo Coxvkctioji-
MUL—A coon WORKMAN In tlu
■bo** lin* m^ ha*r of ■ oomforubl* SI'I I'A-
TIOK. Applr. (i. G., 113, tlicb-MTMt, PooK
T—lImanUli u to ohuwlai r«[|ui(«d. •*

TO l>Bi«ni!<T«,— WANTED, a SIT-
UATION for ■ w»It.«!o«t«l YOUTH,
of tliu«ii. u ui APPRENTU-E. A mwU
pramluni will be pin. Addt«M, A. H. Wrighi.
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pirlj with ithtna angligoil. A penOD who hu
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ciMbliibad QROCEKY Bud I'HEESICMON-
GKItY BirSINESS, who will Im tnottd u «><•

of tlj« fiiiiiily. X nii^Mstp [.rmiimn r«]ai™l,
A Uliiontiir preftTml. A|'|>ly, J. (jriinr, RooIim-

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■tating >ee, talarjr, and rderenoet, to Hi. G- N-
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THE CHURCH in EARNEST.
Hj Rev. J. A. Janib. FourUi Edilioo,
i>. " W« ornatly csiiDiiieiid tliii TolnniE, u
uniting tlie moit nacrul pruduotions uf out timM-''

loii; Hamilton, Ad nmt. nnd Co. Binning-

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OF, the VALUABLE LEASE aiid CiOOD.WILL of an OLD-E.STABLISHED and re»p«cUble
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TO DRAPERS.— A GENTEEL BUSINESS to bo DISPOSED OK-
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EEATINO'S COUGH LOZENGES.

A CERTAIN REMEDY for Disoiilers of llie Pulmoiifli? Organs : in Diili-
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C-moii, tbaj liavo naycr been known to lail.

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ECHI'S PREPAEATIONS for CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR'S

i ^^T^ PRESENTS. — Sensible that the season is approaching when love and friendship give their
r ' tengible testimonials, Mecbi has taken care to provide an abundance of objects for tasteful selection.
F Hona need denv themselves the luxury of giving, for the most inexpensive as well as the most costly
^'■Ktides are to be fomid at his repository of utilities and elegancies, 4, Leadenhall-street, near the
^ Indui House. England has always been renowned for its hearty Christmas liberality, while '* Lo Jour
I'An " of onr lively neighbours the French is equally consecrated to the gifts of affection. Mechi
a visit firom the natives of all countries to his emporium, where they may be sure of putting
ir kind intentions into an acceptable shape. In his elegant show-rooms are displayed to the
advanta^ a superb stock of Ladies' and Gentlemen's Dressing-cases, Work-boxes, Tea-trays,
^oik-U^)lea. Chtcs- tables, Tca-cnddics, Card-cases, &c. Those who deMre to make really useful
its will find in the general department the best Table Cutlery, Scissors, Thimbles, Penknives,
^riting-desk". Ivory and other Hair Brushes and Combs, and a variety of goods adapted to every
t ttaogaicy. Also, Bagatelle Tables, affording a charming amusement on a wintry or wet day. — 4,
I Xadenhall-street. i»

I — The Attention of the Dissenting Public is most respectfully

1b^ to the Case of Miss ANNE FORBES, daughter of Robert James Forl)es, of Tower Uill,
Cttj, where he was for many years in business as a Wine Merchant ; from failing Eyesight she is no
loafer able to support her widowed Mother, who is Eighty -seven years of age, bedridden and afOicted
'^th Fits, and is therefore induced to make this Appeal. Her Mother, for nearly Fifty years,
ttwided Jewry-street Chapel, Aldgate; and any DONATION will be gratefully accejited by Miss
ToiBESt 19* Scarborough-street, Tenter Ground, Whitechapel; or by the Rev. J. Llewellyn Davics,
Ttemiage, Whitechapel, who has kindly consented to receive Subscriptions.

H. R. H. the Duchess of Kent . . . £10

The Right Hon. E. Gladstone, M.P. ..200 «

Td Bakers, Millers, Confectioners, Grocers, and Capitalists,

seeking a first-rate Situation for Trade.

TO BE DISPOSED OF, the extensive BUSINESS PREMISES, situate
opposite the Crown Hotel, and near the Now Market, in Ilieh-strect, in the rapidly-improving
Coismercial Town and Watering Place of Liowestoft, and now in the occupatiou of ^^r. Richard
Seurle, the proprietor, (who is retiring from buf(ines.x,) comprising Front Shop, 26 feet in width, Parlour,
Ctdien, large Collar, Six Sleeping Rooms, large Bakehouse, good Oven, Two hirge Flour Lotlta,
Biscuit Loft, Oven Chamber, Stable, Gig-house, l:irge Warehouse. Cart Lodge and Loft, Two Brick
■nd Tiled Cottages, extending 126 feet from east to west. Immediate posst^ssion may be had if
Kqoired. The business was established in 1730. A part of the purchase-money may remain ou
Siortgage.

A rare opportunity is here offered to an energetic ir.an o\ capital of acquiring and maintaining the
lieit tnvle iii Bread Baking, Flour, Confectionery, and Foreign Fruitii.

For further particulars apply to Messrs. Norton and Reeve, Solicitors; Messrs. Bidls and Son,
Auctioneers; or to ISlr. Richard Scarle, ou the premises, Lowestoft. '<^

FURmSHED and UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS; also

for GENTLEMP:N engaged in the City all dav, TWO COMFORTABLE BED-ROOMS, with the
tiae of a SITTING-ROOM and PARTIAL BOARD, if required; with a small Priv.ite Family.
Terms very moderate. Address, M. F., 3, York-place, Walworth -road, Surrey. *^

PORTRAIT PAINTING.— MR. ALEXANDER MELVIELE, who

Itas for a number of years enjoyed the patronaze of Iler Majesty luid 11. R. IL Prince Albert, bejrs to
mf«}rm the Nobility and Gentry that he has made arrangements whereby he is now f reparod to PA IXT
his much-ndmired HEAD-SIZE PORTRAITS for Ten Guineas each. Mr. Melville invites an
inspection of his Works at his Studio, 50, Baker-street, Portman-s-iuare. s*^

TO BE DISPOSED OF IBIMEDIATELY, an excellent MIL-

LINERV. STRAW-BONNET, and DRESSMAKING BUSINKSS, in a res*pectable Market Town
in a Midland County. Stock and Fixtures to be tnken at Valuation. Address, M. N., Post-offico,
Blarket Ilarboro'. i7*

APARTMENTS l^ANTED UNFURNISHED^ not more than

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the War. By sudi aids and appliances, the Ii.lustratjed London News has
attained the weekly circulation of upwards of One Hundred Thousand copies!
Occasionally, large Pictures of the most stirring events ore presented gratuitously
to SnbaaibeTS with supplementary Numbers. The Joumu has also been perma-
nently enlaced to allow a fuller account of the News of the Week to be given ;
thns'rendering it in every way worthy of becoming

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Owe 4S order for six month*, to enture ail tke gntmtmta Pruitl <
SWftpfmaih, n^Std by all BookteSert mi Ifnnmm.
omcE, i9t. nBAVD, uniDos.

^ftt ILLUSTRATfii,

]

TO THE FUXrUR READERS.

THIS YEAR 183.) bids fair to lie ocic of the most importaat «nd eimtful ol
inoilcni historr. Un the (ilhof Janiiar)' 1^o;>, willbeiuucdlhefiirtnuniber of a
new volume of the iLLverxATEn I.omkin News, and not mrrek a new Tolnme,
bat of X New Year, — cacli Tolumc bcint; perfect and complete in itself — con-
Uininfc, fur the time, a faithful record, pictorial and dcircriptiTe, of alt Eventa of
Intereit in ever}' port of the wnrld. I'o that limited pcnion of the Public vbo
do Dot suhacrihe to thia Journal, it nmr be stated, thnt mi period could be selected
more opportune for commencing, — llic whole expence being but Tventr-NS
Shillings per nnnum, exclusive of double numbers, which are isaued on rare
occasions, ithen it nould be impossible to crowd (!Kc important erents aud
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tventy-l'uur large Pages — scicuty-lwo Columns — of the most intcre5tin); infer-
■Ration, carefulh- sclcctctl from the News of the Week, interspersed with avaiietj
sf clurming Lnpraviug*, with Lcniling Arlicles on the chief topics of the day.

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a<IvDcacy of the well'nre of the Publir, fceiired for itself a political influence

senreely second to any Ni-w.'-jiaper in llie Knipire ; nntl reference can, with some

pride be innilc to ttic support ntVuriled to all beneficial mevsures, proposed and

. adopted by llie English Parlianicnt.

toreigu Politics will ever cnmmaiid the atletilion which ought to be devoted
ta so ini|Mirtant n fenlure of n Newspaper. On the question of the Russian War,
■luring the vear l^.~ll, One Thoustiml Engravings appeared in tlie Illustmted
London News. Extensive arrangements, cnleulntcd to improve this popular
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■*'X» departments, tiavc been made, and «iil thus combine on this Paper, the
l^.catest talent of the day.

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which period it has received a greater slmre cf encouragement and approbation
tlian any Journal ever pul>li!ihe(l : ibis is proved bv the Returns of Stamps issued
from time (o time by order of Parliament. The Stamps supplied for the first six
months of IS J4 was upnnrds of 2,7<M,000: shewing a Weekly Circulation
OF ui'WARDS OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE THOUSAND COPIES 1

TERMS C/or payment in adeanet) ... HalfYtar.}St.6d. Ytar.tSt,

Atij of ibo Volnmis of tha Ii.LriTEixTtn Lokkoh Nkws, from th« eoBitaeaetOMBt to tba

}>reienttimeiiia7non'behid, inpiper orcloLh. Coven (or BiodioK tbe VolllIIlai^ &h Cd. sadi.

Aa .Va'KUri mnw ii inl/rtt, bf fut, It tmjpatteflKt Xwfrfm, ant IM CMmiB.

Civa ui orilsr for lix Riontfas, to rasnnt lU the gntgiUui Trinl* ud Snpplimaits, npplicd by all

Buukiallcri uid Kswimen. UIHce, \\)», StruJ, London.

The Illustrated London ITe ws ii pnbllihed In London
eveij Satniday, staaii^^Llo «,« &«« by post, Sixpence
ptr copy.

afc*'^'5fe

Perfeot freedom front Coicg^Sin In ten uiinuioM,

AMD I-NSTa.nT HM.ihf A.SD A h.xrku Clnr. 4;*'

ASTHMA AND CONSUMPTION, COUGHS, COLDS,

AND

AH JDisortiei'S of 9 he Etv^n9h tttul F^nuyA^

OR. LP COCK'S PU LMONIC WAFERS.

*3j.* Small books, containing many hundreds of projwrly ai'thentiLatcd
itutimoniuls, may be had from every ay cut.

The following are a fuw letters wliich have just been received :

Cure of aithma of twenty yean' itanding.

Extrnct of « Letter from Mr. J. Staiuton,

Bookaeller, 303, lli^h Struct, LINCOLN^

Nov. \t, I&47.

A highly rmipfctable ^iith-mau in Lincoln
called iipiin lue for Biinie Wafer* a few dayn
•iace; he has purcli.isctl nix l>o\o« of uiu. Mil
thuy entirely cured his complaint (uu asthma
•f It years' standing).

Another gentlcoian altfo to whom I roi:om-
moudrd thvm, hnd been aillictL-d with a
dreadful cough fir 1A years, and could not
|M'»eure any medicine to :ifl*(ir(l him j>ermantfut
relief. 1 will gire you his owu words after
msivf th« \Vafi*rs :

•* Prom the length of tiino the cough had
Wea on me, my dtfllciilty of breathing had
Inereasttd to such an lUnrmiuir di'tcrce, tliat I
lbo«ght I could not long survive; but bufurt- 1
hiid tiuite ti-.kc'n one Ihix my bri>.ithiug w.-is
very much f-l-.cvi-'!. 1 contiuucd tuLiOrC thciu
regularly. «i'- • • --•■I't of my pcrjWTiTauce
has l>«t"i u |t -I' •.^ . .in- ' J. STAlNTON.

K&tract»ra lA^iter t'rfii:i .Mr. '!'• JiMiiif.t, Stai:ip-
oilicc, Sl'OCKTU NO N-TKIiS.

I).itid June 10. IA1(>.
Oentlfuu-n,— 1 send youiho o:n'lo«.-i| IrtttM",
which t» liuitf )kt yuur Si'r\:c</ lor puLlicutiou,

as the »t:ilcii»cul moy l>e relied upmi iw jM;r

J true. The ^eiitieniaii
Ittjtvty's custmns here.

Important testimonial.
From Uie Hev. Owen Thum.14. IIOLYII KA I).

OrtiiUr 11. iMi;.

Dear Sir,— Dr. I^»«:o4'k's Wjiler* di» a jricui
deal of gtwil to my voice. I cot a bud oihl
fn>m a damp bitl ub.tut thirty-lue yi'uis h};ii,
and my itoice was very bud c-tit since, uning
greitt pain to me when proarbiug or ringing —
and I am Tery fon'i ot'»inirin^.

1 ujied m:iny ditfercut nu'dlcinea. anil itfiute
nf thum did good Tor n little time; but Ur.
L4>Cock's is the be«t of all — it cle.iis tuy vnieu,
and stops the couching iiista%ily. 1 huvii
never tTlund imyihing yet to eomp^re with it.

I have been thirt\ tlin-e ycar« u \VeA]v\;iV
miuirtter, mid all tbe Weslcvan MetlHullHia
in the prinoip.-iltty k,n"w ine; tweiitx ve.ir- nf
which I ]i.i\e lived ut lldUhcid : and I i*iii
well known tu all the fiiAt men M that
biMly, iii:iiiy of ulmm have .tdiaired the eifoe's
of tlic \V;iler.<in cle.irni^'the vuic .I'ld wtoj.piug
the coii:;li— tl.cy never go* mrh mtdn'iiic 1 1»-
forc. ^ly wile, ever siuce Clii i>tm.i4i. U-.a been
»ery well after t.ikini-: two l.ux**;. I ai.t a
wlllll^s.l of then p-iwrr ti* *lini ti liijhtf-.l fii of

..I

ci)ii}::iiiu7 III a-

fectl
Iter

l'J">t.lU".

I. an a Wr.-l V'" prr.uhiT. c.ill umiui ull
pToa'lHi.J an \ jiiip'v.'* **i e'er> •!i':ii'iiiiitati>iii
to t.ike these \V«feih lor r.i!].rti\ »!.;; ihic vuici*
■ui mny ih." r*-iicu upim iwi it r- . ^„t| oiliilig cou^liit.

The ^eiitieman is connected with) ^ „u ni.iy ].uljli*li my te»timtini:J. for the

, excellent \Vafers if yoii 'wi»h. (). TIIUMA.S.

1 uni. Gentlemen, 'yours. ^'C.

T. JK.SNEIT.
Stamp i\llic€, St 01 ktmt-on-Tics.

Rapid cure of cou^h.

June », is4tf. STOCKTON O NT r.E.S.

Surprising^ cure of asthma of ton yoari'
standing;.

.Sir,— I have r>r the l.ist ten \oar8 biiun
! nniicted with an usthmri.. duriO(: v.hich lima

8ir,-l feel it a duty incumbent on me to 1 I have tried every known reiii<'l\, anl b .v«
iform you of the ai>t"»uiHliiug and instant- (had tbe bej.t medic:il aUicf jvik-iI l.« f.pr inn
leoiu cure of my dauitbter, bv Pr. Loco.-kj« • to m-t. In fact, I ba\i" -.in nt Ir.i a lai t > ut-i.

oil meiiical advice alone, uml .'.l < f i^a a\nil:
and I »avo up all hopes of evi-r li.tvin: the
disease ivmovnl, until I wa-* reciaii::rn«l. d lo
try iJ: m Ij<h;oc'.:'s W afeis. 1 pur. liaai d two
small b..Ae« ;uid i ne large iH'*, tl;ee 11:01. ihs
siuce, by which 1 uin now pcrfi'^ti'/fivrkd '«Mii

aaeoiu cure of my daugbt
Pulmonic Wufers. She was uUlitted with a
confirmed and dixtresiin^ cough ior upwards
of three years, from which her butlui-iii;:s
were dreadful, and p.iinful t» uU wlm heard
her night and day. Aceideutidiy braving of
Dr. Loc<ick's Wafers. 1 p'lrcha^ed one boa of . ,

you, and before she had v«ed a doxeu of the beg to "eiurn many tlianks. A.c.
Wafers a porfec' cure was eli'ccteil. (Signed) 11 H N U \ J}: S*' ION,

I remain, /our's Sco. II. WILSON, i Murchjtu. laW. ^^,, »'«="Ci- Ku.t. • •pt-'n.

AT.80 MAT BB HAD

DR. LOCOCE'S COSMETIC,

A diUghtfvtty fragrant preparationt for improving and beautifying the complexion, nn-
difimg thi Skin clear, sqft, and trantparent, removing all Eniptioiifl, Frecklei, 8imblim«
na, Fimplti, and Bonglineu.— eming Gnat Bitei and the Stingy ot I]biM^ ^stsMt^S^^v*
n the process of Shaving, it allay 1 \\\ smarting, and T^ndata xVwa ^Vlvgl an^aaa^ vb^smsCcu

BM in BottlM, at li. IM., ftt. 9d., vaA. 4i* ^. «aAk.

CITES 07 SETEir TEAKS* COTOH, BT

Lori)( Si's i>iLno\iG wafers.

1 . •• •. '. .- . •. ;• " • .•;•.' .Vi.'ji».,r, nruhr.$(rret. Prfl^

;-. . • •■ .. January Lj, \$5\.

•••'*•:•.:•:•• '.* ^^ ." ! '. '. :'! t«l ni'h a si'^-ire cruph Tr kcvcn

} • . ' .-•..'.!. :,•' t ^o I.»vv lliit j;rr life wa« dopatrt d

•.-.....'.•• .■ ! ! ". : :i!i\ l»r. I.M'i>i*k'i i*iili:i<inic ^Vrifyr*. SMie

•.a:.. • I •' •. . ■• « . .-. . •. : ■•. . I..; .• .. -nn •::•• liutir*.

• I • ■..:■.*.. . ■• : • •■. :' V :.i'l. tc! in our Ulxad were thoy

A '••: :i- .•• .-. •: :••'.•. -All. Wu are at liberty to ni:iku w:. At

I ■ ,.••• * f , t. ■#•' !••

W 4«a* • I . • ■■•• ••

"I rt \ . r .•: . III.' '. i» V V. >ON. riimitire Mdhodiit MtiiiMer."

A Cvvrs of 63 Years' A«;;l mr.tic Co.igh, at the Age of 67

• ■ •<

" A L '•• •''i'U \ Wi '■\\ I I' .T. I f » •.-v on** to Tirivitr*T\ trho ti now ir
t'.' '.:< ;•.:••! . - ■••. .-.•: '.>!; • 1. .* .• - vAV\> tr 1 wi'li a fn< si ▼iolcnt tflthmalK
« . I I \ r '••-•'.. • . . Ifi ' ♦::« ' f .-.•.••', «'••::• -i wi'.h Lraui'iui* t-.- awknowletl^c tin
L. ' •• . li- .■" • : .. Ti . *»'l ;.':ii I).-. I. ■•■.». *,.•< r';;iii iiic Waft rd. Vox max:;
X !!-« '.t . .i\* \ .( •. ' '.v '.r.'l-r '..."•lii'.ii ai(>'!!tl.'.iii'r, anil all meani tritd in
\...;» 1 :•;:.-. *r;. r • • ., . r. A* »':i iw ♦ inii.irss .i,» » ah** was induced (thougli
;•.; ".jt '.•..•• »; ;• . • > , . ::.•■ \ i.iX of ti.** trau) lo tiy lUe ahovts medkiue,
V.:.. h. !:... i,!i i-.i i..v .1- I' I •^.:.i:, !.'l • ];ly tmi. vi 1 her coujrh, but ker luugt
ii; j-Mf ija. .• ;. .. .rn:! !; h- r iij'^Lii:o, le.-i, &••., hiTf rt'turned, ami her fseuerai
L.. ..ili .tf w :iu...u..> i....r. v. J. (Si^ icd) " WILLIAM TOML1N:>ON."

rictitis)KS Testlinonfals to Jflcdicines

Aar. so cnMMoMLT rui»Li«n«o, TUATTiia rmortiiTomi of

DR. LOCOfli'S WAFERS

ra^^.^st'v rr -.• - " 1 f ..• i -.V:-.' t.. ir. ;-.i:ro i^^^ t!.,. truth r.f the t.-timnniah to any
J^r ^A '^ ^.- . . ' it ; : • •: •:. V %.:.: I- i . ^:5... a to ai.v . no u-i : u^il lake iho

tj». .. 1 • t- .^^ . :• !••■*• : • •" «• • • • .• •}

c :..• » iiu

1 ."

a t

..." .'i f r J 'irii^ ' arc juwsiy* •lufu in

.,•'. ''.: ♦ . .. f :• '.'.- •.•" .'.y i!Ut i:^t: :;: I I rove tho

, • . * .• • . .. ji' (..».i-, wiii../ l.:ivc Ik. a tiiVctA.J l>y

j; ir..:i "' •« ....•■..

Ml. 1.- .• ' !.'•• '.•••:•:. -'i*- xx -.i. 1.'.

D?.. LOCOCKS rl/MAT.E WAFEBS.
Thcla-.t-ni:^ di:.-!: im i- hi !ijy ru- :..*.i; i.u. i :..!.: iio».

.^! .1 ■ ' 4M!:'i a :n"»st airrei'abio
ti •:«•,. I I I'l'i:... :. : • •. ■ ."• r- •..-•• •) (•■.ui-ciii.ir the Acliuo

01 li»c .t:*'!!". .«•:. •»: i »• . i. >••• i .'1 . I |. i VI-. 'J.j., Ji:.il 11.*. |.U4' b«>X.

I.':.- \'\

c.-*;i ki- ;\ir«h.ft»» 1 ki..:.ft ii.'b* %f«4*Ki«ifc7f

Tie It. •'I Ml li*.)!:*; f-r F i:i\lti'. llavi: p a nu»st i ii-a^ant taste.

Prico li. 1 J«'., '2*. 1< I., fti.'i li^. lu h.'X. Fu'.i diriri-ons are given with citvf
box.

oiisi:nvi:.^ALL pn.r.n rxDcu srvrr.An xjm!:s are couNTEn-

Fj:irs. -- -

i?.:7d:.tattt caution.

M.ir.y M. ':.i:i.. V i. l.irv \vh-\ ..-i.c! f r Ur. LuCOCK'S MKDICINR3,
ttvJi.j t ': » .". il " I*. .-," " V%*;i .r.s." .::. ! .tiiir ii.pii:i'i.;:..-« usilrr n';arly aiinilar
.i.in:( - i.:str I \ — ^KiM ••.' th -y nb? ii:i :\ 1 tic: r ;»:••.!' l-\ •.'.!•* ^nU: • f sifh cuunterfeiu
tl..i:i l.y t..c f'liuis.o Moiii.i»!»». T;-- | a'- •..• :? •.!.!'» nti' cui'-.iod that th« only
gniuin? hAve tlir y\itx.U " Dll. LOCOi'K'S \V.\riii<.S " in whit© U*tt«n MlAr
grotiud printed in the GoTtrnsicxil staiup uul.iid« tadi bwl.

att

HYGIENIC BATHS

A PUWEKFUL PltOHUTbR OF

HEALTH AND WELI. -B E IHO.

JEirSEN'S HESBACEOVS

DAPHNE MARINA SALT™ BATHS

la tha uini. thai, wtin o'nac iriid. a Bath will aoaroalr aver be takan wlUumt It. Fh it* bus;

m> miilnjtiiltticil FhTildan, DR. ANDBBW Ub£, M.D.^V.B.S., fto, iiid by «lur niiliKBt nn
boi gf Ihi PrahHlm. StM at ed. and It. per wclxl. br C. klirHlB, liil, Lndenhall-atiHt. aad tit,
PkEadUIr {noi KigiiLi ClKuDi aiid b/ allCbtmimand Biihin;! E>»bli>nmcntt. II

CHEAP, LIGHT. AND DURABLE KOOFIXG.

CBOGGON'S FATEITT ASFHALT£ BOOFINO FELT

fau btaa aMaate\j nssd, tai prononncsd affiaieat, uil ptrtienlarlj applteibla for wabm ouium
Ilk It U • noD-eondaetor. 4th. It can be eiMy «|iplied b; Mtr nnpnotiM
Snd. It I* portabls, being packed in rolli, and

not liabU to damajs in earriajte.
Sid. It affeoti a laTiDg of half tbo timber

utuUf reqnired.

Under SiMCwm In Church tod Mher roof*, the Felt bu been eiteiuiTelj need te skoclats c

nTOSOBOUS FELT, foi damp valll, and Cot damp floon, Adet carpeta and floormlotb
■bo kt lining iron hMuae.

PRICE ONE PENXY PER SQUARE FOOT.

OBOOaOir & CO.'S FATESTT FELT£D SHEATHITTG for eoTBilng »Up
bottom, ud DBT H&IB FELT fur coveriuE iteun boiler*, pipes. &a., pierenting the radii
don of heat, and aaring 29 per cent, of fuel. Sim plea, teatimonials, and full initractjoni, on applioi
tlon to CSOOGOM & CO., !, DOWGATE-HILL, London, who beg to intimate tlut the CanmitK
JtoomaaTUie Honica of Porliunent baTs beenoovered with tbeir Felt for •ereral jean, and that :
baa been eztanilTrij siad for eoraring tbe aheda and iruling-rooma on the Landing Stage, S'
Goocge'a Pieihaad, U*aipooI, bj order of the Docic Tnutcei, and nry largelf by tlie Biiksnhaa
DookConpanj. ■■

ELECTRICITY

PEBSONS SUFFERING FBOM

YOUB^ imfOnONAI., OR RHSUIIA.T10

ABJi ■AEWKATI.r KIGOMHUDBD TO FBBOUI TU

lOBIHIG'B PATBHT POBTABXiB

ELECTRO

GENERATOR

CONSTRUCTED TO RE WORN ON THE RODY UNDER THE GARMKNTS,

And 10 to convinoe tbcmielTM, that there ti a mO0t efltetOll, OOmftir to ble, wad ■haoit
Biracnlouily speedy remedy within the reech of every one, the prioe bebg from 6S- opumdii
•Boording to power.

THE EFFECTS REING INSTANTANEOUSLY PERCEPTIRLE,
MAY RE FREELY TESTED REFOREHAND AT THE DEPOTS.

The Pitwpectut end Rcoordt (oonteining more then 600 oomnninicetione of Cnree tot the lait
Eighteen Moothe, from Huvpiiels, Pbyiiciens, NoUemen, Megietnues, Militeiy end Naval OiBovi,
fte..) may he had grmtit, or per poet, for two ttampi, flnum C. Mbimio, lOS, LxADSnuix Stskst,
and USA, PircADiLLT, I.OMI10K. ^

nrCH amd BON'S BREAKFAST BAOON9 now for fifteen

yean before the Pahlic and itin retainbg its pre-eminence, ie cored and moked at Calne, in Wilt-
ehire: a diitriot abounding in dairy farmn, and offering peculiar faoilitiee for the breed and fattening
of Hoge. It ie enperior to all oth«T kinde for iu egreeably itimnlating flavov, and ite freedooi
fton Mltnem; while K ie a meet eseellent itomaehic, and adapted for the meet delicate oonetitntioa.
The nrioe alio it not higher than that of Raoon ordinarily aold. Their Wiltehire Chape and Chinee
enreaat Calnci, Oz Tongues, cured upon the premiiet, York, Somenet, and Rmnswick Hams and
Reoon, Cheddar Cbeeie of extraordinary riohnett and fine flarour, and Stilton Cheeee, of the
ehoioest dairies, rich and full of blue mould — are all worthy of noUoe for their lurpasting quality
and moderate price.

FITCH & SON, Prtmtion Merchant*, 66, Rishopigate-st Within. Eitoblithed Seventy Y<

Folioy-Holders in other Companies, and intending Aseurera genermlly
are invited to examino the Bates, Prinoiplee, and Frogreoe

OF THB

SCOTTISH PROVIDENT IlTSTITUTIOir,

WHICH WAS

ESTARUSHED IN 18S7. AND IS INCORPORATED RY SPECIAL

ACT OF PARLIAMENT.

IT IS THE OVLT SOCIETY IK WHICH THB ADTAIITAGBS OV

MUTUAL LIFB ABBURANOB

Can be Socnred by MODERATE PREMIUMS.

Sinoe its institution, 7000 Policies, asenring nearly Three Millions, hare been lisned. The raaliied
Fnnd, arising entirely from accnmnlated Premioms, it X305,134,haTing been inoreaied during laet
year upwards of X50,000.

The whole regulations of the Sode^ are as liberal as is consistent with right jiriiidple.

Polieia isaued free ^ Slamp Dmtjf.

Co|>iee of the Sixteenth Annual Report, and erery information, may he had frae on ^iplieatkm.

GEOBeB Ohaht, Rmdmi Stereiary.

London Branoh— 66 , gracech\3RCH STR£E.T,f»cMi^^i:&CBURCR street. »

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